Dreaming of a Complete Community
Posted: July 7th, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: Community Planning | 5 Comments »About a year ago, a dozen or so friends and I came together and formed a group called TRUE GREEN: Solutions for Bowen. To quote the mission statement, we’re…
…a grassroots community organization that advocates for a range of progressive social, economic, and ecological local-government policies and actions to create a more balanced, inclusive, and resilient community.
Bowen Island is grappling with some serious growth and change issues, against a backdrop of mounting challenges such as peak oil, demographic shifts, housing costs, and climate change. We are particularly vulnerable to these tectonic shifts, and struggling mightily with them. This is a special place, distinct from the city that is getting closer all the time. For many, the only response to unavoidable change is to keep it at bay as long as possible, by restricting growth and by effectively raising the drawbridge to newcomers. There is a deeply-grained sentiment that if we are to preserve and protect this jewel, we must keep the people away.