City builder term of the day : Urban Design

City builder term of the day : Urban Design : How city-building elements work together in mutual support…public space, infrastructure, mobility, community activities—Urban design isn’t just about how it looks it’s about how city-building elements work together in mutual support pic.twitter.com/UXTLYztAvl

— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) July 12, 2019

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City builder term of the day : Inclusive innovation : People of diverse experiences and backgrounds working collectively to find new ways to solve complex urban challenges that make cities a better place for all. @EvergreenCanada https://t.co/aCBUxBvTPh pic.twitter.com/khjRndaGqV

— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) June 17, 2019

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City builder term of the day : Intensification : Adding homes, transportation, jobs, schools and other forms of density in already developed, urbanized areas. @EvergreenCanada https://t.co/aCBUxBvTPh pic.twitter.com/t4VPaUMwiP

— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) June 12, 2019

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: @EvergreenCanada : City Builder term of the day : Inclusive city : A city in which all residents are included in the decision making and development process, and where all feel they belong. https://t.co/aCBUxBvTPh pic.twitter.com/horfeN27fv

— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) May 25, 2019

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: @EvergreenCanada : City Builder term of the day : Regenerative city : A city designed to eliminate negative environmental impact + help restore balance w/ natural systems. Regenerative cities are low-carbon and rely on renewable energies not fossil fuels https://t.co/aCBUxBvTPh pic.twitter.com/ixqt9tPdkU

— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) May 24, 2019

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Nanaimo's Downtown Mobility Hub Project

Subject: Downtown Mobility Hub Project
To: Bill Sims, Director of Engineering & Public Works bill.sims@nanaimo.ca
Cc: Mayor&Council@nanaimo.ca, DowntownMobility@nanaimo.ca

Bill, great news that the Downtown Mobility Hub Project is underway. Downtown, more than other neighbourhoods, belongs, to a great degree, to everyone in the city. At the same time it's home and place of work to thousands of Nanaimo-ites.

I want to register a concern about the process being employed. It is one that we have used several times and includes contracting citizen engagement to a consultant. I don’t believe a City Hall can outsource citizen engagement. This process results in my experience in the unintended consequence of the consultant, clearly a skilled and dedicated professional, being a buffer between city staff and Council. The lead on the project, its public face, in my view has to be a city staff person.

We have used different processes and I see different approaches in other cities. It’s increasingly common for city heads of transportation to take a proactive and very public role. Dale Bracewell in Vancouver and Dongho Chang in Seattle spring to mind. In Victoria Mayor Helps seems to be impressively taking the lead!

Locally another approach we’ve used as you know is rather than contract an engagement specialist we outsourced, if you like, the lead role itself. Victoria architect Franc D’Ambrosio’s award winning Downtown Urban Plan and Guidelines and former VIU VP Dave Witty’s South Downtown Waterfront Vision and Guiding Principles. I believe Dr Witty’s approach is one we should adopt.

A couple of weeks ago I was walking through the Vancouver Central Library atrium and there was a City of Vancouver pop-up display about the Granville Bridge Connector. Occurs to me that while we take a broad overview of the downtown hub, it would be beneficial to focus on its smaller components, as Vancouver has done focusing on the bridge. As our earlier exchange, a tactical approach on Front Street over the summer would be an ideal focal point for this project.

Thanks for the chance to run this by you. I look forward to the creation of downtown Nanaimo’s "multimodal transportation network – one that is safe, inclusive, accessible, and interconnected to all the places we love.”

Frank Murphy

City Builder term of the day : Mobility : 1. Ability to move all people safely affordably between where they live, work + play. Walking, cycling, wheelchairs, transit, cars. 2. Ability to transport goods in efficient sustainable manner for the benefit of all. @EvergreenCanada pic.twitter.com/kkjLa1sIf1

— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) May 10, 2019

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City Builder term of the day : Public Space : An area or place that is open and accessible to all people. @EvergreenCanada https://t.co/aCBUxBvTPh pic.twitter.com/xMnOrk1p0O

— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) May 9, 2019

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City Builder term of the day : Civic Engagement : A process and practice that seeks to include residents in decision making around city building. Can be led by individuals or groups, by public or private organizations, or by government @EvergreenCanada https://t.co/MZI55MHt8b pic.twitter.com/vTn605Ilex

— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) May 1, 2019

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City builder term of the day : Public Realm : An area that is publicly-accessible, including streets, squares, parks and open spaces, which enables the public's interaction and connection with each other and their city. @EvergreenCanada pic.twitter.com/PP1gJrB768

— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) April 29, 2019

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City Builder term of the day : Placemaking : The process of working together to shape and create public spaces. Placemaking brings together diverse people to plan, design, manage and program shared-use spaces. @EvergreenCanada https://t.co/n7f3vu5sMa…/city-builder-glossary/ pic.twitter.com/FFdQA11UW0

— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) April 26, 2019

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City builder term of the day : Urban Resilience : The capacity of a city, its businesses, institutions, residents and communities, to survive, adapt and grow despite whatever stresses and shocks they experience. @EvergreenCanada pic.twitter.com/JUScXUFdUW

— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) April 26, 2019

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City Builder Glossary : Healthy housing ecosystem : #CityGlossary : @EvergreenCanada https://t.co/aCBUxBvTPh pic.twitter.com/we4eB9f4LX

— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) March 24, 2019

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City Builder Glossary : Urban intervention : #CityGlossary : @EvergreenCanada pic.twitter.com/GMCQNkDmsS

— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) March 24, 2019

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City Builder Glossary : Mid-Sized Cities : These cities have the potential to become leaders of sustainable and inclusive city-building initiatives across Canada. @EvergreenCanada https://t.co/RC4uj2sIeM pic.twitter.com/GHPu3cj8PF

— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) April 22, 2019

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City Builder Glossary #CityGlossary @EvergreenCanada

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City Builder Glossary via @EvergreenCanada

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