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The Long Road to Complete Streets in Hamilton

Written by Kim Perrotta Back in 2011 and 2012, the City of Hamilton started community discussions about “complete streets” when it organized a transportation summit on the topic with the non-profit organization, Share the Road.  A commitment to develop “complete streets” was adopted several years later in the City’s 2018 Transportation Master Plan. “Complete streets

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Weaving Equity into the Region of Peel’s Tree Planting Priorities

Photo courtesy of Credit Valley Conservation. Written by Kim Perrotta Background The Region of Peel has woven social equity and climate concerns into its tree planting strategy and developed a tool to help prioritize areas for tree planting.  With a population of 1.4 million people, Peel Region is a rapidly growing area located on the

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Favoriser l’activité physique à Glace Bay, en Nouvelle-Écosse

Kim Perrotta En 2019, les élèves de Glace Bay, en Nouvelle-Écosse, se sont mobilisés pendant deux ans pour faire aménager un nouveau sentier pédestre dans leur communauté, qui relierait leur école secondaire aux entreprises locales de la ville et encouragerait les citoyens de cette ville de 19 000 habitants à faire plus d’activité physique.  «

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Fostering Physical Activity in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

Written by Kim Perrotta In 2019, the students in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, organized for two years to have a new pedestrian pathway built in their community that will connect their high school to local businesses in town and encourage others in the town of 19,000 to increase their levels of physical activity. “The former

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Contenir l’étalement urbain à Hamilton

Kim Perrotta Contexte En fin d’’année 2021, la ville de Hamilton a voté en faveur de la création d’une limite urbaine stricte et est devenue un chef de file en matière de planification urbaine durable en Ontario. Cette décision est due en grande partie aux groupes communautaires qui ont mobilisé les résidents autour de cette

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