{"id":13811,"date":"2012-09-24T11:35:01","date_gmt":"2012-09-24T18:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingvancouver.ca\/?p=13811"},"modified":"2013-01-21T07:05:46","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T15:05:46","slug":"release-vision-vancouver-proposes-engaged-city-task-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/09\/24\/release-vision-vancouver-proposes-engaged-city-task-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Release: Vision Vancouver proposes Engaged City Task Force"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spotted on Frances Bula’s State of Vancouver<\/a>\u00a0blog\u00a0this morning:<\/p>\n

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Vancouver city hall to strike a new task force to improve connections city-to-resident and neighbour-to-neighbour<\/h3>\n

(Vancouver) \u2013 Vision Vancouver Councillor Andrea Reimer will introduce a motion at the next City Council meeting to create an Engaged City Mayor\u2019s Task Force, which will identify ways to increase neighbourhood engagement and improve the ways in which the City interacts and connects with its residents, as well as meet a key election campaign commitment.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve seen from both the Vancouver Foundation\u2019s research on social isolation and the success of last week\u2019s SFU Community Summit that there is a big appetite for people to be better connected, whether it\u2019s on an individual level with their neighbours or how they engage with City Hall,\u201d said Councillor Reimer. \u201cVancouver is a city that leads the world in many ways, and we can do more when it comes to building a more engaged city.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Mayor\u2019s Task Force would be comprised of people with particular experience in citizen engagement and community building. Members will be chosen from an open call for applications, with the goal to have the Task Force up and running by December, and to complete its work by next June. The creation of a task force to improve citizen engagement was a campaign commitment made by Vision Vancouver in the 2011 civic election.<\/p>\n

The Engaged City Task Force will focus on the following areas:<\/p>\n