Drawing by Sohpie Fuldaeur For those of you who followed me as mayor and would like to continue to follow…

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