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Category: Well Being and Healthy Cities

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Thank you Victoria, and Looking Ahead

November 3, 2022November 10, 2022 lisahelps

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

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Civil Society and a Strong Social Fabric/Leadership/Well Being and Healthy Cities

Statement on Homophobic Threats and Cancelling of Family-Friendly Drag Show

June 19, 2022 lisahelps

Raising the pride flag with from left to right, Pride executive director Deidre Rowland, Pride president Britton Kohn, and city…

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Affordability, Housing and Homelessness/Economic Development and Prosperity/Well Being and Healthy Cities

Victoria’s Big Housing Moves – Building the Future We Need

May 15, 2022 lisahelps

Missing Middle Housing forms. The design guidelines ensure that missing middle homes will fit with and complement neighbourhoood character. This…

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Affordability, Housing and Homelessness/Climate Change and Sustainability/Nature and Biodiversity/Well Being and Healthy Cities

Part 4. Missing Middle Housing and More Inclusive, Climate-Friendly Cities for the Future

February 13, 2022 lisahelps

A single family subdivision being built in the westshore, where a forest once stood. This is the final part in…

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Affordability, Housing and Homelessness/Civil Society and a Strong Social Fabric/Well Being and Healthy Cities

Part 1. The Racist and Exclusionary History of Single Family Zoning

December 5, 2021 lisahelps

The majority of the light yellow areas – which comprise a large portion of the city's limited land base –…

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Civil Society and a Strong Social Fabric/Climate Change and Sustainability/Well Being and Healthy Cities

Privacy, Loneliness, and Climate Adaptation

November 28, 2021 lisahelps

Our backyard adjacent to our neighbours. At just about every land use public hearing I've sat through for the last…

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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

October 17, 2021 lisahelps

To learn more about the process of developing the Welcoming City Strategy and to meet some members of the Welcoming…

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Civil Society and a Strong Social Fabric/Leadership/Well Being and Healthy Cities

The World is Coming Apart at the Seams, and What We Can Do About It – A Dose of Inspiration

August 29, 2021 lisahelps

This might be a bit of a heavy read, and it's a bit rambly about all the challenges we're facing.…

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Affordability, Housing and Homelessness/Downtown and Urban Fabric/Sustainable Transportation/Well Being and Healthy Cities/Youth

Council Summer Wrap Up – Housing, Bike Lanes, Sports Fields, and More

August 8, 2021 lisahelps

New skate parks and bike park too at Topaz. More below! Thursday was our last Council meeting before a summer…

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Climate Change and Sustainability/Sustainable Transportation/Well Being and Healthy Cities

Clover Point 2.0, Accessibility, Confronting Reality, and The Future We Need

August 1, 2021 lisahelps

Dave Obee’s Times Colonist editorial on Friday, “Clover Point redesign ‘fixes’ what wasn’t broken,” really got under my skin. So…

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