Nanaimo Downtown Urban Plan and Design Guidelines: Parks and open spaces

#Nanaimo Downtown Urban Plan and Design Guidelines: Parks and open spaces. https://t.co/aMJTzNmzgw @andrewtrevjones @katemac22 @Rearrang3d

— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) May 31, 2015

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HT @nlamontagne — Quebec City, Saskatoon looking good — New protected bike lanes, public plaza

Protected bike lanes are set to open in downtown Saskatoon next month. #yxe #yxebike http://t.co/1Pn6NhLu1n #yxe pic.twitter.com/L2a672rrLU

— CTV Saskatoon (@ctvsaskatoon) May 28, 2015

Light, quick, cheap! Quebec City will built its first interim public plaza in 2 weeks! #tacticalurbanism pic.twitter.com/ZN7VKQNNJI

— Louis Bernier-Heroux (@lberoux) May 29, 2015

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Canadian Institute of Planners — 5th annual Great Places in Canada contest

2013 Great Public Space winner - Saint John NB City Market CNW Group/Canadian Institute of Planners

2015 edition of Great Places in Canada and all features on the greatplacesincanada.ca website have now been activated! Nominations from people across the country will be posted online as they compete for the title of Great Street, Great Neighbourhood and Great Public Space for 2015. The Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP), created this contest to engage Canadians in sharing their favourite places and to recognize the work accomplished by Professional Planners to make these places possible. Read ore: Canadian Institute of Planners | Great Places in Canada 2015 Kicks Off Today!

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E&N Trail Downtown South Alignment Study Open House June 3

E&N Trail - Downtown South | City of Nanaimo

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From The Atlantic — The Battle for Downtown From Canada to the Carolinas

Fresno, California, is determined to revive its struggling downtown by re-opening a fabled pedestrian-only mall to car traffic. This has become the focus of intense debate pro and con. For the most recent pro, see this. For an extended con, go here. Now readers weigh in about experiences from other North American cities. 
Read more: The Battle for Downtown, From Canada to the Carolinas - The Atlantic

From Georgia Straight — Vancouver public art gets an international shout-out

• Human Structures by Jonathan Borofsky

Several of Vancouver's outdoor sculptures have made it into a feature at the Guardian on the best and worst public art from around the world. And don't worry—a few of our pieces are being tagged, in this readers' poll, as the best, along with showstopping pieces from Amsterdam to Prague. All of the local mentions originated with the Vancouver Biennale. Amid the ones named: Human Structures, by Jonathan Borofsky, with a reader noting the interlocking, multicoloured figures suggest "diversity and connectivity". It sits along the south False Creek bike path near Olympic Village. Read more: Vancouver public art gets an international shout-out | Georgia Straight Vancouver's News

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Via @cnunextgen Dr Evil on bike lanes...

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Nanaimo’s first bicycle club, 1891

#Nanaimo’s very first bicycle club #ThrowbackThursday! Perfect reminder to register for few spots remaining on the #Heritage Bike Tour on Sunday May 24. Register @ ireg.nanaimo.ca (code 138408). Fee is $5 and includes bell or reflective light for your bike. #CultureandHeritage #itswhoweare #explorenanaimo #tbt

A photo posted by Nanaimo Culture and Heritage (@cultureandheritage) on May 21, 2015 at 10:49am PDT

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How much does your commute cost (or save) society?

.@adamlcarey @theage Any funding that build more roads is just a bad bad bad investment pic.twitter.com/5jRz9d1GVI

— Jon Bryant (@JonathanPBryant) May 19, 2015

Here's What Happened When A Neighborhood Decided To Ban Cars For A Month http://t.co/6uQsLaqsVu @ecomobility_ pic.twitter.com/EGWWSBNs4U

— Ethan Kent (@ebkent) May 19, 2015

Integrating Trees in 21st Century streetscapes @TDAG_TalkTree Trees in Hard Landscape. http://t.co/OpIBLcNykp pic.twitter.com/movmVT4NZo

— Ed Freeman (@EdFreeman) May 13, 2015

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What drives design in your community?

Let's work together so the design of the public realm triumphs over fear-based & misinformed excuses for aiming low. pic.twitter.com/w1ofU3Aq90

— Ian Lockwood PE (@IanLockwoodPE) September 21, 2014

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City of Nanaimo MOU with Seaspan, Island Corridor Foundation

Memorandum of Understanding pdf here.

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Wondering what makes for great people places? The Power of 10+ explained

Wondering what makes for great people places? The Power of 10+ explained via @PPS_Placemaking http://t.co/uZ0xEGUam2 pic.twitter.com/jiKbawmQHK

— jennifer keesmaat (@jen_keesmaat) May 9, 2015

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PWL Partnership, landscape architects — Coal Harbour, South East False Creek

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Greater Nanaimo Cycling Coalition Letter to Mayor and Council

Dear Mayor McKay and City Councillors,

Last September when you took part in the Veloworks Conference in Vancouver, we spoke at length about transportation and the need for a change in Nanaimo with the Nanaimo Transportation Master Plan that was adopted a few months earlier in hand. Since then it has been very, very quiet on the vision and plans for transportation in Nanaimo except on the transportation of water over, under or through the dams. Also very important.

Around the time of the municipal elections, the BC government announced its ideas on transportation with the B.C. Master Transportation plan and we were so lucky to be allowed to comment on the plan and make suggestions. On that front we, the Greater Nanaimo Cycling Coalition and the BC Cycling Coalition, have some good news to report!

Welcome to Twitter Greater #Nanaimo #Cycling Coalition. @InfoCycling Give them a follow! https://t.co/SkqLNolhU7

— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) May 9, 2015

How landscape architecture is changing the face of the city. @globeandmail

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PWL Partnership Landscape Architects retained by both proponent and ‪Nanaimo‬ Parks to work on Georgia Park redesign

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From Project for Public Spaces — Reimagining Our Streets as Places: From Transit Routes to Community Roots

In a city the street must be supreme. It is the first institution of the city. The street is a room by agreement, a community room, the walls of which belong to the donors, dedicated to the city for common use. Its ceiling is the sky. Today, streets are disinterested movements not at all belonging to the houses that front them. So you have no streets. You have roads, but you have no streets.– Louis Kahn, The Street. Read more: Project for Public Spaces | Reimagining Our Streets as Places: From Transit Routes to Community Roots

From @Park_People — Making Connections: Planning parks & open space networks in urban neighbourhoods

Our report | Making Connections: Planning parks & open space networks in urban neighbourhoods http://t.co/Qzg42ay1Tn pic.twitter.com/wkKOTkwkHC

— Park People (@Park_People) April 22, 2015

8 Guiding Principles for parks and public realm planning from @Park_People, an excellent, timely input into #TOcore pic.twitter.com/1jFEKJ2DMk

— jennifer keesmaat (@jen_keesmaat) May 1, 2015

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