Strathcona Transition Visioning

The following is my best attempt at transcribing the Visioning exercise from the last Village Vancouver meeting held on January 25th at Strathcona Community Centre

Present in attendance:  Emi Do, Penny Coupland, Rebecca Cuttler, Sobey and two guests, from Downtown and the West End.

Vision for our Ideal Neighborhood

"A Complete Community"

-workplace:  

-local

-meaningful work

-connected with the community

-easily accessible (working within our own community)

-transport

-necessities accessible on foot or by bicycle

-car co-op because driving cars can be fun too (but we all don't need to own one!)

-food access

-access to local food

-access to knowledge regarding food

-formation of heritage gardens

-textile access

-access to locally produced textiles

-access to knowledge and skills

-access to locally produced clothing

-eduction

-creation of non hierarchical forms of education

-ability to educate children in neighborhood

-education and knowledge sharing structures

-energy consciousness

-being cognizant in public shared buildings of energy use (ie heating in community centres)

Resource Mapping of Strathcona

-internet resources

-Strathcona Resident's Association Blo

-East Vancouver Wiki

-Moneyless Man Tool Sharing webpage

-Freecycle

-Sharingbackyards.org

-tools

-Vancouver Hack Space (above Save on Meats on Hastings) for carpentry tools

-OCB (Main and 17th) and Pedal Depot (Ontario and 2nd) for bicycle tools

-meeting places

-Wilder Snail and Union Market (locally owned cafes)

-Homes and Houses

-Parks!

-Strathcona Community Centre

-other

-SOLE Food on Hastings (near Astoria) for freshly grown produce markets

-Seed Saving network

-energy and time of large retired community and resourceful Chinese community

Skills 

-design (landscape)

-gardening/ food production

-food preservation

-weaving, spinning, sewing, mending

-basket making

-presentation, facilitation

-muscle, energy, enthusiasm!

-eco education

-administration/ organisation

-bike repair