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As part of Nanaimo's 2022 official community plan, the city is seeking feedback on developing the area around Woodgrove Mall into a walkable, livable community to help accommodate rapid population growth.
The City of Nanaimo is looking at long-term parking needs and strategies, as it seeks to help remove red tape around housing developments especially in the downtown area. As Claire Palmer reports, it's one of a handful of areas that have been earmarked as key centres for residential development.
Strong Towns features Nanaimo's successful campaign to abolish parking mandates downtown, highlighting the 8-1 council vote and the community organizing work of Strong Towns Nanaimo. The article details how parking minimums were creating economic barriers and how removing them opens opportunities for more housing and small businesses.
Ideas host Nahlah Ayed speaks with residents of Edmonton about the importance of engaging in conversation with others in real life amidst polarization. They explore what polarization actually is, and when it's a positive or negative aspect of our democratic discourse — specifically during an election cycle.
In this episode of Bottom-Up Shorts, host Norm Van Eeden Petersman is joined by Michael Bassili, one of the leaders of Strong Towns Nanaimo, a Local Conversation group based in British Columbia, Canada. Bassili explains how his Local Conversation created a parking campaign that convinced their city council to vote 8-1 to eliminate parking mandates in their downtown.
In downtown Nanaimo, Park(ing) Day was observed by Strong Towns Nanaimo and Master of Community Planning (MCP) students from Vancouver Island University who created two 'parklets' in front of the Vancouver Island Literary Center and Cold Front Gelato on Commercial Street.
Midcoast Morning speaks with Caelen Middleton of Strong Towns Nanaimo about parking minimums, and James Knight with the City of Nanaimo about the construction project underway on Commercial Street.
Michael Bassili and Deraek Menard speak to CBC News about the recent spike in pedestrian deaths in Nanaimo and what can be done to prevent them.
Co-founder of Strong Towns Nanaimo Michael Bassili believes streets need to be people focused rather than car focused, because pedestrian fatalities are preventable.
In this episode, we sit down with Michael Bassili, co-founder of Strong Towns Nanaimo. We discuss what lead him and his partner to start Strong Towns Nanaimo, what they hope to achieve, ways to improve home affordability, and more.
People on Vancouver Island are hoping to see some action as the province unveils new building targets for municipalities. Claire Palmer is in Nanaimo, hearing from advocates who say the construction of 'missing middle' housing is critical.
Kathryn Marlow spoke with Michael Bassili, one of the founders of Strong Towns Nanaimo, a community group interested in urban planning and development.
