Mar 18, 2015 | Community Planning, ICSP, Integration, local government, Neighbourhood, OCP, Sustainability
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 land use, housing, transportation and economic development (among others). In recent years,...
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 18, 2015 | Facilitation, local government, Strategic Planning
If you’re welcoming in a new, or predominantly new, Council, getting everyone working as a team and moving in the same direction is critical. To do this, there are a couple of key sessions that should be delivered for Council over the coming months to lay the...
Jul 18, 2014 | Alberta, BC, Energy, local government, Monitoring, Sustainability
We assisted the City of St. Albert and the Mountain Resort Municipality of Sun Peaks with Greenhouse Gas Reduction Local Action Plans. Both communities have a history of strong environmental planning and action and the new plans helped to identify some short term and...
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...
Jan 19, 2014 | Community Planning, local government, Strategic Planning
Whether you’re welcoming in a new council, getting ready for elections or are mid-way through a term, annual strategic planning helps your community stay the course toward your community’s vision and goals for the future. Ideally, strategic planning occurs before and...