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The March 4 videoconference workshop "Seeking Common Ground for Community Sustainability" was a success. Participants from multiple sectors in five BC communities came together to learn how to integrate economic development and planning for healthy communities. For details, see the Common Ground workshop summary. |
This learning event, held simultaneously in Cranbrook, Kamloops, Kelowna, Nelson and Williams Lake on March 4, 2010, brought together more than 100 resourceful staff from local and First Nations government and Provincial health professionals to discuss common goals and challenges to planning collaboratively for community sustainability.
Participants heard seven presentations on various themes integrating economic development and planning for healthy communities, and had the opportunity to:
- explore community challenges with colleagues
- exchanging new ideas on key planning principles
- learn about applied models for integrated planning and economic development
- examine different planning perspectives and collaborative efforts between agencies and
- hear about links between health, the built environment and community planning.
Common Ground partners - BC Recreation & Parks, Interior Health Authority, Fraser Basin Council's Smart Planning for Communities, and Ministry of Community & Rural Development, RuralBC Secretariat - organised the gathering for separate planning disciplines to focus on community economic development and links to health, and as a possible starting point for future dialogue.
Interested in learning more? See the Common Ground workshop summary.
