Growth Management

The following links provide information for local governments and First Nations to ensure that services are available to meet local demands, as community and region population grows.

Please note that the Province of British Columbia is not responsible for the material and/or content presented on any non-provincial government site listed below.

Resources

CommunityFutures.com
Lists over 200 community programs that are searchable by category, sector, and organization. These pages provide information on sources of funding and support primarily for social, economic, and environmental community development initiatives in rural areas, however the programs are not necessarily exclusive to rural.
http://www.communityfutures.com/cms/Funding_Sources.2.0.html

Community Transition Toolkit
Is a suite of tools for assisting community transition and preparedness planning.
http://www.unbc.ca/cdi/toolkit.html

Regional Growth Strategies, Ministry of Community and Rural Development
Is a local government strategic plan to promote human settlement that is social, economic, and environmentally healthy; and that makes efficient use of public facilities, land and other resources.
http://www.cd.gov.bc.ca/lgd/planning/growth_strategies.htm

Regional Planning, Ministry of Community and Rural Development
Addresses strategies or regional issues that cross municipal and regional district boundaries.
http://www.cd.gov.bc.ca/lgd/planning/regional_planning.htm

Volunteer Futures
Is an annual training event for boards of directors from around the province, a forum where board members come together to learn, grow their organization and draw energy and inspiration from interacting with other volunteer leaders from BC’s voluntary sector.
http://www.volunteerbc.bc.ca/volbc/documents/flyer.pdf (PDF, 100KB)

Volunteer Vancouver Leaders Forum
Has now opened registration for their Leaders Forum 2009, which will include a full day training session looking at building better boards, staff management, the wired not-for-profit, mission-based marketing, financial empowerment, planning, and social entrepreneurship.
https://www.netforumondemand.com/eWeb/...