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...
May 13, 2012 | Action Planning, Alignment, Community Planning, Engagement, Healthy Communities, local government
I recently saw some stats showing that over 400 communities in Canada have launched long term planning initiatives. No doubt, many of the plans articulate a place in the future with a thriving successful community where the once apparent trade-off between community...
Jun 11, 2011 | Community Planning, local government, Sustainability, Yukon
As infrastructure should be planned within the context of long-term community sustainability, the Centre has developed a section of the Community Infrastructure Partnership Program (CIPP) toolkit on joint Community Sustainability Planning and facilitated a workshop...
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,...
Mar 7, 2011 | Community Planning, Healthy Communities, ICSP, Implementation, local government, Monitoring, Sustainability
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 isn’t it? Sustainability planning can feel like that in the beginning. Not to worry, there is a solution. In this...