Hamburger Menu Button
Link to Search Page
Collapse Expand Button
September 21 and 22
2 days, 2 disciplines, 2 ways to participate – defining our professional roles and uniting to build more equitable, accessible and inspired communities.
#2GETHER2022
The cities of Kitchener, London and Windsor are mid-sized cities but the in-progress renaissance of this once industrial heartland is anything but middle-of-the-road. Now, well into the 21 century, these cities are entering an era of a new kind of planning, and a new kind of prosperity, attracting what Richard Florida would describes as the “creative class”, a young and well-educated workforce looking for in-demand jobs and also an urban lifestyle that is both attractive and affordable. In this session, participants will learn from practical examples about how a range of public investment and policy interventions can be used to align re-investment aspirations and outcomes, learn from the experience of others in implementing Planning Act re-investment tools such as Community Improvement Plans across a variety of community contexts, and learn how to spark ideas for new partnerships that can be leveraged to achieve planning objectives including downtown reinvestment, place-making and economic development.