The Community Planning Association of Alberta held their annual conference in Red Deer in April, 2012. This year's conference theme was "Planning for Complete Communities - How to Get There". Topics of the keynote and plenary sessions included:
- Sustainable communites
- Community wildfire risk
- Urban design
- Affordable housing
- Fiscal challenges
- Municipal planning
- Community transformation
- Landfills and recycling - environmental footprint
The Alberta Land-use Knowledge Network will post video from the Affordable Housing sessions in the days to come.
Additional resources related to the conference themes and speakers can be found below.
- 2011 Canadian Housing Observer - CMHC research report including demographic information on the current housing market in Canada. Chapters of particular interest include Affordable Housing, Demographic Trends, and Seniors Housing
- ACE Communities website
- Vision 2015: Foundations for Action - website for Alberta Recreation & Parks Association project
- Town of Gravelbourg, SK website
- Government of Alberta, Sustainable Resources Development, FireSmart website
- Affordability and Choice Today (ACT) Program - Federation of Canadian Municipalities
- Alberta CARE - Alberta Coordinated Action for Recycling Enterprises - supporting recycling and waste management activities in Alberta communities
Check back for more links!
