Village Vancouver

Vancouver's Leader in Transition toward Strong, Resilient, Complete Communities

Canada
Day 2010 saw Vancouverites doing what we love to do: coming together to play
and celebrate being a community. Community celebrations like Canada Day are one
example of what Mark Lakeman of City Repair
in Portland, Oregon calls “placemaking” where people
claim their space in their community. Read more http://ow.ly/26qUQ

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Comment by Kathie Wallace on July 5, 2010 at 7:41am
well when we as a community come together in the same space, even though we are strangers, and spend time together with smiles on our faces and wishing each other well, that to me is community being together....joy to you Richard!

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