The company was selected by the Bay of Fundy Gateway Steering Committee, which is made up of both elected officials and staff members from the County of Colchester and the Town of Truro, as well as citizen representatives and officials from Tourism Nova Scotia and the Truro and Colchester Chamber of Commerce.
The master plan process is being funded by both municipalities, each contributing $25,000, and Tourism Nova Scotia and ACOA, each providing up to $50,000.
The process also involves a stakeholder and public consultation process, planned for the last week of April with a public open house scheduled for April 25 between 4 and 8 p.m. at the Millbrook multi-purpose room at the Rath Eastlink Community Centre.
“This is an exciting time for our region and has been awhile in the making but we are pleased to finally have the UPLAND consulting team on the ground,” committee chairman and Colchester County councillor Geoff Stewart said. “They will bring a lot of depth and imagination to the master plan process.”
Work on the master plan will continue over the summer and is expected to be completed by early September.
The 10-acre property, located close to Highway 102 and easily accessible from Exit 14, was purchased by the Municipality of Colchester in 2015 with a long-term goal of developing the site as a tourism destination and gateway to the Bay of Fundy region.
UPLAND was selected from about a dozen proposals submitted by firms across the country and is described as a team of experts with extensive experience and knowledge in landscape architecture, building design, parks planning, place-making, interpretive planning, public consultation and graphic design, as well as tourism and business planning.
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Note: The Truro Daily News is conducting a survey for anyone who may want to provide their input or ideas on how they would like to see the property developed. To participate, log onto the following website: http://colcumb.polldaddy.com/s/palliser-property-development.
