Karin Kirkpatrick talks about changes at the Real Estate Foundation of BC

Karin Kirkpatrick is Executive Director of the Real Estate Foundation of BC. In November 2008 she was selected by the Board of Governors to replace Tim Pringle, who moved into "semi-retirement" as Director of Special Programs with the Foundation.

Since that time, the Foundation has gone through a strategic planning process and is refocussing its activities. Karin talks to hanspetermeyer (editor of the Communities in Transition Information Resource – CITinfoResource – at the Foundation) about some of these changes, and their possible impact on non-metro communities.

Rural communities have been a significant focus for the Foundation in its 20+ years of grant-making, with more than 50% of the $54 million invested by the Foundation in an estimated 120 communities outside the Lower Mainland. At a time of significantly reduced revenues (due to a slow housing market, and low returns from investments) Karin asserts that the Foundation is being creative and collaborative in finding ways to meet its mission and support land use related projects across the province.

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