Kelowna害羞草研究所檚 path is one step closer to being set.

The initial community engagement leg of Imagine Kelowna 害羞草研究所� a project aimed at setting the city害羞草研究所檚 direction害羞草研究所� has been completed.

Over six months, city staff have collected everything from town-hall related tweets to in-depth interviews with 害羞草研究所渢hought leaders害羞草研究所� and now they害羞草研究所檙e headed to something more tangible.

害羞草研究所淪taff supported by a market research firm will synthesize and analyze data collected in the first phase,害羞草研究所� reads a city report that was presented to council Monday by Rafael Villarreal, manager, integrated transportation.

害羞草研究所淭his data and research will be used as a 害羞草研究所渞esiliency framework and guide害羞草研究所� in helping staff come up with some options for the future. Then, from January to April 2017 there will be council and stakeholder workshops to test scenarios and present the draft guiding principles and resiliency framework, reads the report.

Somewhere by the end of next year there should be some sort of plan that will set the long-term strategic framework that will help clarify, organize and align the city害羞草研究所檚 short and long term planning properties.

In a previous interview Villarreal explained the hope for the Imagine Kelowna process was to create a vision for the city.

害羞草研究所淭he last time we did that was 25 years ago,害羞草研究所� he said. 害羞草研究所淪o we害羞草研究所檙e looking to see what is the thing that will redefine Kelowna.害羞草研究所�

To get an idea about how the 1992 plan informed the current shape of the city one need only look as far as its bike lane infrastructure. Villarreal pointed out that there害羞草研究所檚 a high concentration of bike lanes in this city, and that was one of the things laid out in that plan.

害羞草研究所淭he vision can change, but the idea is to prepare the city to be adaptable, so it can respond to a future that害羞草研究所檚 pretty unknown,害羞草研究所� he said.