Your Opinion Counts
The Town's Public Participation Policy ensures you have a voice in Council decisions. Get involved with our current public participation opportunities:
Strengthening Mental Health & Wellness in our Community
A new strategy for mental health and wellness is underway and we need your help!
What does strengthening your mental health and wellness look like to you?
Your participation in this survey will help us to better understand the wellness needs of the community and areas of focus for the future. Responses collected through this 5-minute online survey will be used directly for strategy development.
Survey available from August 28, 2023 - September 11, 2023.
Community Wellness Survey - Stony Plain
Be in the Know!
The Be in the Know! campaign was active from June 13 – September 30. The purpose of the campaign was to gain insight into how residents are accessing information and what improvements can be made to the Town’s communication approaches. How do residents hear about Town events and programs? What are their go-to platforms for staying in the loop on all things Stony Plain?
We heard from 1,236 respondents. Data collected from the survey will be used to inform best practices for how the Town communicates information and updates to the community.
Here’s What We Heard
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Top three most popular communication tools used by respondents are:
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1) Social media
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2) Community bulletin boards
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3) Digital billboards
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- The most popular social media platform respondents use to engage with the Town of Stony Plain is Facebook.
- Many residents indicated their preferred method of communication was direct email.
FAQ
“I want to receive emails about events and updates from the Town.” |
Subscribe to the Newsroom! By subscribing, you will receive email alerts about announcements, events, programs, and more. You can also subscribe to the Community Calendar for email alerts regarding upcoming events happening in your community. Subscribe to Newsroom Emails Subscribe to Community Calendar Emails |
“I don’t see the Town’s posts on Facebook!” |
We hear you! Between changes to algorithms and platform updates, it can be difficult to stay in the loop on the social media front. Your Facebook newsfeed does not always show everything that has been posted by the pages you follow; instead, it largely focuses on pages you regularly interact with. The more you engage with the Town page, the more likely you are to see our posts come up in your newsfeed. There are a few steps you can take to get the Town of Stony Plain’s posts showing up in your newsfeed:
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“I hear about events too late!” |
Finding out about an event the day of can be a real bummer, to say the least. There are a few different tools you can use to keep up with Town events:
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Community and Social Development Summer Engagement
Community and Social Development hosted engagement sessions in the summer of 2022 to gather feedback from the people of Stony Plain. The sessions were an opportunity to learn what was important to the public in building and strengthening community. The information and perspectives gathered through the sessions will help guide planning for Community and Social Development.