Category: Well Being and Healthy Cities
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Thank you Victoria, and Looking Ahead
For those of you who followed me as mayor and would like to continue to follow my blog, thank you. To those of you who no longer wish to hear from me now that I’m no longer mayor, thanks for reading over the years; please unsubscribe if you wish. It’s been an enormous privilege to…
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Statement on Homophobic Threats and Cancelling of Family-Friendly Drag Show
In June, Canadians from coast to coast to coast come together to celebrate Pride month. Here in Victoria we do the same. After two years of not being able to gather in person for Pride events and the annual parade, Victorians are keen to come together again to celebrate. On Friday at City Hall we…
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Victoria’s Big Housing Moves – Building the Future We Need
This piece was originally printed in the Times Colonist. Not everyone wants to raise a family in a downtown condo. And, with the cost of single-family dwellings hitting an all-time high, too many families in Victoria can’t afford a $1.4 million starter home. The “missing middle” fills the gap between these two scenarios. Missing middle…
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Part 4. Missing Middle Housing and More Inclusive, Climate-Friendly Cities for the Future
This is the final part in a four-part series to make as strong a case as possible for Missing Middle Housing in all neighbourhoods in Victoria. This initiative is key to the city’s future. In a nutshell, Missing Middle Housing will allow for more inclusive housing forms “as of right”, which means without needing to…
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Council Summer Wrap Up – Housing, Bike Lanes, Sports Fields, and More
Thursday was our last Council meeting before a summer recess, and it was a long one! It was probably one of the most exciting days in my almost-decade at the Council table in terms of big moves that lay the ground work for the future. Here’s a synopsis of the key decisions and, where applicable,…
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Clover Point 2.0, Accessibility, Confronting Reality, and The Future We Need
Dave Obee’s Times Colonist editorial on Friday, “Clover Point redesign ‘fixes’ what wasn’t broken,” really got under my skin. So I thought I’d go down to Clover Point on Saturday afternoon, watch the world go by for a little while, and start this blog post. What I saw were people of all ages and abilities…
