Jun 21, 2011 | Action Planning, Alberta, Community Planning, Economic Development, Shared Vision
“Sustainability planning means using a different and more comprehensive lens for economic development,” asserts Susan Smith, the Executive Director of the Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce. Smith is one of the sixteen CSAT – Community Sustainability Action Team –...
Apr 18, 2011 | BC, Community Planning, Engagement, ICSP, local government, OCP, Shared Vision, Sustainability
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 is the ideal way for smaller communities to be introduced to a full-function,...
Feb 26, 2011 | BC, Community Planning, ICSP, Integration, local government, Shared Vision, Sustainability
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 their public launch. What struck me immediately while working with the District of Invermere is how SMART and...
Oct 18, 2010 | Alignment, BC, Community Planning, Engagement, ICSP, Integration, local government, OCP, Shared Vision
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 and The Natural Step Canada, it would have been tempting to assume that most of the...
Aug 18, 2010 | Community Planning, ICSP, local government, Natural Step, Shared Vision, Sustainability
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 it? Sustainability planning helps communities gain insight into their long-term goals for success the goals then shape and...
Mar 29, 2010 | Neighbourhood, Placemaking, Shared Vision, Tourism, Whistler
Aside from the amazing athletic events, the inspirational feats achieved, and the great sportsmanship displayed throughout the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, what was it about the Games that made it such a wonderful, energizing and community-building...
