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Lessons in More Engaging Citizen Engagement
Photo Credit / West End Mural By Brent Toderian and Jillian Glover With cities seeking to involve diverse voices in city-making to get beyond “the usual suspects,” Vancouver urbanists Brent Toderian and Jillian Glover examine how cities in their region... Continue reading »
Coming up at Council and Park Board: community gardens, Biennale, Fair Elections, Engaged City and Marpole…
There’s lots of public space action taking place at Council and Park Board next week (March 31 and April 2). Here’s a quick run-down of the stories to watch. On Monday, March 31, the Park Board meeting will be looking... Continue reading »
Make your own happy city
Happiness at Robson Square. Photo from VPSN What truly makes us happy? Local author Charles Montgomery (and one of our favorite public space co-conspirators) explores this question in his recent book Happy City – a perfect source for some reflection today, given that... Continue reading »
…and lift-off! Welcome to the new VPSN website!
Lift-off Image from Cheuk-man Kong After lots of meetings, oodles of design discussions and lots and lots of coding, writing and all-around tinkering, our brand-new VPSN website is ready to go. Welcome! Like a good gathering place, this website... Continue reading »
Protecting Vancouver’s greenspace – some thoughts on the idea of a ‘no net loss’ policy
Sometime on the morning of March 11th, perhaps as you were heading outside to sit on a bench with your morning coffee, Vancouver City Council were discussing a motion entitled “Protecting Vancouver’s Public Greenspace.” As we noted last week, if... Continue reading »