Strong Families & Community Spaces
Strong neighbourhoods need places to connect and services that help families function at every stage of life.
Community infrastructure is more than roads and buildings.
Families need child care, young people need places to belong, seniors need ways to remain connected, and taxpayers should get better use from the community facilities they already support.
The Action Plan
Review How Local Facilities Are Used
Ask for a clearer picture of local facility capacity, program demand, wait lists and underused hours before assuming that the answer is always more construction.
Expand Practical Community Access
Look for dedicated opportunities for youth, seniors, families and community organizations to use municipal space, especially when facilities are otherwise underused.
Review Rental Barriers
Examine rental rates, policies and off-peak opportunities so local non-profit and volunteer organizations are not unnecessarily priced out of public facilities.
Give Youth More Places to Belong
Identify gaps in recreation, gathering, study and community programming and work with local organizations on practical opportunities.
Keep Seniors Connected
Support accessible opportunities that help older adults stay active, social and connected within their neighbourhoods.
Put Child Care on the Community Infrastructure Agenda
Use both the City of Mississauga and Peel Regional Council roles to ask where child care demand is greatest, how growth is being planned for, and where access and workforce challenges need stronger advocacy.
Four Parts of Stronger Community Life
Each area has its own action plan. Explore how I would approach child care, community spaces, youth and seniors.
Child Care
Access, capacity planning, workforce pressures and advocacy across the levels of government responsible for the system.
Open Child Care Plan →Community Spaces
Better use of existing facilities, practical access for local groups and smarter use of off-peak capacity.
Open Community Spaces Plan →Youth
Safe places to gather, participate, study and build connection without assuming every solution must be a new facility.
Open Youth Plan →Seniors
Accessibility, social connection, recreation and practical opportunities to stay engaged close to home.
Open Seniors Plan →What Residents Should Be Able to See
Facility Use
Residents can see what access or utilization issue was identified and what option is being pursued.
New Opportunities
New or expanded community-use opportunities are reported rather than disappearing into internal discussions.
Child Care Follow-through
Material child care access and advocacy items are tracked as part of the Ward 10 agenda.