Consulting           

RETHINKING Cities + Neighbourhoods

VIBRANT PLACES INC.

The impacts of Covid were  eye opening, testing our economic and social resiliency. The nightly traditional media, as well as social media, demonstrated that a large minority of Canadians were only a paycheque away from either hunger or homelessness, in a G-8 country with one of the highest levels of post-secondary education. It was not a one-off human interest story, it was the only story or lesson learned on local economic conditions and affordable housing that the pandemic  had inadvertently shone a bright light on. 

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With cities being Canada's economic engine, housing  over 80% in urban centres,  and small businesses employing 65% of Canadians, the success of cities and small businesses as vibrant incubators of innovation is the success of the future of Canada.

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Vibrant Places Inc. Rethinking Cities + Neighbourhoods was founded to provide cities and small business expertise, insights and policy to find the right local levers for a more equitable social and economic recovery, essential for obtaining "social license" for the required changes in implementing climate solutions. 

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Cityscape Design Inc.  provided private sector development planning and urban design services, including feasibility studies and rezoning processes. Selected  projects can be found here. 

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+ PIBC Award winning launch project, "Visually Enhanced Zoning Bylaw for the

   City of  New Westminster "

+ Sessional Instructor, Architecture & Urban Design, History of Art, former Royal Oak College,

   Vancouver, B.C..

+ Consulting Founding Executive Director, Smart Growth Canada Network  

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