Feb 28, 2015 | Community Planning, Events, local government
I always enjoy going to the annual Sustainable Communities Conference, and this year I had the pleasure of being quite involved in the organizing and delivering of content. I was asked to help organize a session for staff on leading change in implementation, deliver a...
Jan 13, 2015 | Action Planning, Collaboration, Community Planning
“The issues we face are so big and the targets are so challenging that we cannot do it alone. When you look at any issue, such as food or water scarcity, it is very clear that no individual institution, government or company can provide the solution.” Paul Polman,...
Jul 22, 2014 | Community Planning, OCP
Reviewing your OCP’s goals and policies every five or so years, and undertaking a complete OCP update every ten years is generally considered to be best practice. Recently, leading municipalities are updating their OCPs to align with their community sustainability...
May 7, 2014 | Collaboration, Community Planning
Have you wanted to design a meaningful engagement process for a controversial community issue but don’t know how to make sure you hear from everyone? Our recent experience designing and facilitating a public event for the Village of Pemberton regarding the concepts...
Apr 7, 2014 | Community Planning, Engagement, Tourism
Do you think your community is awesome? Do you want to share your community’s assets and special qualities with visitors? Do you want to diversify your local economy through tourism? Are you concerned with the negative impacts that tourism might bring? Then developing...
Feb 2, 2014 | Alberta, Community Planning, Engagement, Sustainability
The City of Lacombe Council just adopted their Municipal Sustainability Plan (MSP), entitled Imagine Lacombe. Congratulations! Imagine Lacombe provides a long-term vision for guiding the community towards greater social, environmental, and economic success by the year...
