Friday, 5 June 2015

FCM Green Municipal Fund: Milton Friesen


Milton Friesen of Cardus Speaking. June 5, 2015

  • Need social and hard infrastructure to work and be developed together
  • We need to be collaborative at all levels to build healthy communities
  • Social infrastructure is ability to play, work, and live together
  • 1 in 5 give more than the other 4 together in both time and money
  • 9% is giving a full day of work while the rest do a coffee break worth of work
  • With right physical space it makes socializing easier
  • Allow people to innovate, to think outside of the box to create community
  • Connection between design of space and social interaction is important
  • In the past design has eliminated disease and poor transportation, now need socially productive space
  • Neighbourhood design to foster community - good design leads to healthy communities
  • Municipal leadership is the art of bringing physical infrastructure and social needs together

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