Nancy Hofer is the Environemntal Planner with the City of Courtenay. In this, the first of 2 interviews with hanspetermeyer, she talks about her background and the context for the City's recent changes to its Official Community Plan. These changes reflect work Nancy has been doing with respect to setting Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission targets and programs.
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Nancy Hofer is the Environmental Planner with the City of Courtenay. In this, the first of 2 interviews with hanspetermeyer, she talks about her background and the context for the City's recent changes to its Official Community Plan. These changes reflect work Nancy has been doing with respect to setting Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission targets and programs.
This is part of a series of conversations about conservation and sustainability in the Comox Valley, produced by hanspetermeyer.ca. For more information, visit CV2050.com. To support this conversation, "like" the CV2050 Facebook page at http://on.fb.me/db55pu and/or the Facebook page for the Comox Valley Conservation Strategy at http://on.fb.me/CVCSFB
This series is sponsored in part by the Comox Valley Land Trust (CVLT at CVLandTrust.ca). If you are interested in more of this type of engagement with local government and citizens about conservation, stewardship, and sustainability issues, please "like"CVLT on Facebook at http://on.fb.me/CVLTFB - and add your comments to the conversation!
Nancy refers to resources at the City of Courtenay website, and adds these comments:
"The fact that the OCP climate change amendments have been adopted will be posted on our news reel and the website soon.
"My contact info is: nhofer (at) courtenay (dot) ca / 250 334 4441
"Here’s the link to the website climate action page: http://courtenay.ca/planning/climate-action-in-the-city-of-courtenay.aspx"
Thanks Nancy!
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Concerned how quickly Nancy stated that the City doesn't expect people to give up their cars. Whaaa! Of course that's EXACTLY what more people need to do. As a new Comox Valley resident, I'm wondering what this obsession with the car is...
ReplyDeleteMaybe she's got a bit of anti-bicycleitis a la Don Cherry et al:
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Having gone to school with Nancy, I can guarantee she's not anti-bicycle. She's pro food, pro bike, and pro local. She's just trying to walk that fine line of not scaring the status quo while actually making the infrastructure changes that are necessary. Not an easy thing to do when you work for a local government.
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