2018 Platform.

Business, economic, and community growth

• Manage population growth as set out in the proposed KAMPLAN
• Reduce barriers to entry for new businesses and ventures
  • Prevent and reduce ‘red tape’ and ‘costs of compliance’
• Encourage grassroots innovation and development in our community
  • Support small business, social enterprise, and non-profits in creating effective solutions to various problems in the city
• Ensure city venues and programs have viable business models
• Develop solutions to parking issues in high-traffic neighbourhoods

Serving social difficulties

• Evaluate affordable housing and addiction program outcomes and encourage effective solutions that are evidence-backed
  • Inform citizens of the challenges / successes of current programs
  • Ensure the needs of program users are met while avoiding a concentration of services in certain neighbourhoods
• Curtail the stigma faced by at-risk people in Kamloops
• Create meaningful incentives to attract doctors to our community
• Stem aggressive panhandling that harms business and deters people from enjoying our city’s commercial areas

​Accountable, collaborative, and representative council

• Build a dynamic with council that accounts for the diverse views of all city residents
  • Ensure a balance exists between local interests on all issues
• Work with community groups to ensure the city’s policies meet the economic, social, and environmental needs of various neighborhoods
• Engage residents to communicate new policies and gather valuable feedback​

Sustainability and environment

• Address concerns with our sustainability programs i.e.recycling
  • Implement reduction-first strategies to complement recycling
• Increase walkability and livability of commercial areas
  • through use of beautification, mixed-use development, etc.
  • Goal: to reduce urban sprawl and automobile dependence, thus reducing emissions and other environmental impacts
• Encourage walking, bicycle and public transit by innovating and investing in these transportation systems
• Avoid costly and ineffective measures while implementing effective, affordable, practical solutions to our city’s environmental issues