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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

HOW WAS THE COMMUNITY ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY PLAN UPDATE PROCESS?
This Community Plan update is built on community voices, guided by the principle “our people are the planners”.
Please see the section Making a Plan: Our Journey of Community Engagement (pages 8-9) for more information.

WHY IS CULTURE NOT THE MAIN PRIORITY?
The priorities of the Community Plan are not ranked in any particular order of importance. The approach to the Community
Plan is to illustrate that there must be balance between all priorities in building our community. The priorities play different
roles in moving us toward a bright future – see the diagram on page 6 for more information. Furthermore, culture is woven
throughout the whole document. It is highlighted by the interconnection wheel, but also through every page as the information
is built on the voices of community members bringing their cultural understanding of how we should collectively approach
community concerns and opportunities.

DID YOU ENGAGE THE HAUDENOSAUNEE CONFEDERACY CHIEFS COUNCIL (HCCC)?
You will notice that the HCCC and the HCCC departments and services are not mentioned at this time within the Community
Plan. The Community Plan team provided an informal presentation to the HCCC at a council meeting held on January 19th,
2019 at Soursprings longhouse. Our understanding of the outcome of that presentation was that the HCCC and associated
departments appreciated the importance of having a Community Plan and identified its value within the community but were
not prepared to engage on the Community Plan update at this time. It is our hope that future updates to this living document
will have the much needed and highly important input from the HCCC and associated departments.

WHY IS THE SIX NATIONS COMMUNITY PLAN HOUSED AT THE SIX NATIONS DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION (SNGRDC)?
The Six Nations Community Plan was originally part of the economic development department portfolio, that department
evolved to be a separate entity in 2015 (i.e., SNGRDC). SNGRDC centred the Community Plan as a guiding document and
continues to support the important role that Community Planning has as a community function. SNGRDC financially supports
the update and administration of the Community Plan and supports ongoing collaboration on the Community Plan as a
collective document.

HOW ARE WE, AS A COMMUNITY, GOING TO PAY FOR ALL OF THIS?
The Community Plan is visionary and ambitious—to reach our vision will require financial resources. See the section Funding our
Future on page 100 for more information about how this might be achieved. Presently there are several funding sources that
are working to provide resources towards community needs and goals addressed in the Community Plan:
• Local trust money
• Government funding
• Economic and development partnerships.
• Government grants and funding sources.

IS THERE OPPORTUNITY FOR FUTURE ENGAGEMENT ON THE COMMUNITY PLAN?
Absolutely! As the Community Plan gains momentum throughout the community, it is our hope to continue community
discussions on planning, concerns, opportunities for change and process development within the community to address
community needs with a holistic community approach. Follow us on social media (@SNcommunityplan) to stay up to date on
engagement opportunities.

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