More inclusive community? Add your thoughts
by Nathan Sudds
1. Opening programs/discussions to other cultures
2. Cultural Diversity
2.1. Benefits
2.2. Grocery
2.3. Unique mix of people and music, styles
3. Government
3.1. Is government building walls
3.2. organizations need to look at where the redundancies are --- wrong answer
4. Is interest in multicultural cross cultural
4.1. Multicultural Services Summit?
4.1.1. What services exist
4.1.2. Where are the grants
4.1.3. Microcredit
4.1.3.1. Who would be responsible?
4.1.3.1.1. Province
4.1.3.2. Small business enterprise
4.1.3.3. Social Lending
4.1.3.3.1. Donor Matching
4.1.4. WEST
4.1.5. Grant writing
5. Multicultural Youth Programs?
6. Getting Ideas to Stick
6.1. Ideas are presented but don't gain traction
7. Parking Downtown
7.1. Needs improvement
7.1.1. where?
7.2. Garages
7.2.1. Wheelchairs
7.2.2. Mothers / Strollers
7.3. Family friendly
8. New Opportunities
8.1. Create more social interaction
9. Following Tradition vs New Directions
10. Transportation
10.1. No car is very difficult
10.2. Only so many strollers on the bus -- getting passed by
10.3. Family
10.3.1. Expenses
10.4. August - New Fair Boxes
10.4.1. New fair structure policy
10.4.2. Low income bus pass program / half price
10.4.3. Day passes (2.5 x adult fair)
10.4.4. Transfers - open window transfers
10.4.5. Family Pass
10.4.5.1. 3x adult pass
10.4.6. Coming later - Monthly passes
10.4.7. Conference passes
10.4.8. Result of anti-poverty
10.5. Programs with larger employers
10.5.1. A bus pass significantly reduced rate