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...]
Victoria City Sketches
I doubt there is any better way to really see and notice a place other than sketching it. Drawing forces you to observe very closely. It's actually very simple and everyone is capable of doing it, it just takes patience and focus. We all have the hand-eye coordination required to … [Read more...]
Better developments by design: when planners, citizens & designers collaborate
When developers, urban planners and city officials are on the same wavelength with creating positive urban spaces, the results can be wonderful. Take the Era development in downtown Victoria, BC, Canada. The 15 storey condo building is part of a boom in downtown residential and … [Read more...]
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