Drawing by Sohpie Fuldaeur For those of you who followed me as mayor and would like to continue to follow…
Downtown and Urban Fabric/Economic Development and Prosperity/Infrastructure/Well Being and Healthy Cities
Affordability, Housing and Homelessness/Economic Development and Prosperity/Well Being and Healthy Cities
Victoria’s Big Housing Moves – Building the Future We Need
Missing Middle Housing forms. The design guidelines ensure that missing middle homes will fit with and complement neighbourhoood character. This…
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Civil Society and a Strong Social Fabric/Economic Development and Prosperity/Well Being and Healthy Cities
Welcoming Victoria: An Inclusive, Anti-Racist City
To learn more about the process of developing the Welcoming City Strategy and to meet some members of the Welcoming…
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Affordability, Housing and Homelessness/Civil Society and a Strong Social Fabric/Climate Change and Sustainability/Economic Development and Prosperity/Well Being and Healthy Cities
Housing Supply in Victoria is Tipping in the Wrong Direction, and How Giving Away Council’s Power Can Help
These 22 town homes by Aryze, in Fairfield are currently under construction. They took close to three years to get…
Cautious Optimism for Victoria’s Economic Recovery: Building Back Victoria, by the Numbers
This past week, we turned a corner on COVID-19 as a province. As Dr. Henry laid out our new freedoms…
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Is Victoria A Welcoming City?
This booklet outlines the Welcoming Standard against which Victoria will be measuring itself and the goals we are aiming to…
Affordability, Housing and Homelessness/Climate Change and Sustainability/Economic Development and Prosperity/Well Being and Healthy Cities
“Community Making” Requires Housing of All Sorts – Three Big Ideas
Left: Five story, 22 unit condo building at 1114 Rockland Ave. Right: 34 unit townhouse development at 3080-3090 Washington Ave.…
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Victoria Council’s Recent Decisions: A Glimpse Of Post-Pandemic Life In Cities
Proposed "Telus Ocean" office building at Humboldt and Douglas. I’ve spent the past eight months writing blog posts in response…
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2021: Here’s to Hope … and Hard Work
In December staff installed the city's first six on-street electric charging stations on Broad Street. As we awoke on January…
Zero Waste Victoria: A City Where Nothing Is Wasted
Download and read Zero Waste Victoria to learn what you can do you in your own life to reduce waste,…
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