CivicCamp: Improve Calgary in 2 Easy Steps

CivicCamp is a place where ideas are heard, tools are provided and changes are made and you can participate, too.

1. Stay in the loop.

The common thread you’ll find in all CivicCamp activities is civic engagement. But before you act, you need to know what there is to do. You’ve got to stay in the loop:

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Receive emails about CivicCamp hosted action groups, activities and events.

2. Participate.

The open nature of CivicCamp means that there’s something for everybody. CivicCamp covers any subject area where citizens see room for improvement in Calgary: transportation, urban agriculture, community governance, you name it. CivicCamp regularly posts volunteer opportunities and event notices through our email list and members can post events, calls to action and information to each other through the online Discussion Group.

Recent Blog Posts

Walking the Talk Ain’t Easy

August 19, 2010

As a resident of Brentwood with a recent appointment to keep up at Crowfoot, I had the luxury of leaving my wheels at home, walking to the Brentwood station and taking the NW [...]

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The Costs of Growth in Calgary

July 9, 2010

Late Monday evening, Council started into “Financing Municipal Infrastructure”, a report on who should pay for the costs of growth in Calgary and how.  But the discussion ended almost as [...]

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Ignoring Forest Lawn

June 6, 2010

About once a month or so, I head to the best place that I know of in the city to re-stock my pantry of ethnic cooking ingredients—International Avenue in Forest [...]

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A Comprehensive Bike Strategy

June 3, 2010

One of the liveliest conversations we’ve ever had on our online CivicCamp discussion group was one that unfolded last month.  It all started when a CivicCamper shared a two minute video on bicycle rush [...]

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Building Better Neighbourhoods

June 1, 2010

I found an article on How to Build a Better Neighbourhood via Twitter this morning and it made me think of a simple little iniative that we started (and blogged [...]

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CivicCamp and the 2010 Calgary Municipal Election

May 18, 2010

Following CivicCamp’s efforts around the PlanIt debate, many individuals and organizations have been looking to CivicCamp to provide leadership around the 2010 Calgary Municipal Election. The Governance Cabin accepted this [...]

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