Canada/The municipality of Saint-Modeste launches its action plan "À la découverte de nos trésors

On June 24, the municipality of Saint-Modeste launched its Municipal Family Policy (PFM), its Municipalité Amie des Aînés (MADA) policy and its action plan.

For the occasion, the entire population was invited to the Saint-Jean-Baptiste evening to be informed of the implementation of this new action plan for the benefit of the development of a living environment favourable to the growth of families and seniors. of the implementation of this new action plan for the development of a living environment favourable to the blossoming of its families and its seniors. In total, nearly one hundred people of all ages gathered to celebrate the result of more than two years of reflection. Cynthia Gamache, responsible for family and senior issues for the municipality of Saint-Modeste and president of the committee that developed the policy and its action plan, was also present and congratulated the committee for the work accomplished.

Since January 2020, it is under the slogan "Discovering our treasures" that this policy was reflected by the steering committee. This committee, made up of actors of all ages, coming from different sectors in order to reflect the diversity of the community of Saint-Modeste, has been able to stay the course, despite the sometimes difficult situation due to sanitary regulations and respond to the will of the MRC and the municipality to improve the living environment for all generations. Louis-Marie Bastille, mayor of Saint-Modeste mentioned that "with the collaboration of all, we will continue to increase our service offer and improve the safety and beauty of the municipality as described in our new policy and its follow-up. Many actions are already underway at this time".

It is important to mention that this work was made possible thanks to the involvement of the population through public consultations, but also through theIt is important to mention that this work was made possible thanks to the involvement of the population through public consultations, but also through the assiduous involvement of the volunteers of the steering committee, the municipal team, the municipal council, the rural development agents of the Rivièdu-Loup, community organizers from the CISSS du Bas-Saint-Laurent, a resource person from Espace Muni, not to mention the financial support provided by the Ministère de la Famille and the Secrétariat de l'Environnement.In addition, financial assistance was provided by the Ministère de la Famille and the Secrétariat aux Aînés for the implementation of the Municipalité Amie des Aînés process and the updating of the municipal family policy.

Source: www.infodimanche.com