Voices of children included in city planning

LETHBRIDGE – Kids are being included in planning for Lethbridge’s growth as a city to 100,000 people.

As part of a 100K+ Conversations event at Lakeview School, Ms. Tadey’s grade four class prepared proposals for new developments like sports fields and hotels.

“We’re planning for the next 10, 20, 30 years of the city,” community planner Perry Stein said, “so that’s the city these kids are going to inherit. So getting them to think about the places they want to live, the communities they want to live in, the jobs they want to have, the parks they want to play in right now helps us to put those pieces in place for when they are 20 and 30 years older.”

Paige Zemp, one of the students, appreciated that their ideas for change were being listened to.