Community Amenities During COVID-19

Has the pandemic changed how you value Lincoln's community amenities?

In 2019, The Town of Lincoln completed an extensive community engagement process to inform and create a Parks, Recreation and Culture Master Plan. This plan acts as a guiding light to development in these areas and allowed community members to have their voices heard by the municipality.

In 2021, the Town reached out to the community through an online survey, to better understand if community feedback during the collected through Parks, Recreation and Culture Master Plan process has changed in any way due to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent events. The research was conducted through a joint partnership between Town of Lincoln and Brock University called the Brock-Lincoln Living Lab. This unique partnership allows for collaboration and provides benefits to both communities. This research will contribute to this partnership and further collaboration through this partnership.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the survey!

Contest winners will be contacted directly. We will present survey findings and how they may be applied on a broader scale in the coming weeks.

What is the Brock-Lincoln Living Lab Partnership?

The Brock-Lincoln Living Lab is a unique partnership that formally connects Brock University to the Lincoln community, which will provide real benefits by leveraging the resources, capacities and talents of both communities.

The following common targets have been set for the partnership to accomplish in a five-year period (between 2017 and 2022):

• Conduct a needs assessment within the first year of operations identifying priorities, proposed activities and objectives to be achieved within the first five years;
• Hold public events each year pertaining to knowledge mobilization and community engagement;
• Engage graduate and undergraduate students in co-operative education, course projects and independent research projects;
• Initiate research projects by Brock faculty;
• Explore and pursue mutually beneficial opportunities of shared interest such as grant proposals and community forums;
• Promote the Living Lab locally and develop networks nationally and internationally;
• Support Lincoln in following other national or international initiatives that can help promote community sustainability and are in line with the spirit of the Living Lab.