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Through a series of public open houses like one held Saturday, the City of Windsor is looking for input on its 2017 Environmental Master Plan.

Karina Richters, Windsor’s supervisor of environmental sustainability and climate change, said a master plan was developed in 2006 to give Windsor guidance on how to address certain environmental issues. The plan targeted issues like air and water quality. But Richters said the plan is “a little dated and needed to be refreshed,” so the city is holding open houses throughout November to get input before the final draft.

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“We want to know if there is something we’ve missed or something people think should be more of a focus,” Richters said.

The master plan focuses on five goals which include water quality, improving air quality, responsible land use, increasing resource efficiency and promoting awareness.

“Promoting awareness is really important because we want to get the public engaged,” Richters said. “Every four years we do a public attitude survey and we are finding a lot of people in the community aren’t aware of a lot of the programs we do offer. We can’t achieve our other four goals without a public understanding of what we are trying to do.”