A Golden Ticket Scavenger Hunt is taking place in Little Free Libraries across Greater Victoria! Award-winning local author, Michelle Mulder, is releasing a new children’s novel this spring, Up for Grabs. In honor of the book’s themes of hidden treasures and neighborhood … [Read more...]
Books featuring Little Free Libraries (LFLs) and highlight placemaking concepts
One of the most popular placemaking initiatives that the Greater Victoria Placemaking Network is involved with is Little Free Libraries (LFLs). Teale Phelps Bondaroff has been leading the GVPN’s Pocket Places Project, that has LFLs at its centre, since the early days of the … [Read more...]
Book Review – Home Sweet Neighborhood – Transforming Cities One Block at a Time (2019)
Michelle Mulder's 2019 book is one of seven they have written for the Orca Footprints series. Orca Books is a local publisher, set to celebrate its 40th birthday in 2024, of kids books on a variety of topics but with a strong focus on the natural world, Indigenous topics and … [Read more...]
Voices in Motion choristers serenade local little free library
Video recording of Amy Van Wensem, Musical Director, leading the Voices in Motion choristers and student author Priscila Kumar in a song: dona nobis pacem (let there be peace). On February 22, 2023, the Voices in Motion Choral Society and Greater Victoria Placemaking Network … [Read more...]
The Placemaker’s Bookshelf Updated
In September 2017 I wrote a blog post reviewing seven placemaking books that I thought deserved a place on The Placemaker's Bookshelf. You can see the original post here and the seven books featured in it are: 1. The Death and Life of Great American Cities – Jane Jacobs … [Read more...]
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