On Tuesday evening, HTFC Planning and Design from Winnipeg held a Community Visioning Open House to get input from Thompson residents for the City’s Development plan.

Last updated in 2013, the new Development Plan will address community wants and needs as identified by attendees of the open house.

That will include how and where the community wants land to be developed.

Mayor Colleen Smook shares some of what she heard at the Open House.

“The Seniors Council, they definitely need a building because we are getting more seniors in the community, and then I had also heard from daycare where we have daycare shortages here. Affordable recreation, especially for that older group, that 12 to 18 type.”

Future planning sessions will take place to review the plan as it takes shape to include these recommendations.

Smook added she hopes to see more people at the next session to get an even wider range of feedback and input.