In the spirit of the flâneur (one who saunters around observing urban life), three local Instagram accounts share cool perspectives (and pics, of course) on place in Greater Victoria. Masami Teramachi tells CHEK News she 'has fallen love with Victoria' and walks whenever … [Read more...]
Curbside Colour brings art & history to streets
Greater Victoria Placemaking Network's Curbside Colour project is one of six community-led projects that has won funding through the City of Victoria's 2021 Participatory Budget initiative. Projects that promote 'Neighbourhood Spaces' were screened by a volunteer Steering … [Read more...]
Join Steering Committee to fund neighbourhood spaces in 2021
Want to be part of a diverse team to design and roll out a process to empower your community to decide how to spend $50,000 to make "neighbourhood spaces" even better? The Greater Victoria Placemaking Network and our partners at Building Resilient … [Read more...]
#ChalkYourWalk during the pandemic
Today, Greater Victoria Placemaking Network launched the ‘Chalk Your Walk’ initiative to help build and sustain connections between neighbours during this period of physical distancing, and to support front line health and services workers. The Greater Victoria Placemaking … [Read more...]
Narrow is better: safer streets by design
This man wants to put the squeeze on drivers. And save lives.Jeff Speck, the best selling author of Walkable City, has recently been making a strong case for the narrowing of "main streets" - the busy collector streets in cities across North America. Speck advocates redesigning … [Read more...]
