An ICSP is a long term (20 to 50 year) plan for communities to make sure we are making the right investments today to ensure our community is healthy and sustainable economically, socially, environmentally and culturally for our children in years to come. Communities across the Province must develop an ICSP by March 2010 as a key requirement of the Federal Gas Tax Agreement and the Municipal Funding Agreement with the Nova Scotia government. 

The Municipality of the District of Shelburne want to use this as an opportunity to put a long term strategic plan in place to ensure a healthy, sustainable community, and improve the quality of life of all our residents.  For our communities, sustainability is about balancing the issues and our investments so we can preserve the environment and assure quality of life for future generations, while finding solutions to our current economic, social and cultural challenges.

Sustainable development means global use of resources to meet our present needs without harming the ability of future generations to meet their needs.