Volume 3, Issue 3, August 2008
New funding opportunities
- Brownfields
- Wastewater
- Transportation
| Questions & Answers |
Q &A with City of Brantford Councillor Marguerite Ceschi-Smith
Marguerite Ceschi-Smith has championed brownfields issues for more than a decade, encouraging and lobbying municipal, provincial and national decision-makers to remove the legislative, policy and bureaucratic obstacles currently impeding brownfield redevelopment. Read our interview with this sustainable development champion.
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Marguerite Ceschi-Smith has championed brownfields issues for more than a decade, encouraging and lobbying municipal, provincial and national decision-makers to remove the legislative, policy and bureaucratic obstacles currently impeding brownfield redevelopment. Read our interview with this sustainable development champion.
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| Call for applications |
FCM’s Green Municipal Fund™ Offers
Low-Interest Loans for Brownfield Remediation
FCM has launched a new GMF financing opportunity for the remediation of brownfield sites. Up to
$20 million in low-interest loans will be made available to municipal governments and their partners until November 17, 2008.
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Low-Interest Loans for Brownfield Remediation
FCM has launched a new GMF financing opportunity for the remediation of brownfield sites. Up to
$20 million in low-interest loans will be made available to municipal governments and their partners until November 17, 2008.
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2008 Association of Municipalities of Ontario Annual Conference
August 24–27, 2008, Ottawa, Ontario
67e Congrès annuel de la Fédération québécoise des municipalités
(event to be held in French only)
September 25–27, 2008, Quebec City, Quebec
2008 Annual Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Convention
September 30–October 3, 2008, Edmonton, Alberta
Remediation Technologies Symposium
October 15–17, 2008, Banff, Alberta
Hot Properties @ Canadian Brownfields 2008
October 22–24, 2008, Toronto, Ontario
Stay tuned for details on the next brownfields webinar in September 2008.
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One of the crucial steps for municipalities dealing with brownfields properties is to develop a strategy. A number of communities have prepared redevelopment strategies with funding assistance from GMF. Five such strategies have been completed and submitted to FCM, and are profiled below.
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New list of brownfields funding sources and incentives FCM has compiled a list of national, provincial and private funding sources and incentives available to municipal governments to support brownfield projects. |
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Compact, vibrant and sustainable communities are well-placed to meet today’s most pressing challenges, ranging from climate change to quality of life. HOT PROPERTIES @ Canadian Brownfields 2008 highlights remediation projects across the country that are raising the bar for sustainable community design, investment in the public realm and neighbourhood renewal. Innovations in technologies and policy approaches are building needed economic and cultural momentum in many communities. Join experts from across Canada and around the world for Canada’s national conference on brownfield remediation, community revitalization and sustainable city building.
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New CSCD director
We are pleased to announce that Catherine Marchand will be the new Director of the FCM Centre for Sustainable Community Development. Catherine has many years of experience working on sustainable development issues and in municipal management. Most recently she was the Director of Urban Planning and Sustainable Development for the City of Gatineau, Quebec, prior to that she served as Executive Director of the Intergovernmental Committee on Urban and Regional Research (ICURR) in Toronto, Ontario.
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ACT program renewed The Federation of Canadian Municipalities and the Honourable Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, are pleased to announce the renewal of the Affordability and Choice Today (ACT) program ($650 000 for two years). |
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