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Welcome to the Medicine Hat Community Action Lab
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Public Event #1 (February 7, 2023)
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Session #1: Strong Towns Core Principles
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Session #2: The Bottom-Up Approach
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Leadership Team Briefing (March 27, 2023)
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Session #4: The Growth Ponzi Scheme
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- 4.1. Introduction: The Growth Ponzi Scheme
- 4.2. Growth or Stability
- 4.3. Exploring the Transactions of the Growth Ponzi Scheme (8:33)
- 4.4. Bonus: This Ponzi Scheme Might END Suburban Prosperity (10:22)
- 4.5. How Do We Respond?
- 4.6. Introduction to Visualizing Growth (1:08)
- 4.7. Visualizing Growth in Medicine Hat
- 4.8. Optional Deep Dive
- 4.9. Discussion
Session #5: The Real Reason Cities Have Annual Budget Shortfalls
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Session 6: What It Means to Know Something is True
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Leadership Team Briefing (May 25, 2023)
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Session #7: Measuring Success
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Curbside Chat (June 14, 2023)
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Leadership Team Briefing (July 24, 2023)
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Session #8: Who is Leading Growth?
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Tough Conversations: What does development look like in a Strong Town?
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Tough Conversations: Should Cities Run a Profit?
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Session #9: Citizen as Developer
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Helpful Resources: Accessory Dwelling Units
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- Additional Resource: Accessory Dwelling Units
- Building an Accessory Dwelling Unit in Windsor, ON
- How to Navigate the Obstacles of Building an Accessory Dwelling Unit
- Accessory Dwelling Units: A Flexible, Free-Market Housing Solution
- Medicine Hat Secondary Suites
- The Controversy over Accessory Dwelling Units (14:07)
Leadership Team Briefing 4: September 25, 2023
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Local Lessons: Medicine Hat Success Stories
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Helpful Resource: Pre-Approved Building Plans
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Session #10: Municipal Government as the Highest Form of Collaboration
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Session #11: Building and Leveraging Confidence
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- 11.0. Introduction
- 11.1. Using One-Time Money Well
- 11.2. Focus on Investments That Bring a Return
- 11.3.a. Nurture Citizen Development
- 11.3.b. Nurturing Citizen Development: The Next Smallest Steps
- 11.4.a. Encourage Infill Development with Pre-approved Building Plans
- 11.4.b. Creating a Pre-approved Building Program: The Next Smallest Steps
- 11.5. Discussion
- 11.6. Deep Dive
Event #3 (November 28-29, 2023)
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Neighborhood Evolution Webinar
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Taking Action
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Pre-Approved Building Plans Webinar with Matthew Petty
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