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Sep. 21, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Commercial Vehicles Are A Road Hazard

You would think that road safety would be top of mind for commercial vehicles on the road in British Columbia.…
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Sep. 21, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar~Supporting Rural Recovery & Resilience

The Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation (CRRF) presents a two day free online conference hosted by the Rural Policy Learning Commons.…
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Sep. 17, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Jimmy Pattison, The Environment & the E-bike Revolution

Sometimes change happens when you least expect it~as Natalie Obiko Pearson  and Divya Balji write in the Vancouver Sun Jimmy…
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Sep. 14, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Mayor Bob & the Carson City Downtown Reboot

Mayor Robert Crowell (who is known by everyone there as Mayor Bob) passed away last week while serving his third…
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Sep. 01, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Covid’s Impact on Downtown Retailers with No Tourists & Few Downtown Workers

I have just written a post about London England where businesses in the suburbs have returned to pre-Covid pandemic levels…
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Aug. 27, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Business in Vancouver’s 30 Ideas in 30 Minutes~The Video

The ambitious Business in Vancouver presentation of thirty ideas in thirty minutes was a pretty remarkable undertaking, with a discussion…
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Aug. 27, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Globe & Mail’s “Women Lead Here” Virtual Conference Free to Registrants

Because of the Covid Pandemic the Globe and Mail is changing their annual women in business conference to a virtual…
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Aug. 24, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Point Roberts Gets Emergency Covid Ferry Service to American Mainland~at a Cost

Point Roberts Washington State  is one of the unique anomalies resulting from the Pacific Northwest-Canadian border dispute settled in 1846…
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Aug. 21, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

30 Ideas in 30 minutes~Innovations for Cities Arising from Covid

Business in Vancouver is presenting a free webinar on “30 Ideas in 30 Minutes. Join BIV and 30 of B.C.’s…
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Aug. 10, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar~Covid & the Future of Planning

The Smart Growth Network in concert with the Maryland Department of Planning presents the next webinar in their Planning With…
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Aug. 07, 2020 / Gordon Price

Ann McAfee: Plans, Pandemic, Protests – Time For Cities to Pause & Pivot

PT: Ann McAfee was Co-Director of Planning for Vancouver from 1994 to 2006 at the time the extraordinary growth described…
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Jul. 27, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Octogenarian Small Business Owners Become Surprise Instagram Stars

Imagine running a business with very long hours and in the current Covid crisis, not a lot of customers. Curator…
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Jul. 22, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Urban Logiq Webinar~Supporting Main Street Businesses Through Recovery

If you heard Vancouver’s Duke of Data Andy Yan on the Urban Logiq series you will know how current and…
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Jul. 07, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Shipping Container becomes Temporary Parklet in City of North Vancouver

We have had the City of Vancouver and other municipalities develop streamlined approval processes for businesses that want to build…

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