Water and Wastewater Servicing Innovation
Mike Dwyer, CAO, TWP Rideau LakesTeeny Tiny Summit
June 28 & 29
Leap of faith.
The problem is complex.
We can do something different.
Teeny Tiny Places are not pigs and turds!
We are missing the forest through the trees.
How things look matters! How things work matters!
Services shape how things look and work.
historic facades removedlower density
larger yards/frontage gaps
Does not support a walkable core with a positive ‘enclosed’ aesthetic - an
ingredient in a strong ‘Main St.’ sense of place.
‘great places’ support tourism
generate attachment/meaning
return visitors/becoming a ‘destination’
‘great places’ support quality of life for residents
Second-storey apartments
Variety of non-residential offerings
Patios and courtyards, rear parking, delivery and loading, alley access etc.
Services support community flexibility and adaptability
Keeping up with market trends and demands
We need to think differently about how we sustainably address servicing
in small villages.
We have 200 plus years of history in many villages.
Our collective social investment and the value villages offer cannot be abandoned.
Think - rural Ontario in the next 100 years
How do we sustainably grow/remain viable?