People & Place: Cities and Towns in Transition

April 23, 2010

CivicCamp will be participating in Cities and Communities in Transition, a two day workshop scheduled for June 4 & 5, 2010 at the University of Calgary.  We’ll have more details for [...]

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Send a Teen You Know to Teen Voice Calgary

March 2, 2010

The first Teen Voice Calgary conference is being held at the Village Square Leisure Centre on March 13th from 10:30 to 2:30. The youth (17 & under) will be responding [...]

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How do we know what people really want?

February 25, 2010

The Urban CSA is hosting a presentation by James Schwinn of Aixecar Incorporated titled Land Use & Planning:  How do we know what people really want?  And does it matter? [...]

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Plan-It Implementation Report Goes to City Council February 17

February 14, 2010

You probably remember that City Council formed a committee to address the nitty-gritty of how to actually implement Plan-It not long after Plan-It was passed last September. I was one [...]

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We’re Citizens, Not Customers

January 5, 2010

This post was submitted by Sarah Arthurs. As many of you know, because many of you were participants, Alderman Bob Hawkesworth, with the facilitation of Bob Chartier and the support [...]

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Going Bananas Over Urban Agriculture

December 12, 2009

This essay was submitted by James Schwinn. The recent debate at city council over the merits and demerits of a municipal food policy raises some interesting questions, particularly as concerns about our municipal [...]

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Jane’s Walk 2010 Seeks New Walk Leaders

December 3, 2009

The following was submitted by CivicCamper Donna Zwicker.  Donna is working with the Jane’s Walk 2010 steering committee.  WALK AND TALK OUR CITY’S NEIGHBOURHOODS Jane’s Walk 2010 is a weekend of free walking tours led [...]

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CivicCamp 2.0 – What’s Next?

October 27, 2009

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 [...]

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