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Issues:  GRIDS 2/MCR Urban Growth Survey
264 Governors    71 Main Street    Bikeability in Dundas  Dundas Living Centre       Elementary School Review 2019        
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Reading & Resources:

 

Adaptive Re-Use:

Parkside Repurposed   Queen Elizabeth Community Culture Centre in Oakville

Citizens at City Hall - Catch News

http://hamiltoncatch.org/index.php

Complete Communities:

for Ontario: Ontario Smart Growth Network re Complete Communities www.smartgrowthontario.ca

https://www.hamilton.ca/city-initiatives/priority-projects/waterfront-redevelopment

 

for Kawartha Lakes: https://www.city.kawarthalakes.on.ca/property-development-by-law/planning/studies-reviews/activating-kawartha-lakes/Complete_Communities_Definition.pdf

 

for Whitby: http://www.whitby.ca/en/resources/pl-community_oprpdp-healthycompletecommunities-p201111.pdf

 

articles:

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2014/08/16/in_complete_communities_pedestrians_take_precedence.html

http://www.terrain.org/articles/28/tachieva.htm

 

for Winnipeg: http://www.winnipeg.ca/interhom/CityHall/OurWinnipeg/pdf/CompleteCommunities.pdf

 

for Milford Delaware USA (model, pilot community) http://www.ipa.udel.edu/publications/MilfordSummaryReport.pdf

 

Compassionate Communities, a movement and a website (http://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/overview/models-for-community-health-and-development/building-compassionate-communities/main).

 

Co-operatives: Slideshow: How to develop a Co-operative

 

Deepening Community

Development Mapping Application: shows the developments and status in your area
https://www.hamilton.ca/develop-property/planning-applications/development-applications-mapping

Dundas Valley 50 Year Vision

http://conservationhamilton.ca/dundas-valley-50-year-vision-and-strategy/

DV 50 year vision       DV 50 year vision - appendix

 

FinancesTools for Financing the New Economy

Friendly Streets Toolkit

https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/environmenthamilton/pages/85/attachments/original/1519672763/FriendlyStreetsHamilton_Toolkit.pdf?1519672763

Hatt Street Urban Design Study, published by Hamilton in 2005

http://www2.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/A7F46475-42B2-46F4-8113-3BF41F8EC6EB/0/UDHattStreetStudy.pdf

Hamilton Aging in Community https://hamiltonagingtogether.ca/housing-alternatives/

Hamilton Family Health Team - Dundas Town Hall Meeting June 8th 2017

https://docs.hamiltonfht.ca/dsweb/Get/Document-84530

Hamilton Vision 2020http://www.hamilton2020.com/ 

Housing:  Small affordable homes   http://tinyhouseontario.com/

Snapshots from Kirkendall Neighbourhood in Hamilton, which includes many "small homes and cottages":

http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/hamilton-part-xxxiii-cottages-and-townhouses-kirkendall-revisited.8367/

Leapmanifesto.org   Leap Manifesto Side 1 of Pamphlet  Leap Manifesto Side 2 of Pamphlet

Politics:  How to Fix Politics

Project for Public Spaces (pps.org

Compiles many shared concerns and resources for turning concerns into actions. Focused on creating strong places through building community consensus... Ideas on "placemaking"

What makes a great place?  https://www.pps.org/reference/grplacefeat/

The Power of 10+:  https://www.pps.org/reference/the-power-of-10/

Streets as Places: https://www.pps.org/reference/streets-as-places/power-of-10-place/

Resilience.org

http://www.resilience.org/stories/2016-03-22/the-seed-within-planting-the-seed

http://www.resilience.org/stories/2016-03-09/community-development-and-the-commons

Broad-based Ownership Models as Tools for Job Creation & Community Development

http://www.resilience.org/resource-detail/3101666-broad-based-ownership-models-as-tools-for

Vital Signs Hamilton   2015 Report   2012 Report   2011 Report   2010 Report

Walkability:

www.friendlystreetshamilton.wordpress.com

Jeff Speck: 4 ways to make a city more walkable  https://go.ted.com/Cycw

Dundas Walks: Celebrating and preserving Dundas Ontario's scenic and utilitarian pathways and trails

Books:

A Pattern Language, by Christopher Alexander - This is world-renowned architect Christopher Alexander's 1977 text detailing urban design and community livability.

Designing Community, by David Walters

Door to Door: The Magnificent, Maddening, Mysterious World of Transportation, by Edward Humes. 

Happy City, by Charles Montgomery

Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age, by Sherry Turkle.  Research and insight into the effects our "devices" are having on people's ability to engage in conversation.

Street Fight, by  ​​Janette Sadik-Khan - The former New York City Commissioner of Streets writes about urban landscapes.

Utopia for Realists, by Rutger Bregman.  The Case for a Universal basic Income, Open Borders, and a 15-hour Workweek

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