A Community of Heroes Britannia Beach, BC

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A Community of HeroesBritannia Beach, BC
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Community

• A Community Story of
• History
• Memories good and bad
• Regeneration
• Accepting responsibility
• Forming partnerships
• Sustainability
• Overcoming barriers
• Creating a vibrant future
• A Community of Heroes that made it all possible

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History

• Thriving mine and company community (1904-74)
• Community in turmoil after mine closes (1975-90)
• Identified as worst acid-rock-discharge site in
  Canada (1990s)

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Regeneration

• Industry, University, Developer, Community and
  Government Heroes come together to address crisis
  (2002-05)
• In 2005 public, private, partnership completes
  water treatment plant, solving the
  acid-rock-discharge problem

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Innovation and Sustainability Centre

• Britannia Beach emerges as a international model
  of industry and community sustainability

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Starting Point for Presentation

• Brownfield eyesore becomes icon of sustainability
• Community participates in innovative
  sustainability effort
• Project is a model for Industry, Community,
  Developers, British Columbia, Canada, and the
  globally
• Digging into the research we found a more
  interesting story

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Our Community of Heroes

• Our heroes have demonstrated
• Not being afraid to dream big
• Accepting responsibility
• The power of strategic collaboration
• Collectively they are creating a sustainable
  balance between
• environmental stewardship
• community well being
• long term economic development

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Britannias Community of Heroes

• Myth of Collective Vision
• Each person sees from her own side
• Collective vision is not collective, its a
  composite
• Reality of Connective Vision
• Finding solutions through connecting self
  interest
• Building consensus around connectors

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HughesBinder

• Consultants grounded in the disciplines of
• Local Governance
• Land Use Planning
• Resort Development
• Architecture and Preservation
• We provide strategy and community engagement
  services to developers and government