CRD regional director Gary Holman receives award from Premier Campbell.
Capital Regional District - Area F Saltspring Island - winner
Capital Regional District is noted for action on its official community plan which promotes compact, pedestrian friendly development.
The Capital Regional District is responding to growth pressures on the island of Saltspring through construction of affordable seniors housing, working with other agencies to protect vital green space (including a drinking water watershed), and by assuming operation, management and upgrading of numerous community water systems. They will also be establishing a community bus system, which will allow the community to be less dependant on their vehicles…a first for the Gulf Islands.
Regional District of Central Kootenay - Area D
RDCK is working with local residents in the rural areas outside of the Village of Kaslo to retrofit community buildings for geothermal, restoring habitat and building trails, and working with local business to implement symbiotic recycling programs.