City of Pickering Official Plan- Edition 6

In building a better Pickering, we need to recognize and
understand as best we can the complex relationships
between the various components of the City - the land, the
history, the climate, the plants and animals, and the people.
We also need to understand our local “bioregion”, and the
progressively larger bioregions that surround us, up to a
global context.
Of course, perfect information is not possible. No matter
how great our abilities, it is not possible to know exactly
how Pickering is evolving, or precisely how it will react to
future changes.
A fair amount of humility is therefore needed in planning
and building our community. We must proceed carefully
and cautiously, and involve as many people as practical in
our planning and decision-making processes. The City’s
residents, landowners, and business-people can all make
valuable contributions, from identifying opportunities and
problems, to proposing and implementing solutions, to
monitoring results and taking corrective action.
A Vision for Pickering
To help focus and co-ordinate people’s efforts during the
official plan review process, a preliminary “vision” for the City
was identified for discussion purposes. In a document entitled
“Evolving Needs, Healthy Settings - A Vision for
Pickering” (which was released for public discussion and
comment in June 1994) the following vision was proposed.
“To build Pickering in a manner that meets the
evolving needs of its people, that sustains healthy
urban and rural settings, and that creates a unique
community interconnected with all other places and
people.”
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