The story of how people in a Portland, Oregon neighbourhood came together to make their neighbourhood more resilient.
Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community by Robert D. Putnam. Based on vast data, Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and…
The City of Vancouver, BC recently took forty developers, property managers, architects and planners to visit eight sites that showcased friendly, sociable multi-unit buildings. It marked “the start of strong…
Vancouver Foundation’s report on their Metro Vancouver survey of connection & engagement. It also includes A Closer Look, a series of mini-reports that detail the survey findings around particular themes….
In this era of increasingly complex problems and shrinking resources, can we find meaningful and enduring solutions to the challenges we face today as individuals, communities and nations? Welcome to…
Community: The Structure of Belonging by Peter Block explores the ways communities can transform fragmentation, and six kinds of conversations that can create communal accountability and commitment. Block also describes…
The Vancouver Tool Library is a cooperative tool lending library located at 3448 Commercial Street in Vancouver, BC. We carry a wide variety of tools for home repair, gardening, and…