ZoneSJ will have an enormous, ongoing impact on the sustainability and quality of our community, for decades to come. We all have a role to play in making sure we get it right.

What do you need to do? The deadline for your feedback to the City on ZoneSJ is Friday November 29th. Submit your input to (via webform, or in writing to planning@saintjohn.ca) by tomorrow afternoon. And get in touch with your councillors to let them know what you love or hate about ZoneSJ, and what you think needs to change.

To help you make the deadline, we’re posting information on specific topics over the course of the day and evening. We’re also going to provide a ‘cheat sheet’ of simple statements you might want to include in your submission, or edit to express your opinions. The topics we’re going to cover include:

• poverty reduction
• affordable housing
• economic participation
• mixed use development
• transportation, public transit and active transit
• amenity spaces
• signage
• landscaping standards and invasive species
• watercourses and wetlands protection
• watershed protection and drinking
• dangerous goods and hazardous materials
• rail and industrial safety
• urban chickens
• parking.

We’ll also post links on Twitter at @_plansj.