Conversation Calgary II
“What concerns you most about our city’s future?”
On October 31, Conversation Calgary II was held at the Thorncliffe/Greenview Community Association. The event was the follow up to Conversation Calgary held in May of this year, designed to try and achieve a more satisfying and effective citizen engagement. 6 themes of common agreement emerged on how to sustain Calgary’s quality of life into the future:
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Urban Mobility and Design
Citizenship
Enabling Economy
Environment
Culture and Community
Social Justice
For Conversation II, a number of Calgary leaders shared their thoughts and knowledge about these themes. The participants took these conversation starters to use as a jump off point to help clarify what they felt was important to their community and the future of our City. Through a unique series of conversations, the participants on October 31 distilled their feelings and opinions, represented here by the summary matrix.
A PDF of the complete document may be viewed here. Details of the first event and the individual essays can be accessed through the Conversation Calgary and Conversation Calgary II links respectively under the ‘Categories’ section on this page.
I found both events thought provoking, informative and fun. I thank all those who attended for their insight and enthusiasm. For those of you reading about this process for the first time, I encourage you to share your thoughts and opinions with me. I look forward to helping turn the priorities indentified here into action plans for our community!
Sincerely,
Bob Hawkesworth
Alderman Ward 4
