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Transportation is land use is
climate action is
social justice is
economic development is
better city-building.
. #SystemsThinking #OrganizedComplexity
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— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) April 30, 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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Four years ago this week #Nanaimo citizen activism saved a downtown waterfront park.

Four years ago this week citizen activism saved a downtown waterfront park from being leased to a commercial developer. This was recommended by staff (!) and passed by the council of the day. The proponent with better sense that either staff or council could muster withdrew the request to take over the park after general public opposition and a well-attended public hearing. Council bullied it through passing at the public hearing but the proponent knew it would never be accepted by the public and withdrew the request.

On Apr 21, 2015 I wrote : #Nanaimo take a minute and congratulate yourself for continuing to stand up for our parks and all shared public spaces. The last Council’s approval of a lease to a local developer of a portion of a waterfront park — a lease plan which should never have been brought forward by Staff in the first place — was rescinded by the new Council last night.

There is now of course a stampede at City Hall to take credit and I say let them have it. Fact is once again Nanaimo citizens showed more common sense than has been coming from our City Hall. An enormously important precedent has been set: entertain the idea of integrating a private project with one of our parks and you better have a plan that clearly benefits the park more than the commercial enterprise. Or Nanaimo won’t allow it. Good on ya Nanaimo.

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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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