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Old Posted Feb 4, 2020, 3:31 PM
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Winnipeg Activism (urbanism, and more)

Winnipeg Activism (urbanism, and more)

This is a thread where we can post about local organizations that are trying to make Winnipeg a better city. Folks on this forum have a lot of great ideas about how Winnipeg can be improved, and we all care enough about it to trawl this forum, so I'd like to encourage people here to channel some of that energy in ways that might plausibly result in positive change. Especially the following are on topic and welcome:

* notices of upcoming events (meetings, talks, strikes, information sessions, fundraisers, ...)

* summaries of events after the fact

* news relating to existing organizations, or of new ones trying to get off the ground

* discussion of what kinds of activism we would like to see in Winnipeg, what might work/won't work

List of organizations (work in progress, will be continuously updated):



Functional Transit Winnipeg

Homepage: https://functionaltransit.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FTWinnipeg
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FunctionalTransit
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Functional Transit Winnipeg is a grassroots non-profit made up of Winnipeggers who volunteer their time to research and advocate for improvements to public transit in our city.

Our mission is to advocate for a viable public transit system that is frequent, accessible and affordable.
YIMBY Winnipeg

Homepage: https://www.yesinwpg.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/YesInWpg
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YesInWpg/
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In short, YIMBY stands for “Yes In My Backyard” – the opposite of “Not In My Backyard”. To learn more about YIMBY Winnipeg’s mandate, see here. Here’s a primer on what saying “Yes” means for Winnipeg.

Saying YES to compact, productive, mixed-use development means MORE!

* More walkable neighbourhoods where people can easily access a lot of their daily needs within walking distance: think shopping & services, recreation, schools and jobs
* More housing for people at every age and stage of life
* More freedom to choose active and shared modes of transportation
* More property tax revenue to keep our city solvent and taking care of its citizens
* More access/mobility for youth, seniors, and people without a drivers’ license or a vehicle
Saying YES also means LESS of the things we don’t want:

* Less traffic, congestion and speeding
* Less carbon and pollution to wreak havoc on our climate and lungs
* Less disease and injury, resulting in lower health care costs
Bike Winnipeg

Homepage: https://bikewinnipeg.ca/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BikeWinnipeg
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Mission
We are an inclusive group of people and organizations working to make cycling in Winnipeg a safe, enjoyable, accessible and convenient transportation choice year round.

Vision
We envision a city where every road is safe for cycling, all bike paths are connected, and riding a bike is normal and always fun.

Green Action Centre

Homepage: https://greenactioncentre.ca/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/greenactionctr
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Green Action Centre is a non-profit, non-governmental organization, based in Winnipeg and serving Manitoba since 1985. We are a registered charity, governed by an elected community board. We promote greener living through environmental education and encourage practical green solutions for households, workplaces, schools and communities. Our primary areas of focus include green commuting, composting and waste reduction, sustainable living and resource conservation.

Our primary areas of work are green commuting, waste reduction through composting and recycling, sustainable living and resource conservation. Programs and outreach are supported by donations from individuals, grants from foundations and governments, and sponsorships.

Safe Speeds Winnipeg

Homepage: https://www.safespeedswpg.com/

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SafeSpeedsWPG is a grassroots initiative to engage citizens about the impact of vehicle speed on people and Winnipeg neighbourhoods. We uphold mobility as a human right - in all the ways people move within our city. We value the safety of all Winnipeg’s residents.

We are urging The City of Winnipeg to amend the Speed Limit By-law to enforce a default speed of 30 km/hr in all Winnipeg neighbourhoods.

Winnipeg Trails Association

Homepage: https://www.winnipegtrails.ca/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WinnipegTrails
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WinnipegTrails/
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Overview
Founded in 2003 and incorporated as a non-profit in 2017, Winnipeg Trails is a dynamic organization that plays a critical and comprehensive role in the development of a modern, sustainable city through the primary lens of active transportation.

Vision
We envision a place where the natural world and human dignity are so important to us that we design our transportation systems to eliminate every possible barrier – a place where we can always hear the sound of conversation, go safely to work or see a loved one, where birds and animals of every kind abound, where night skies and clean water are protected, and where simple pleasures – like smelling fresh air or swimming in our rivers – are once again the norm.

Mission
Winnipeg Trails implements practical, opportune and innovative ideas with an emphasis on creative problem solving, inter-sectoral partnerships, capacity-building, citizen involvement and evidence-based decision making.

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Old Posted Feb 4, 2020, 4:33 PM
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Thanks for putting this together. I may not agree with everything these groups say, or the general tenor of how they say it, but they are all in their way doing the Lord's work.
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Old Posted Feb 4, 2020, 8:37 PM
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So, to get the ball rolling, here are a couple of events going on this week:


YIMBY Winnipeg
Time and Place: Feb. 5, 2020. At Skullspace (374 Donald St) starting at 6 PM.
What: Organizing Meeting (open to public)

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We're having our second organizing meeting of 2020 on Feb. 5 at Skullspace. There's a lot to talk about, but the meeting will be pretty compact. We plan on heading over to a nearby restaurant or pub after the meeting.


Functional Transit Winnipeg

Time and Place: Thursday (February 6th) @ 7:00pm at University of Winnipeg - Manitoba Hall, 3rd floor, Room 3M65
What: Monthly Functional Transit members meeting (open to public)

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Your friendly reminder, the monthly Functional Transit members meeting is this Thursday (February 6th) @ 7:00pm at University of Winnipeg - Manitoba Hall, 3rd floor, Room 3M65 (This is a different room than last month)

Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/9FWECqiCGqBV6rrv6
PDF Map: https://www.uwinnipeg.ca/maps/docs/campus-map.pdf

The agenda will be provided at the meeting.

All are welcome, come out and join us as we discuss our objectives for promoting a frequent, accessible and affordable transit system in Winnipeg.
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Summary of the YIMBY Winnipeg meeting last Wednesday: https://www.yesinwpg.com/2020/02/07/...3mHFOUXuSln-kU

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Events, valentines, budget and more! We had a productive meeting with big plans for 2020.
This February meeting was our last meeting before our February 19th secondary suite workshop. As such, we finalized some of our plans for the event and prepared a final, major promotion campaign for the event.

If you want to attend our February 19th secondary suite workshop, better buy now before tickets sell out. Follow this link to our EventBrite page to buy tickets NOW.

Infill Valentines
Edmonton Planner Jason Syviaxy has delivered Infill Valentines to celebrate the way infill completes streets. A Winnipeg resident has adopted the idea as a way to welcome people in infill houses, which can be (unjustly) very controversial in some neighbourhoods. We’re hoping to expand the campaign in Winnipeg this year.

If you want to get involved, please email us back at yesinwpg@gmail.com. We’re planning to deliver Infill Valentines from February 12-14.

Late March Event
We discussed our planned late March event, a community info-session on infill. We noted that there was some interest in it from other organizations and we’ll remain in dialogue with them. We also assigned a person to facilitate and are currently looking for another co-facilitator to help with more technical infill questions. We also discussed promoting the event, noting that we wanted to get people who have been underrepresented in past infill discussions. We noted that this will require effort and more targeted communications/marketing approach.

Budget for All Winnipeg
Another agenda item was the Budget for All group in Winnipeg. This is a coalition of many civic groups opposing proposed City of Winnipeg service cuts. YIMBY Winnipeg has discussed budget proposals in the past with concern (see “Proposed City Budget cuts show need to densify mature communities“). We reocgnized that there was some overlap in opposing cuts, particularly to transit and multifamily garbage/recycling pickup, and our mandate of supporting land-use and urban development reform to encourage a more walkable and sustainable city. With this in mind, we agreed to support the Budget for All coalition.

Project-based advocacy
In the past, YIMBY Winnipeg has gone to public hearings to support particular proposed projects. This has been a contentious process and is very time consuming. It dropped off as a major activity when we pivoted in fall of 2019 to focus on advocacy around the Residential Infill Strategy. We agreed to look at getting involved in project-based advocacy again, but with a strategic focus on which projects serve as a springboard for a broader public conversation on infill and land use.

Tactical Urbanism
Tactical urbanism or low cost alterations to an urban environment to improve it as a gathering place was discussed. It was noted that Anders Swanson is someone to get in touch with if you’re interested in tactical urbanism
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Last night YIMBY Winnipeg hosted their first public event "Living the Suite Life", which was an evening seminar all about building second suites. That is, building a secondary separate suite in an existing house, either within the same building (basement or upper level suite), or detached (above or adjacent to a garage).

Topics included how to navigate the city's red tape, what you're allowed to do with/without a variance, advice for how to construct them, discussion of what the city could do better to allow these infill developments. A Q&A session followed.

Quite a few folks showed up, including Councillor Matt Allard, some folks from Functional Transit Winnipeg and Winnipeg Trails. It's nice to see the cross-pollination between similar advocacy groups in the city.

We even made it onto CTV News! https://twitter.com/YesInWpg/status/1230462528024649730
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