Volume 2, Issue 2, March 2007
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New funding opportunities
Request for Proposals opening
May 23, 2007
  • District energy
  • Sustainable transportation

Director's message
One of the FCM Centre for Sustainable Community Development’s key objectives is to share examples of municipal leadership in sustainable development.

We do this to help inform other municipal governments of how their peers are addressing challenges. We hope to inspire you with examples of what is possible and what might be worth considering in your own community.

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Mission to Alberta
FCM Community Energy Planning Mission 2007
July 29-August 3

In 2007, FCM will again lead a delegation to visit state-of-the-art green energy installations and learn about sustainable practices — but this time the world’s best is right here in our own backyard.

Destination: Alberta!

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42e Congrès de l'AQTR 
(event to be held in French only)
Association québécoise du Transport et des Routes
« Défi : Transport Durable »
Sheraton Centre, Montreal, Quebec
April 2-4, 2007

2007 FPEIM 50th Annual Meeting
Federation of PEI Municipalities 
Charlottetown Hotel, Charlottetown, P.E.I.
April 23, 2007

21e Congrès de l'AQME 
(event to be held in French only)
Association québécoise pour la maîtrise de l'énergie
« Énergie grandeur nature »
Saguenay, Quebec
May 2-4, 2007

FCM's 70th Annual Conference
and Municipal ExpoTM

Calgary, Alberta
June 1-4, 2007

New: Capacity Building Webinars

Stay where you are! The FCM Centre for Sustainable Community Development is coming to a computer near you …

CSCD’s Capacity Building Webinar Series starts in Spring 2007!

What is a webinar? A webinar is an interactive, web-based workshop that will inform and inspire you from the comfort of your home or office. No travel, no cost, no reason to miss out!

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Update: ACT solutions

  ACT (Affordability and Choice Today) encourages housing affordability and choice
  through regulatory reform. ACT has five new solution sheets available:

  • Setting the Stage for Innovative, Affordable Homes on Mountainous Terrain
  • Making Space for Rooming Houses
  • Survey Indicates Quality of Life Is Not Compromised by Housing Mix
  • Getting Municipal Regulatory OK for Green Wastewater Solutions
  • Reusing Industrial Sites for Residential Purposes: A Municipal Planning Review Procedure

  These and other solutions are available from ACT’s website.


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