REIMAGINE NANAIMO

In order to plan for how and where growth will happen over the next 25 years, it is important to set a strong foundation. Reimagine Nanaimo’s Foundations is based on a Framework and set of Goals & Indicators.

Provide your feedback on the Foundations by participating in the FOUNDATIONS SURVEY It will take about 10 minutes. Survey closes September 23rd.

The choices we make – where we live and work, how we move, where we shop – all influence how Nanaimo will grow over time. Great cities aren’t created by accident. They are created through thoughtful plans and a desire by the many who live there to make great choices.

While much of our city will remain as the neighbourhoods and features we know and love, some areas will change in the next 25 years. By choosing where to focus new growth and planning what it could look like, we can help create a great city. Shouldn’t you be involved?

Provide your feedback with either of these 3 options:

Option 1 | Scenario Exploration Survey | Quick online survey - Closes September 23rd

Option 2 | Scenario Exploration Self-Guided Booklet | Guide your own scenario review - Please submit your booklet no later than September 23rd

Thank you to everyone who took part in submitting a picture of what they see in our City's future! We got a range of creative submissions that are on display in the windows of public spaces around our city including: Beban Park, Vancouver Island Conference Centre, and the Service and Resource Centre. Go and check them out! Photos of the completed projects will also be shared on the City of Nanaimo's social media.

Any remaining art kits can continue to be dropped off at the Beban Social Centre, Nanaimo Aquatic Centre, Oliver Woods Community Centre, or the Service and Resource Centre (411 Dunsmuir St).

Looking to learn more about REIMAGINE NANAIMO? Get started by watching this short intro video featuring Gracie Hill, then choose your own adventure for learning all about this exciting process and why it's so important for you to participate in Nanaimo's journey to the future!

Wow, Nanaimo! You’ve shared some great insights for the first phase of REIMAGINE NANAIMO – what’s great about our City, what needs work and fantastic ideas for the future. Take a browse through the Phase 1 Engagement Summary and the appendices and see what our community has shared so far. These ideas are now being used in Phase 2 of the process to identify a range of potential scenarios and options for Nanaimo’s future. Later this spring, we’ll be asking for your review and thoughts on these emerging directions. Stay tuned!

PREFER TO LISTEN AND LEARN?

• Have just a few minutes? Doughnut Economics Made Simple - seven videos to help you by Kate Raworth.
• Have 12 minutes? Downscaling the Doughnut to the City by Kate Raworth
• Have 17 minutes? Enjoy this Doughnut TED Talk
• Have 70 minutes? Watch Doughnut Economics Lecture

HAVE TIME TO READ? Check out the following resources?

• Kate Raworth website
• Creating City Portraits - A Methodological Guide from the Thriving Cities Initiative
• World Economic Forum

WHAT DO OTHERS THINK?

• Doughnut Economics by Kate Raworth Review - Forget Growth, Think Survival (Economics, The Guardian)
• There's a Hole in the Middle of Doughnut Economics - Foundation for Economic Education (Fee.org)
• Book Review: Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st Century Economist by Kate Raforth (LSE Review of Books)
• Doughnut Economics Summary (Four Minute Books)

Watch the March 8, 2021 Meeting from the City of Nanaimo Governance and Priorities Committee for an update on the Doughnut Economics Framework.

• See the March 8, 2021 Information Report for the "Update on Doughnut Economics Framework" from the ReImagine Nanaimo Team.