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For more information

See the Smart Planning for Communities Business Plan.

Download the SPC brochure for local government

Download the SPC brochure for First Nations goverments

Download the Smart Energy Planning Brochure

 

Please also feel free to contact:

Maureen LeBourdais
Manager, Smart Planning
for Communities
250 392-1400


Planning Samples eBinder: Further Resources

 

  1. Getting Ready

  2. Planning

  3. Lessons Learned

  4. Further Resources
    There are several resources to advance smart planning in British Columbia. Consult the following three sections to find more tools to assess, measure, and report as part of integrated community sustainability planning processes. Click on a link below to view the sample;

    1. Checklists 
      1. Town of Gibsons Smart Development Checklist, Gisbsons Department of Planning
      2. Sustainability Statement Guidelines for Rezoning and Development Permit Applications in  Saanich Sustainability Checklist, Saanich Department of Planning
      3. City of Nelson Sustainability checklist, City of Nelson
      4. City of Vernon Smart Growth Development Checklist, Vernon Department of Planning
      5. RDOS Regional Growth Strategy Sustainability Checklist, RD of Okanagan Similkameen
      6. Port Coquitlam Sustainability Checklist for Rezoning & Development Permit Applications
      7. Kelowna Sustainability Checklist
      8. Kamloops Development Checklist, North Shore Neighbourhood Plan City of Kamloops
      9. CCP Handbook, Sample Checklist excerpt pages 31-32, INAC 2006
      10. Sustainability Screening Report Checklist (SSR), Canmore
      11. Saltspring Island Checklist
      12. Kamloops Sustainability Checklists
      13. Regional District of Bulkley Nechako Sustainability Checklist
      14. Kelowna Sustainability Checklists with and without Rezoning

    2. Indicator Programs
      1. Performance Indicators for the South Okanagan Regional Growth Strategy
        The Sheltair Group, 2007
      2. Whistler 2020 Descriptions of Success, RMOW
      3. GCC Becoming Carbon Neutral Project Profile: Low Emission Vehicles
      4. GCC Becoming Carbon Neutral Project Profile: Energy Efficient Building Retrofits and Fuel Switching
      5. GCC Becoming Carbon Neutral Project Profile: Solar Thermal (Hot Water) Retrofits
      6. GCC Becoming Carbon Neutral Project Profile: Household Organic Waste Composting

    3. Websites & Further Resources
      1. CCP Funding list, INAC 2009
      2. CCP Tools & Resources handout, INAC 2009
      3. Sustainability Definitions, Smart Planning for Communities 2010
      4. Website List, Smart Planning for Communities 2010


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Program Vision

Smart Planning for Communities: creating stronger more vibrant and sustainable communities in British Columbia.

Our Work

Smart Planning for Communities (SPC) is 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. Learn more about our services…

Our Partners

Smart Planning for Communities is administered and delivered by the Fraser Basin Council with support provided by a Funders Group consisting of:

  • BC Hydro
  • Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
  • BC Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development
  • BC Ministry of Environment
  • Real Estate Foundation of BC
  • Canadian Rural Partnership

Reach Us

We’re close at hand and happy to help! See our Smart Planning for Communities Contacts page to connect with facilitators and other program staff.

SPC is a program of the Fraser Basin Council, a charitable non-profit society that works to advance sustainability in the Fraser River Basin and across BC.

For more information on the Fraser Basin Council please visit: www.fraserbasin.bc.ca.