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Extremely grateful to be allowed the chance to attend the Reconciliation and Recreation: Advice and Lessons from Outdoor Groups webinar presented by Outdoor Recreation Council of British Columbia and sponsored by Real Estate Foundation of BC Designed for recreational organizations eager to engage in reconciliation efforts but uncertain about how to begin, a panel comprising leaders from the outdoor recreation community recounted instances of projects that successfully leveraged a mutual love for nature to positively impact local First Nations communities. They discussed effective strategies, setbacks encountered, and key takeaways and provided guidance on initiating and advancing these efforts. As a marketer who often works with tourism businesses that want to be involved in making B.C.’s outdoor spaces more equitable and sustainable, I can not recommend the webinar more for anyone who is part of this space. Because I love seeing people takeaways from things, here is mine in the form of a term I can equip my vocabulary with: Redress. While reconciliation emphasizes understanding, redress by definition, is: "the act or an instance of setting right a wrong; remedy or cure: to seek redress of grievances. restitution, compensation, amends, or reparation for a wrong. Here is a link to the event listing and where to find possible future events https://lnkd.in/gkM4538A

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Born in, lived in, worked in Derby. My entire life. So I’m feeling qualified to put some commentary to this. And it might be different to other Derbians. I wasn’t incensed that Derby was last in the list. Derby MADE it onto the list of 25 cities (there’s 76 cities in the UK). That’s proof that the tourism work being done is have a good effect, it’s bringing people to Derby. If I was someone who yielded enough power to make changes in this city of ours I would be using this feedback to make the right strategic changes for the city. Because yes there are things being done here but they are mostly glory projects that people get behind and frankly there’s been a woeful lack of care of our heritage until recent years. Don’t get me started on the Hippodrome (or someone hand the keys over to me!). There are issues in Derby and I’ve been to many events where they are glossed over. So if we stop wallpapering the cracks and listen to this feedback then act on it we’re going to climb this particular Which list. Because Derby IS a nice little city. It has heritage galore. It does sit in stunning countryside literally a stones throw from the city centre. It’s just lost its way over the last few decades resulting in this feedback. I would say to the local politicians and city leaders take notice of this feedback and make the RIGHT decisions to make our city more visitor friendly. Then we might make it into the top 10. Carry on as we are with expensive parking, huge new builds of apartment blocks, leaving buildings falling apart, cancelling loved events, closing parking down, focussing only on the big businesses and a load of other stuff then we’ll fall off that list which will have a detrimental effect on the city and its people. And that is more important than being on any list in whatever position. Here ends the Seleena rant.

We’ve spent a lot of time in the last couple of months on our indexing and analysis systems so the amount of human effort needed to get sufficient market coverage was massively reduced compared to Bath. It’s a really interesting challenge trying to balance detail with accuracy and repeatability, pipelining the analysis to use cheaper models where possible, and even (gasp!) using good old hardcoded heuristics for places where we don’t need AI.

Reflecting what modern urban should look like is Keepmoat's NorthBridge development in Glasgow with 154 homes blending seamlessly between tenures. https://lnkd.in/ePkAQfN4

As an Urban Development Institute of New Zealand UDINZ Board member and Beca representative on last year's Delegation, I am super excited that this year’s UDINZ Trans-Tasman Delegation has been announced. As plans have been brewing in the background, I have been reflecting on the themes that stuck with me from last year: • While urban development in AU operates on a different scale (population, availability of land, backfilling areas of 3-6 storey with 20-60 storey) there are outcomes being achieved and ways of working that Aotearoa can aspire to. • The cross section of developments visited last year had clear vision and commitment to delivery, with private developers leading the way, supported by local council and state govt that is willing to say ‘yes’ and enable the development.  • State and Federal Govt, often in partnership, are progressing major infrastructure moves (e.g. New West Sydney Airport) that catalyse private development at scale and creation of whole new communities. Major events are also a catalyst, but the legacy these leave needs to be sustainable (a reflection from Brisbane, where they are gearing up for the 2032 Olympics). • Great public amenity and facilities can be incorporated in development. There are some tools and mechanisms to support this (e.g. NSWs Voluntary Planning Agreements), but underpinned by willingness to collaborate. • Even developers of high rise apartment buildings are looking to create a sense of community, through the facilities and spaces they provide within the buildings and contributions to shaping the surrounding neighbourhoods - creating thriving communities. • Aotearoa’s approach to iwi engagement and move towards partnerships is a unique proposition when it comes to city shaping. Can't wait to see what comes out of this year's delegation.

Whilst for many whom are focused solely on economic growth and new emerging affluent communities this will be viewed as positive and a hoorah for all the investment that has been made by the money men. But for me with my critical eye it's a far cry from the lives of many local people for whom the gentrification and rapid development of the area is having a negative impact - on the very edge of these eye catching, grandeous developments are disadvantaged and neglected communities, that lack access to basic services, families already crippled by the cost of living being priced out of the area as fancy supermarkets crop up and more new developments threaten to close essential stores to replace them with upmarket artisan shops and apartments for young professionals from across the UK. Young people who lack access to basic spaces to play football as the local pitch is chained up and rented out to Premier league clubs for training and outreach. The same young people who are demonised and criminalised if they go over to Salford Quays looking for fun or something to do, who see all of this development and recognise sadly its not for them. The grim reality is that Salford has terrible mortality rares, already has poor air quality because of traffic which is only made worse by more commuters and is in the midst of a housing epidemic that has seen over 600 children forced to live in temporary accomodation, often in one room together with their family, without cooking equiptment, without any luxuries like televisions or even kettles, far from their friends and schools, as there is no adequate housing available and everything is too expensive. The crisis is so bad we have seen tents outside the town hall, people turned away from housing options and told to sleep in cars and on streets because they are not vulnerable enough. This absolute erosion of our health, our lives and our communities is one of the biggest contributing factors as to why we also have such a problem with Poverty and Inequality in the City. This picture and these statements for me are a stark visual reminder of the deeply entrenched Inequality we battle with daily. With every new development another chunk of our City is lost and the proud memories of our heritage and hardwork crumble to dust like our ancestors who built this City with their own bare and dirty hands. Theres nothing to celebrate until we are all thriving - not just the elite and the affluent. #Salford

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