28 Apr Multi Year Budget – A New Frontier for STC
Who doesn't love to talk budgets? It's exciting stuff. I'll admit when I sit down to look at budgeting and plans for my own company and my personal life - I don't look forward to it, I don't know too many that do look forward to...
12 Apr Making Space for Girls in our Parks and Public Spaces
Last week I got the chance to talk with Steph Vivier and Ruth Unrau on the Power Hour on 610 CKTB, about the importance of making our parks and public spaces for girls. As a city or community, when we talk about updating playgrounds or sports...
03 Mar Arrested Mobility with Charles T. Brown & Gil Penalosa
Last week I attended Gil Penalosa's Cities for Everyone webinar Arrested Mobility with Charles T. Brown. Charles took us through how over-policing (i.e., policy, planning, policing, and polity) has had a direct impact on the physical mobility of the Black community in the US (and in Canada...
24 Feb Equality vs Equity – Getting What You Need
When we talk about parks, transit, sidewalks and roads, buildings - we use the words equity and equality. I've often heard them used as if they mean the same think. In fact, I was once one of those people. They are not. It's hard sometimes to understand...
19 Feb Kiwanis Aquatics Centre Job Shadowing
Thank you #TEAMSTC for arranging my day of shadowing the team at Guest Services at the Kiwanis Aquatics Centre. I had an amazing day! I had the opportunity to tour the entire building (wow, you could never tell that the building is 10 years old), check...
18 Oct Q & A with St. Catharines Environmental Alliance
As you know, climate change has been identified as the number 1 crisis facing humanity, and in April of 2019 the City of St. Catharines declared a Climate Emergency. What place does that hold on your priority list, and what measures do you plan to...
11 Oct Adopting the 3-30-300 Rule
Climate change is the largest threat to our health and wellness. And as a city, we are obligated to ensure St. Catharines residents can lead healthy lives. During this term of council, thanks to Councillor @KevinTowsendSTC, we approved the planting of 100,000 trees in the next...
04 Oct Improving our Parks and Recreation Spaces
Thank you Ruth Unrau for chatting with me about how we can work with neighbourhood residents to make neighbourhood parks that will meet the needs of today's and future residents. In the next term of Council it will be crucial to make sure the Active Transportation...
21 Sep Innovative Developments Needed!
I had the opportunity to check out the opening launch for Warbler Place Urban Village in Welland. And can I just say WOW!One of the big issues our city faces is Housing, Affordability & Density and I have said that we need to advocate for...
14 Jul Are Bike Lanes Good for Business? YES!
When it comes to adding safe and dedicated bike lanes and alternate (not cars) forms of transportation how many times have you heard from business owners that their sales will suffer or you'll be taking away parking spaces and we need parking spaces or my...
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