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The Vancouver City Planning Commission has published an online version of its two-year retrospective for 2007-2008. The report reviews the Commission’s major initiative, A City Built for Change, as well as other projects and initiatives. The topic of adaptability was a … Continue reading →

The Commission has completed a draft Vancouver Change Charter in preparation for presentation to City Council along with its report on A City Built for Change – the Commission’s two-year examination of the City’s resilience in the face of change. … Continue reading →

Editorial: The citizen-led Vancouver City Planning Commission argues for immediate City Council response to our evaporating rental housing supply According to recent Census figures, more than half of all Vancouverites rent their homes. Fifty two percent of our city is … Continue reading →

The Vancouver City Planning Commission is sponsoring a pilot project to map community amenities in an approach that combines traditional public engagement approaches such as asset mapping with online mapping tools and community festival events. More information

On September 19, teams of students, community leaders, design professionals activists and civil servants participated in two workshops organized by the Vancouver City Planning Commission to envision ways to build adaptability into urban design and practice, and to explore and … Continue reading →

A Special Presentation by Professor Robert Kronenburg, Liverpool School of Architecture When: Thursday September 18 – 6:30 pm (no charge) Where: H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, 1100 Chestnut St., Vancouver How our city responds to shifts in societal, economic and environmental … Continue reading →

The Vancouver City Planning Commission (VCPC) is bringing a host of Vancouver’s thinkers, innovators, dreamers and activists together to gather opinions on what is ‘driving change’ in Vancouver and the sustainable path to accommodating this change. The Summit on Change … Continue reading →

VCPC has begun a public outreach series to address issues of urban growth and adaptability, launched today with the free public lecture by Metro Portland Councilor Robert Liberty on the Politics and Principles of Urban Sustainability. More information

What can Vancouver learn about implementing smarter growth? Growth in Metro Vancouver is at a crossroads. We welcome newcomers and are planning for a predicted increase in population. But citizens and developers are skeptical about the planning process and are … Continue reading →