Apr 15, 2015 | Action Planning, Collaboration, Engagement, Events, Facilitation, Shared Vision
Centre B.C. Convener for We Are Cities Initiative The Centre is the BC convener for the We Are Cities initiative. Coordinated by Evergreen Cityworks and funded by the McConnell Foundation, ‘We Are Cities’ is a new initiative to engage Canadian citizens and...
Apr 15, 2015 | Community Planning, ICSP, local government, OCP, Shared Vision
Which of these scenarios best describe your community? Your ICSP is rocking your community; your whole organizational culture and decision-making processes are aligned with the goals; your monitoring efforts show that you’re making steady progress towards the goals;...
Jun 3, 2014 | ICSP, local government, MDP, Shared Vision, Sustainability
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 best practice. Recently, leading municipalities are updating their MDPs to align with their community sustainability plans...
Mar 25, 2013 | Action Planning, Collaboration, Community Planning, Engagement, Facilitation, ICSP, local government, Shared Vision
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 actions; and establishing systems to track performance. That’s it right? Well, not...
Dec 6, 2012 | Community Planning, local government, Shared Vision, Sustainability
Across Canada, the challenges faced by communities continue as a result of an economy trying to rebound to its pre-recession comfort level. When municipal budgets are tight and the pros and cons of spending every dollar are more carefully weighed, often the non-core...
Nov 3, 2011 | Community Planning, Shared Vision, Sustainability
I’ve got dreams on my mind – specifically community ones. With municipal elections on the near horizon and the current state of the global economy, I’ve been thinking lately about how our community will respond to these events. While my role at the Centre is to help...
