Mike Dwyer, CAO, Township of Rideau Lakes

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Water and Wastewater Servicing Innovation Mike Dwyer, CAO, TWP Rideau Lakes Teeny Tiny Summit June 28 & 29

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Water and Wastewater Servicing Innovation

Mike Dwyer, CAO, TWP Rideau LakesTeeny Tiny Summit

June 28 & 29

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Leap of faith.

The problem is complex.

We can do something different.

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Teeny Tiny Places are not pigs and turds!

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We are missing the forest through the trees.

How things look matters! How things work matters!

Services shape how things look and work.

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historic facades removedlower density

larger yards/frontage gaps

Does not support a walkable core with a positive ‘enclosed’ aesthetic - an

ingredient in a strong ‘Main St.’ sense of place.

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‘great places’ support tourism

generate attachment/meaning

return visitors/becoming a ‘destination’

‘great places’ support quality of life for residents

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Second-storey apartments

Variety of non-residential offerings

Patios and courtyards, rear parking, delivery and loading, alley access etc.

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Services support community flexibility and adaptability

Keeping up with market trends and demands

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We need to think differently about how we sustainably address servicing

in small villages.

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We have 200 plus years of history in many villages.

Our collective social investment and the value villages offer cannot be abandoned.

Think - rural Ontario in the next 100 years

How do we sustainably grow/remain viable?