My summary of Saturday’s CivicCamp 2.0 event at EPCOR CENTRE:  there’s work to be done and no shortage of CivicCampers eager to get after it.  

The topics chosen by participants for the day’s breakouts included transportation, food policy, urban villages, youth and seniors, public spaces and civic governance.  Interest in civic governance was so intense that it had to be divided into three subgroups to allow everyone to participate in the discussion.  With each breakout group coming back to the plenary with specific action items for CivicCamp to focus on in the coming months, the call went out for volunteers to work on each of the action items.  People moved quickly to sign up, often for more than one item.  It was thrilling to see, as was the number of new faces at CivicCamp.

We’re still compiling all the breakout notes and action items and we’ll share them with everyone as soon as poossible.  While you’re waiting, check out this article about Saturday’s activities by Markham Hislop from the S.E. Calgary News.  Interested in a citizens’ movement that is grassroots, engaging and timely?  Then CivicCamp is for you.  Our email address is civiccamp at gmail dot com