Transforming Communities
From vision to reality—explore how our work is shaping rural, small urban and Indigenous communities.
We have too many projects to mention individually, so here are just a few projects showcasing the variety of work Northbound completes, and how we can support you and your community into the future.
Resort Village of Aquadeo: Official Community Plan & Zoning Bylaw
This project involved the development of a new Official Community Plan and Zoning Bylaw for the Resort Village of Aquadeo. These forward-looking planning documents provides a framework to guide growth, land use, and community development for years to come. Designed and tailored to meet the needs of a lakeshore resort village, this plan focuses on the rural residential needs of the community located adjacent to Jackfish Lake, Saskatchewan.
Municipal Services:
First Nation Housing Administration Assessment
This project included working alongside an engineering firm providing a Housing Condition Assessment to evaluate the First Nations Administration department needs. This projects required a professional assessment of administration tasks, duties and deliverables to evaluate the efficiencies of the housing department. The final report required a report to provide a readiness scale, and allow for comparability in the future. This final report integrated in results from the Housing Needs Assessment, interviews, and educational learnings to support growth.
RM of Hazel Dell No. 335: Asset Management Plan
This project included the creation of an Asset Management Plan focused on culverts, roadways and signs. It included gathering of asset information GPS information, conditions, and related tangible capital asset (TCA) information. Entry of the TCA information into the PubWorks database allowed for analysis and financial evaluations when creating an Asset Management Plan for the RM.
RM of Britannia No. 502: Strategic Planning
Municipal strategic planning is an important part of annual operations for staff, infrastructure and capital works planning. Northbound worked alongside the RM of Britannia for the development of annual strategic plans to enable focus-driven results in comprehensive planning for the community. Infiltrating into land use planning, asset management, capital works planning, bylaw enforcement and overall general governance, Northbound assisted in determining the priorities important to Council and Administration.
Municipal P&D Support:
Development Officer Services
Various municipalities across Canada have appointed Northbound Planning to act as their municipal Development Officer. Our specialized expertise of working in small-urban and rural municipalities provides unique perspectives and the abilities to support administration and Council’s regarding land use planning. Our services focus on protecting the municipality, and our interdisciplinary staff provide robust and proven results to manage land use planning and future development.
RM of Swift Current No. 137:
Land Use Planning Digitalization
The complexity of land use planning derives from managing the cumulative effects of physical development within a community. Northbound worked alongside the RM to digitalize all planning and development, and building permit information, into our planning software to allow for a centralized location for planning information, history and allow for visual analysis of developments cumulative effects. Timelapsed features show how development has occurred over time, and the enhanced record retention capabilities empowers administration to make stronger planning decisions.
Targeted Sector Support: Regional Gravel Asset Management Plan
This TSS project included four (4) rural municipalities and creating an asset management plan for each with their respective gravel resources. One (1) municipality had an abundance of gravel, whereas the other three (3) had varying levels, with one (1) having very few gravel resources at all. The regional analysis of valuable gravel resources and municipal operational use provided a very interesting analysis of gravel use, management and future financial expectations.
RM of Meota No. 468:
Official Community Plan &
Zoning Bylaw
This project involved the development of a new Official Community Plan and Zoning Bylaw for the RM of Meota No. 468. These forward-looking planning documents provides a framework to guide growth, land use, and community development for years to come. Designed and tailored to meet the needs of a complex municipality that has oil and gas industrial development, agriculture, traditional residential hamlet development and lakeshore residential development, this plan focuses on the rural residential needs of the community located adjacent to Jackfish Lake, Saskatchewan.
Targeted Sector Support:
Official Community Plan &
Zoning Bylaw Harmonization
This TSS project included the harmonization of four (4) different RM’s in Northeast Saskatchewan when writing a new Official Community Plan and Zoning Bylaw. The project involved harmonizing the bylaws where able, while still protecting the individuality and uniqueness of the four different RM’s. The complexity of the project involved a variety of land uses, such as industry, agriculture, commercial, hamlet residential development, and lakeshore residential development.
