Amenities are the heart of a community—the pools where we learn to swim, the libraries where we learn, and the shops where we grab a coffee. In Orleans, however, these important community services are spread sparsely across the neighbourhoods, requiring many in Orleans to take regular car trips to sprawling parking lots.
This section examines the amenities we have, the ones we’re missing or could be more plentiful, and how their placement turns daily errands into the Travelling Salesman problem. True community vibrancy isn’t measured by the number of big-box stores or strip malls, but by the quality and accessibility of the places that enrich our lives. Let’s explore how to bring our amenities out of isolation and back into the neighbourhood.
