Category: Well Being and Healthy Cities
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Housing Supply in Victoria is Tipping in the Wrong Direction, and How Giving Away Council’s Power Can Help
As she sanitized the knob of my office door, one of the City’s newest employees, who keeps our offices COVID clean said to me when we met recently, “Nice to meet you; thanks for building the city for the future.” I was so struck by this because this is exactly what we’ve been doing for…
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“Community Making” Requires Housing of All Sorts – Three Big Ideas
Last Thursday, at a public hearing for a proposed new condo building on Rockland Ave near Cook Street, a neighbour spoke to Council in favour of the new housing. He listed all the types of housing in the area: he lives in a townhouse; this new condo building is proposed on the lot next door;…
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Can-Do Spirit of Victoria, Clover Point Recap, Indoor Sheltering Update Plus How We Spend Money, and A Mother’s Email – Mayor’s Sunday Email – Sunday March 14
Hello Everyone, I wanted to started this email / post with the op-ed I wrote for the Times Colonist on Thursday, which marked one year of the global health pandemic. The crafty headline writers at the paper gave it the title, “Can-do spirit of past year will help position city for the future.” I’m sharing…
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Indoor Sheltering Plan, Clover Point Recap and One Year Into A Pandemic – Mayor’s Sunday Email – March 7 2021
This is a sample of the card that people who are living outside will get when they are offered an indoor 24/7 space as a pathway to permanent housing. Hello Everyone, Thanks for your emails this past week. As always, to ensure a timely response, I’m writing back to all of you at once. If…
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Clover Point, Parks Sheltering and Indoor Sheltering – Mayor’s Sunday Email – February 28 2021
Hello everyone, Thanks for your emails over the past couple of weeks. I really appreciate hearing from all of you and want to ensure you get a timely response, so I’m writing you back all at once. I may not address the details of your email precisely, but I want you to know I’ve read…
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Black History Month: White Privilege and Racism in Victoria
For those looking for an update on Clover Point, I’ll provide that next Sunday after Council has reviewed new options from staff on Thursday. For those looking for an update on indoor sheltering and the March 31st move in goal, I will also update on that when I have additional information to share. Please see…
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Clover Point, “The Majority of People Feel the Same Way As I Do,” and The Creatures We Cherish – Mayor’s Sunday Email – February 14 2021
Hello everyone, Thanks for taking the time to write to me this past week. In order to ensure you all get answers from me in a timely way, I’m writing you all at once. I want you to know that I’ve read each of your 483 emails! They were mostly about Clover Point so I’m…
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52 Days, March 31st Goal, Your concerns, Ideas and Suggestions, and To The People Who Think I am Doing A Terrible Job – Mayor’s Sunday Email – February 7 2021
Hello Everyone, Thanks for taking the time to write to me this week to share your thoughts, questions and concerns with respect to outdoor sheltering in parks and related issues. I’ve read all of your emails and I’m responding to them all together so that you all get an answer in a timely way. Some…
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59 Days, Your Concerns and Suggestions, A National Crisis, Complex Care Housing, Jann Arden’s Advice – Mayor’s Sunday Email – January 31 2021
Hello Everyone, Thanks for taking the time to write to me this past week with your concerns, feedback and suggestions about sheltering in parks, housing, homelessness and related issues. In order to make sure I respond to everyone in a timely way, I’m writing back to you all at once. I’ve been doing this since…
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Democracy At Work, 66 Days, Community Care Tent, Policing and Parks, Transitional Tiny Home Community Anonymous Matching Donor – Mayor’s Sunday Email – January 24 2021
Hello everyone, Thanks for taking the time to write to me this past week. I want to make sure that you get a timely response to your email so I’m writing back to all of you at once. This also helps ensure that all the information I share here in response to various queries and…
