Only six months have passed since the first CivicCampers gathered downtown at Knox United to start a conversation about the city we want to build for ourselves and our children. Out of that conversation, a list emerged of things CivicCampers value:
- Great public spaces
- A city and region of vibrant urban villages
- An integrated, interconnected, sustainable and equitable transportation system for all people and all modes – walk, bike, bus, train, auto, air
- Coordinated development of transportation and land use
- Affordable housing
- A social environment in which diversity is respected, human rights are protected, responsibilities are fulfilled, individual and community progress is supported and cooperation prevails over conflict
- An intimate connection to the land and the food that sustains us
- Child, youth and senior-friendly development
- Transparent, fair and citizen-driven governance
- A network of citizens that can respond quickly to issues
CivicCampers are preparing to gather again on October 24 at the Jack Singer Concert Hall, EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts. There we will dive into the conversation once more, this time talking about how to create and support a city that reflects the very things we value. This is a day to translate our ideas into sustainable actions. We’ll brainstorm and inspire each other to come up with steps big and small we can take in our neighbourhoods, in the larger community, across the city and beyond. And we’ll talk about how CivicCamp will continue to support such steps.
CivicCamp 2.0: building a city that works for us all…join us October 24th!
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Is there an agenda for CivicCamp2.0? I would like to know a bit more about what is happening.
Hi Kate,
We’ll be starting off with a recap of what has unfolded in the first six months of CivicCamp but then it’s on to the “unconference” portion of the day where the participants will establish the topics for facilitated smaller group discussion. At the first CivicCamp, we posed the question, “How do we build the kind of city we want for ourselves and our children?” At CivicCamp 2.0 we intend to pick up that thread but this time focus on generating actions that will move us towards a city that works for all Calgarians. And in the middle of all of that, there will be a presentation by Chris Turner, author of The Geography of Hope. Chris has just returned from several weeks of travel in Europe and North America and will be giving us an update on community building and sustainable city initiatives.
Hope you can join us,
Cheri