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    Welcome to Directions for Our Future

    Directions for Our Future provides you with a look into one of the most unique regions in Canada - the County of Frontenac. You can use this website to explore the ongoing commitment towards a sustainable future throughout our County by individuals, municipalities and community organizations. A tremendous amount of time and effort has been dedicated to consulting with seasonal and year-round residents, visitors, businesses, municipal representatives, neighbours and interested stakeholders to determine what values and priorities are essential to long-term sustainability and prosperity.

    While navigating through Directions for Our Future, we invite you to take the time to envision the Frontenacs in the future and to recognize the valuable contribution the sustainability initiatives currently underway in your own community are already making to that future vision.

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    Support for Smaller Scale Community Sustainability Initiatives
    Funding is available for smaller-scale projects that build community capacity in the Frontenacs. Click here for the application forms.
    Sustainable Actions 2011

    Sustainable Actions 2011, Frontenac County's annual update to the 2009 Integrated Community Sustainability Plan, Directions for Our Future, is now available online. Read the full report here.
    Advisory Committees of Council

    County Council has appointed five Advisory Committees that report directly to Council. These committees help to implement Directions for Our Future as it applies to key aspects of sustainbility including green energy, recreation, culture and heritage and accessibility.
    County Official Plan
    Frontenac County Council unanimously endorsed the development for a County Official Plan (OP) in December. County staff plan to present a draft OP for approval within this term of Council. Please click here for more information.
    Seniors Community Housing Pilot Project
    Public Meetings were held over two weeks in March to gather input from Frontenac County residents on the Seniors Community Housing Pilot Project. Feedback from great discussions in Sydenham, Verona, Arden, Sharbot Lake, Cloyne, Plevna, Wolfe Island and Howe Island will be incorporated into a report of recommendations for County Council's consideration. Click here for more info.
    Community Improvement Plans

    The County is working on Community Improvement Plans (CIPs) in Verona and Sharbot Lake. CIPs are an important tool to enhance the economic sustainability of towns and villages in the Frontenacs. Please click here for more details.
    • Frontenac Maps
      Interactive web mapping of the Frontenacs
    • County of Frontenac Website
      The County of Frontenac's website
    • Cultural
    • Economic
    • Environmental
    • Social

    Culturally sustainable practices ensure a community is able to celebrate its uniqueness and share its artistic reflections with the world. Culture and recreation are vital components of our healthy community, which are reflected in the numerous events, fundraisers, and gatherings that celebrate the region's local talent and heritage.

    By maintaining this focus the County of Frontenac is continuing to build a culturally vibrant community and a destination of choice.

    Sustainable economic development practices help build local prosperity while preserving each community's sense of uniqueness. An economically sustainable community ensures resources are used in ways that maximize productivity, minimize pollution and waste, and meet the social needs of every member of society, both present and future.

    By embracing sustainable economic development practices the County of Frontenac is building a more prosperous community while positioning the region to achieve its social, cultural, and environmental sustainability goals.

    Healthy ecosystems offer an abundance of resources that can sustain and enhance human lives. In a sustainable community all individuals are responsible stewards of the natural environment, committed to making sustainable consumption choices across the spectrums of personal, business, and civic life. Resources are used efficiently and sustainably, without overtaxing the environment.

    By embracing environmentally sustainable practices the County of Frontenac is ensuring its land is both productive and beautiful now and into the future.

    Social sustainability is based on equity, diversity, connectivity, democracy, and a good quality of life. A socially sustainable community is marked by citizens contributing fully to their own wellbeing and engaging in community life. Building a more socially sustainable community reduces bureaucratic costs and creates a more democratic society by allowing citizens to be more self-determining.

    By embracing socially sustainable practices the County of Frontenac is ensuring our excellent quality of life can be both preserved and passed on to future generations.