SpeakUpWinnipeg.com is the interactive web site supporting the 12-month process of creating a new citywide plan for Winnipeg.

What do you want Winnipeg to look like in 20 to 25 years from now? The City has taken the initiative to seek public involvement, so this is our opportunity to express our views about active transportation and other isssues. Join in the discussion on many diverse topics and questions. For example: The City Building dialogue

The Speak Up Winnipeg approach holds that Winnipeggers have the vision and creative energy to plan for the future, and that an open, involving and empowering process can capture this collective wisdom and turn it into action. From April 2009 to April 2010, Speak Up Winnipeg is open to anyone, at any time.

Input is accepted in a number of ways: pictures, videos, words, and points of view and ideas can be shared through this web site. As well, there will be face-to-face opportunities to share ideas as roundtables, open houses, and other public events.

Speak Up Winnipeg will be the most interactive, participatory and transparent planning exercise ever attempted in this city.

Agenda:

1. Launch: April 25, 2009
   Winnipeggers embark on the biggest and most collaborative planning process ever undertaken in the City. Mayor Sam Katz launches *Speak Up Winnipeg* at the Mayor’s Symposium – A Sustainable Winnipeg. During the launch, SpeakUpWinnipeg.com goes live.

2. Speak Up Winnipeg #1: April to October 2009
   Get involved in the planning process by sharing your thoughts, ideas, and points of view in six key areas: Sustainability, Safety and Security, City Competitiveness, Communities, City of the Arts, and City Building. SpeakUpWinnipeg.com will gather input on all six areas throughout this phase, and a bi-weekly web feature will focus discussion on one particular area. As well, focus groups and roundtables will be held in May and June, and Speak Up Winnipeg will be at community events during the summer.

3. A Call to Action for OurWinnipeg: November 2009
   The vision and priorities of Winnipeggers will be captured in a short report that highlights conclusions from the Speak Up Winnipeg #1 phase. The report will identify directions and actions needed to help move us towards achieving the vision. A draft of this report will be released for public feedback before becoming final.

4. Consultation Papers for OurWinnipeg: December 2009 to January 2010
   During the winter, the vision and directions from the Call to Action will be translated into policy options for open discussion. Consultation papers are proposed to be created for four areas: Sustainable Winnipeg, Communities Where we Live, Work and Play, Sustainable Transportation, and Sustainable Infrastructure. These titles and groupings may change as a result of public input during earlier phases of the process.

5. Speak Up Winnipeg #2: January 2010
   This will be another opportunity for the public to Speak Up on policies and strategies through the interactive web site and roundtables.

6. Draft version of OurWinnipeg: February 2010
   The first draft of OurWinnipeg will be based on public input from all previous phases. The plan will also connect to a number of background strategies.

7. Speak Up Winnipeg #3: February to March 2010
   A third cycle of public involvement (the draft plan and background strategies) will be shared for discussion and final input. Speak Up about OurWinnipeg.

8. OurWinnipeg: April 2010
   The final phases of the process will be the formal adoption of a new 25-year city-wide plan. The Province of Manitoba will be asked to approve the plan and the City will hold a public hearing for OurWinnipeg.

9. The Future of OurWinnipeg: after April 2010
   Speak Up Winnipeg and OurWinnipeg don’t end with adoption of the plan -– this is just the beginning. Ongoing progress measurement and continued opportunities for public planning involvement will be designed during the creation of the plan, and can be implemented immediately after the plan is adopted. This part of the process is critical to achieving the vision we have created together.