Tag: municipalities
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Municipal Natural Asset Management 101
A growing number of communities are considering undertaking municipal natural asset management. It may look daunting at first, but it really isn’t…
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Award
Award
2018 REFBC Land Awards – Municipal Natural Assets Initiative
The Municipal Natural Assets Initiative helps communities to “count” these natural assets and assign a value that’s equivalent to the service a…
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Interview
Interview
Interview with Isabel Gordon, director of financial services, District of West Vancouver
Isabel Gordon is director of financial services for the District of West Vancouver. She was previously director of finance for the City…
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News Release
News Release
Opportunity for a municipal natural assets project in a BC watershed: extended
In municipalities across Canada, infrastructure is aging, capital and operating costs are rising, and service delivery is strained by growing populations and shifting conditions. Solutions…
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Article
Article
Lowering development cost charges through eco asset approach
By: Michelle Molnar British Columbia’s coastal Town of Gibsons has demonstrated—again—that effectively managing municipal natural assets can pay huge dividends. The town…
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Article
Article
Results from the First National Cohort: Decision-Maker Summary
By Sara Jane O’Neill Local governments across Canada are focusing on sustainable service delivery – delivering core municipal services in a socially, economically…
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Article
Article
Natural asset management is proving its value in the field
By: Michelle Molnar, Technical Director While Canada focuses on efforts to reduce climate change, there’s growing recognition that we can’t meet our…