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Renfrew-Collingwood Community Visions Program

The Renfrew-Collingwood (R-C) Community Vision, approved by City Council in 2004, was developed by people who live and work in R-C, with the assistance of City staff. The Vision will be used at City Hall to guide decisions affecting R-C, and to set priorities for funding, programs and services. For the community, the Vision provides a focus for local actions and initiatives.

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Renfrew-Collingwood Community Vision

R-C Community Vision Complete Vision document approved by Council, including what local residents had to say about community involvement, crime, traffic, and new housing choices. Available in small PDF files.

Implementing the Vision in R-C

The key to making the Vision a reality is the continued involvement of the community in working together and in partnership with the City.

Renfrew-Collingwood CityPlan Committee

The R-C CityPlan Committee is an independent committee set up by the community in 2004 to monitor the implementation of the Community Vision and to facilitate ongoing community involvement. The committee meets bi-monthly to share information and to discuss the status of implementation actions as they relate to the Vision. While City staff attend most meetings, the opinions expressed in the meeting notes are those of the Committee and not the City. The R-C CityPlan Committee meetings are at 7:00 p.m. at Renfrew Community Centre. 2006 meeting dates are February 23, April 27, May 25 (ACM), June 22, September 28 and November 23.

For more information on how to get in touch with the R-C CityPlan Committee, please contact Robert Allen.

R-C CityPlan Committee Meeting Notes

Initiatives

The community has initiated several projects based on ideas in the Vision. Find out more about these Initiatives and how to get involved.

Pan Visions Meetings

Pan Visions Meetings are jointly hosted by the chairs of the CityPlan Committees and held at their discretion. The purpose of the Pan Visions is for areas with completed Community Visions (Dunbar, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Victoria-Fraserview/Killarney, Sunset, Renfrew-Collingwood, Hastings-Sunrise, Arbutus Ridge-Shaughnessy-Kerrisdale, and Riley Park-South Cambie) to meet each other, share their successes and challenges, and identify opportunities to work collaboratively.

On November 26, 2006 the Renfrew-Collingwood and Sunset CityPlan Committees hosted a workshop with Jim Diers, the former Director of Seattle’s Department of Neighbourhoods. At the workshop, participants discussed how to mobilize their assets—their passion, knowledge, skills, and relationships—in support of caring communities, and revitalized neighbourhoods.

For more information about Jim Diers and a review of his book “Neighbor Power: Building Community the Seattle Way”, visit www.neighborpower.org.

Jim Dier's workshop group picture

At a meeting on January 28, 2006, Ian Lockwood, a Senior Transportation Engineer with the firm Glatting Jackson in West Palm Beach Florida, met with over 40 residents to discuss traffic calming measures (see pictures below). View Ian Lockwood’s transportation paper (PDF, 3.94MB).

Pan Visions Meeting

Pan Visions Minutes

More about this community: Renfrew-Collingwood Community Web Page

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