Whistler Mayor Ken Melamed receives award from Premier Campbell.
Resort Municipality of Whistler - Winner
Whistler is recognized for its exemplary planning and development, which balances protection of the natural environment and tourism economy promotion.
Whistler is a leader of the resort communities through its diversification into year-round tourism, its overarching Whistler 2020 sustainability program, construction of LEED buildings, and work on affordable housing through formation of the Whistler Housing Authority and development of employee housing that uses green technologies.
Whistler is noted for its pedestrian friendly network of neighbourhood linking trails and provides convenient bus service throughout the community.
Whistler is also commended for providing the land and buildings used by the Whistler Community Services Society to operate the Reuse it Centre.
Town of Ladysmith
Ladysmith is dealing with waste management by being the first in B.C. to implement a curbside organics collection program. Their council is always seeking to become more sustainable as evidence by their training in the Natural Step framework and incorporation of triple bottom line principles in their strategic plan.