March 27th, 2012 at 7:30pm

Lesson 4 (rescheduled): Economic Power to the People: How to create and support neighbourhood employment.

Speaker – Rob Wipond, Focus magazine

Rob Wipond is a community issues journalist for Focus magazine, and has frequently done research into and written about local and regional economic and business development. He also co-wrote the Consensus Statement on Victoria’s Economic Development Strategy, co-founded the Metro Victoria Community Economy Group, sits on the steering committee for the Community Social Planning Council’s Community Investment Fund initiative, and organizes actions with the Transition Victoria Economy Working Group.

 

This talk will explore the large gap between our collective, innovative community visions for environmentally sustainable urban development and our comparable lack of vision for similar kinds of economic changes. It will trace the history of the most recent local Official Community Plan and Economic Strategy processes, and look at some the creative, inspiring alternatives that are emerging here out of the worldwide Community Economic Development movement.

Link Recommendations:

  1. Metro Victoria Community Economy Group Initiative, communityeconomy.ca
  2. Community Social Planning Council, Community Investment Fund Project

 

Thanks to all the student who attended, listened, learned, and took part in these great neighbourhood discussions. You are now truly alumni of FU.

PODCAST are available for all to listen to here.