Volume 4, Issue 1, February 2009 		Français
GMF Funding: Plans


GMF offers grants of up to $350,000
to cover half the eligible costs
of sustainable community plans.

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CSCD is now GMF
Looking for the FCM Centre for Sustainable Community Development (CSCD)?

All of the resources from CSCD are still available from FCM, but they are now offered through FCM’s Green Municipal Fund (GMF).

By combining all of FCM’s sustainability programs and resources and offering them under the same name, GMF can meet your resource needs better than before.



Making sense of plans
So, your municipality has decided to develop a sustainable community plan, but you don’t know where to start or which approach to take? The term “sustainable community plan” can have different meanings to different municipalities.

There are many approaches to use and tools available to help you develop one that’s right for you. 

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Americana 2009
March 17–19, 2009, Montréal, Québec

CanBuild 09: Canadian Brownfield Urban and Industrial Land Development
April 1–4, 2009, Toronto, Ontario 

12th Canadian Conference on Building Science and Technology
May 6–8, 2009, Montréal, Québec 

Canadian Association of Municipal Administrators Annual Conference
June 1–3, 2009, Whistler, British Columbia

FCM 2009 Annual Conference
June 5–8, 2009, Whistler, British Columbia

ICLEI World Congress 2009 - Connecting leaders
June 14–18, 2009, Edmonton, Alberta 
  

Don’t miss our webinar series!
Questions & Answers
Bouctouche's Green Plan

When the Town of Bouctouche approved the Green Plan submitted by the Green Plan Committee in June 2006, it became the first green municipality in New Brunswick.

We spoke with Denny Richard, Green Plan coordinator, to learn more about Bouctouche’s approach to sustainable development. 

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Tools and resources to help develop a sustainable community plan
Find tools and resources to help you develop sustainable community plans, including information from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Royal Roads University, the University of Québec, the Alberta Association of Urban Municipalities, and ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability. 

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Planning for climate change: CIP’s Impacts and Adaptation Program
By the Canadian Institute of Planners

In July 2007, the Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP) launched a Climate Change Program that brings the science of climate change to planners. Today, the scope of CIP’s climate change initiatives has grown, as have the Institute’s professional networks and relationships. 

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Leading examples of sustainable community plans
Under the new framework for GMF funding launched on January 2, 2008, municipal governments that receive GMF grants for sustainable community plans must meet a series of milestones throughout the planning process.

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PCP news
The Partners for Climate Protection (PCP) program is a network of Canadian municipal governments that have committed to reducing greenhouse gases and acting on climate change. PCP is a partnership between the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) and ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability. It is the Canadian component of ICLEI's Cities for Climate Protection (CCP) network. 

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