Niagara Region gets it Youth Advisory Panel repping all 12 municipalities
Published December 3, 2021 at 3:48 pm
Not long ago, Niagara Regional Chair Jim Bradley put out the call for young Niagara residents to serve on his Regional Chair’s Youth Advisory Panel – one from each of the region’s 12 municipalities.
On Monday (November 29) night, he welcomed them all to their first meeting at the regional headquaters in Thorold.
- Mackenzie Arts, Fort Erie
- Keegan Hedley, Grimsby
- Ava Meadows, Lincoln
- Salony Sharma, Niagara Falls
- Benjamin Zalepa, Niagara-on-the-Lake
- Natalie Anderson, Pelham
- Sierra Walsh-Fiore, Port Colborne
- Madeleine Alexander, St. Catharines
- Sawyer Dalton, Thorold
- Christina DeGagne, Wainfleet
- Carter Kipp, Welland
- Esther Gerryts, West Lincoln
“After participating in this inaugural meeting, I look forward to receiving the input and feedback from this important group over the coming months, and I know Regional Council will carefully consider the advice of this panel as they make policy decisions for all of Niagara.”
During this initial meeting, the panel selected Niagara Falls representative Sharma as its chair and Hedley of Grimsby as the vice chair for the duration of the panel’s one-year term.