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UBCM Strategic Priorities Fund – An opportunity for transformational change to address the climate crisis and more
UBCM has launched its third intake for the Strategic Priorities Fund (SPF) for the first time in many years. The SPF Capacity Building Stream provides 100% grant …
Still moving towards your community goals? At a standstill? Or not sure?
Which of these scenarios best describe your community? 1. Your ICSP is rocking your community; your whole organizational culture and decision-making processes are aligned with …
Aligning your OCP with an ICSP – Why and How?
Local governments have a responsibility for undertaking community planning to ensure the community’s needs are met in the present and future in areas ranging from …
Time to update your Municipal Development Plan? Consider an Integrated MDP!
Reviewing your MDP goals and policies every five or so years, and undertaking a complete MDP update every ten years is generally considered to be …
Yukon Community Planning and the Funding to Support it
Municipalities in the Yukon are required to update their Integrated Community Sustainability Plans (ICSPs) every five years and to update and align their Official Community …
Spring into Action: It’s time to think about action planning!
Your Integrated Community Sustainability Plan (ICSP) is finished and you’re taking care of these important next steps: embedding it into decision making; implementing some immediate …
How to align your Official Community Plan with an ICSP
Local governments have a responsibility for undertaking community planning to ensure the community’s needs are met in the present and future in areas ranging from …
Quick-start your community’s plan for the future and learn from Osoyoos
Working with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), the Centre for Sustainability has created the Quick Start Integrated Community Sustainability Plan (ICSP) process. Quick Start …
What’s an indicator good for?
Imagine yourself entering new territory without a map to guide you, without any idea how to read the signs around you for direction. Pretty uncomfortable …
Invermere: a small town with a big sustainability vision
The Centre is working with the community of Invermere on their integrated community sustainability plan (ICSP), and I had the pleasure of being there for …
Williams Lake: Beyond Imagination
After winning FCM’s top planning award for Imagine Our Future, the Integrated Community Sustainability Plan for Williams Lake led by the Whistler Centre for Sustainability …
Community Sustainability Planning – how to do it (part 2)
What will your ideal community look like in the next twenty-five years in a climate of rapid global change? How will you approach planning for …