Catherine Brownlee’s Post

The journey of 28 years of First Nation Land Management is a story of adoption from coast-to-coast. The first 69 communities to pass a land codes were from Ontario, Saskatchewan and British Columbia. The 70th vote came on March 2nd, 2017 in Quebec, becoming the 5th province with a community operating under their own land-based jurisdiction. We have watched as communities from nine provinces and one territory have learned about the opportunity and chosen to restore jurisdiction over their lands!

Consider supporting this important Land Trust project that will benefit our county in several ways: https://lnkd.in/ghbPhuEz

Sunday Morning Thoughts: "To assess the scale of Alberta's municipal landscape, one need only look at neighbouring provinces. Saskatchewan, with a population of 1.2 million residents, is represented by 767 municipalities. Meanwhile, Manitoba, with a slightly larger population of 1.3 million, operates with only 137 municipalities." Click on the link below to read the entire article. Don't forget to Subscribe. #Alberta #AlbertaMunicipalities #Editorial

The Town of Nanton needs your help - our Grain Elevator Society has been selected as a finalist in the Next Great Save. The winner gets $50,000 towards restoring their historical site and the Nanton grain elevators is a highlight on our highway 2 corridor. We are asking for your support to get the word out through your communications to help us get votes - to be the loudest and most vocal in southern Alberta! Together I believe we can do this 😊 Please visit the Canadian Grain Elevator Discovery Centre or the Town of Nanton’s Facebook pages and simply share our posts. Next Great Save - National Trust for Canada (nationaltrustcanada.ca) Voting Process and Timeline: April 18 at 10:00 am to May 6 Anyone may vote for their favorite project. Voters must first register an email address in order to place a vote. Votes are cast online at www.NextGreatSave.ca Each voter is allowed one vote per day (per email address). Only those votes cast during the competition period will be tallied. Total votes for each project will be tallied in real time online at www.NextGreatSave.ca Use of mechanical or automated programs to submit votes for this competition is strictly prohibited. If any person is found to be tampering in any way with the voting process, those votes will be disqualified. There is no fee or obligation to the National Trust for voting in the competition.

The City of Nelson, Halifax Regional Municipality, and EPCOR are leading the way in Canada when it comes to innovative approaches to natural infrastructure—benefiting their municipalities, the environment, and providing economic advantages.   Regardless of size, municipalities can develop solutions and successfully work with nature to meet infrastructure needs. The way to the solutions may vary, but these jurisdictions provide multiple examples of models for other cities, showcasing effective policy changes in different administrative, jurisdictional, and geographic settings.   Authors: Ashley Rawluk | Josée Méthot | Natural Infrastructure on the Canadian Prairies   📖 https://lnkd.in/gqXZ_J9N

Thousands of new units will be built in the coming years through incentives like Invest NH, which aims to create nearly 1,500 new units of housing. NH Housing has played a crucial role in helping get some of these projects off the ground by allocating millions of dollars through various programs like the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit and the Affordable Housing Fund. Suddenly, major projects are plentiful across the Granite State | Business | https://hubs.ly/Q02YVD110 https://hubs.ly/Q02YVyR30

Ontario is providing the Town of Collingwood with up to $40,000 through the RED program to automate and streamline land-use planning and development, improving efficiency and collaboration within the municipality and with external partners. 

The Town of Nanton needs your help - our Grain Elevator Society has been selected as a finalist in the hashtag #NextGreatSave. The winner gets $50,000 towards restoring their historical site and the hashtag #Nanton grain elevators is a highlight on our highway 2 corridor. We are asking for your support to get the word out through your communications to help us get votes - to be the loudest and most vocal in southern Alberta! Together I believe we can do this Please visit the Canadian Grain Elevator Discovery Centre or the Town of Nanton’s Facebook pages and simply share our posts. Next Great Save - National Trust for Canada (www.nationaltrustcanada.ca) Voting Process and Timeline: April 18 at 10:00 am to May 6 Anyone may vote for their favorite project. Voters must first register an email address in order to place a vote. Votes are cast online at www.NextGreatSave.ca Each voter is allowed one vote per day. Only those votes cast during the competition period will be tallied. Total votes for each project will be tallied in real time online at www.NextGreatSave.ca Use of mechanical or automated programs to submit votes for this competition is strictly prohibited. If any person is found to be tampering in any way with the voting process, those votes will be disqualified. There is no fee or obligation to the National Trust for voting in the competition. https://lnkd.in/gp7_kctu hashtag #nantonelevators hashtag #smalltownhistoric hashtag #grainelevators hashtag #savetheelevators

I'm interested to see how this pattern of land ownership changes as we enter further into the Restoration.

𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐏 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐔𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐍 𝐓𝐀𝐒𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐀! The Southern Tasmania Regional Land Use Strategy (STRLUS) is a plan to manage how land is used and developed in Southern Tasmania over the next 25 years. It helps guide growth and change in the region. The twelve Councils of the Southern Region along with the Tasmanian Government are currently updating the STRLUS and community members and stakeholders are invited to participate in the consultation process. How you can get involved: You can get involved by visiting www.shapingtasmania.com.au. Here, you’ll find the State of Play report which is being used to begin the conversation about what we know about the future of the Region and what we should consider in updating the STRLUS. You can also have your say on the future of land use in Southern Tasmania by completing a short survey and participating in community pop-ups. We encourage you to sign up for updates to stay informed about the review’s progress. https://lnkd.in/g_vx5WYc