July 31, 2013 I will be cross-posting my electronic newsletters as blog entries moving forward. If you aren’t already receiving them, I’d be happy to have you as a subscriber. Below is my second newsletter, emailed out on July 22. — In this edition: 1. Storm Clean-up 2. Community Financial report 3. Northdale Plan Approved […]
May 5, 2013 Yesterday, Northdale resident Christine Carmody and I led more than two dozen people on a Jane’s Walk through the neighbourhood that last year got a new vision and plan approved by Council. I posted in more detail about the history behind the neighbourhood and the walk last week. Several guests joined Christine […]
April 29, 2013 In 1961, Jane Jacobs published ‘The Death and Life of Great American Cities‘ and in so doing sparked an international conversation about how cities do and should work. When we talk today about urbanism, where cities are most vibrant when they are designed for people to cross paths and interact with each […]
January 30, 2013 Congratulations to RIM BlackBerry on the launch of their new and revolutionary mobile computing platform. So much hard work has gone into today, and our friends at BlackBerry should be proud of the result. I was pleased to attend the community event in our public square earlier this evening, and glad to […]
January 20, 2013 Earlier this week, the City Clerk received Council’s support to explore what electronic and telephone voting would look like in the 2014 municipal election. Council heard from Communitech and the Barn Raiser’s Council that as an intelligent community electronic voting was an obvious choice: it would entice the younger generation to vote, […]
December 6, 2012 Last year, I wrote about my thoughts one year into this Council term. In reviewing the commitments I made in my election platform, I am pleased to say that I have made great progress with my colleagues on Council in most of them. In addition to those successes we have achieved together, […]
Monday, September 24, 2012 We do a fantastic job of thinking about, talking about, and celebrating the future being planned and made here in Waterloo. And that has led us to often struggle in reflecting on and celebrating our past. Reconciling both is, in my view, critical to our future success as a strong and […]
August 1, 2012 For the fourth year in a row, the City of Waterloo took the first place trophy for the highest Commuter Challenge participation in the over-500-employee category in the region. This is a challenge I have been pleased to personally participate in both of my years on Council – more on that in a moment. […]
July 7, 2012 The United Nations declared 2012 to be the International Year of Cooperatives and today was set aside for particular celebration. The UN describes cooperatives as “business enterprises owned and controlled by the very members that they serve.” I had the honour of joining the official celebrations at the Kitchener market this morning, […]
June 26, 2012 After 18 months of hard work and broad consultation, Council adopted a new plan for the Northdale neighbourhood last night. Last year, on the advice of our consulting team and a Northdale Special Project Committee made up of community members and other important stakeholders, Council adopted the following as the new vision […]
