MaureenLeBourdais talks about BC's Rural Summit

Maureen LeBourdais is the Manager for Smart Planning for Communities (SPC), a BC-wide collaborative initiative to assist local and First Nations governments in addressing their long-term sustainability challenges by providing resources and tools for planning socially, culturally, economically and environmentally sustainable communities. Before joining Smart Planning, Maureen was Coordinator of the BC Rural Network, a coalition of provincial and regional organizations formed to enhance the capacity of rural British Columbia to develop responses to community issues. Maureen has worked with Fraser Basin Council for the last 10 years.

Maureen talked with CITinfoResource editor hanspetermeyer about the March 2010 Rural Summit held in Port Hardy. She also talked about the Harnessing the Tide initiative that involves regular CITinfoResource contributor George Penfold and Tim Pringle, Director of Special Programs at the Real Estate Foundation of BC. Harnessing the Tide has come out of Summit-related activities, including the 2008 Reversing the Tide conference in Prince George.

The Real Estate Foundation of BC was one of the funders of the 2008 conference, has funded aspects of the Smart Planning for Communities program (through the Communities in Transition program), and Tim Pringle is active in the Harnessing the Tide initiative.

The CIT-funded portion of Smart Planning for Communities was reviewed at CITinfoResource.com in May 2009.

CITinfoResource.com is part of the Communities in Transition program at the Real Estate Foundation of BC.

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