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Tag: Kootenays

Improving Castlegar through Placemaking

January 27, 2011 Mike Thomas 2 Comments

The Kootenays, a beautiful, rural part of British Columbia, features sparsely populated river valleys punctuated by forested mountain ranges, struggles…

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Posted in: Castlegar, Cities, Community, Design, Governance, Kootenays, Rural, Sustainability Filed under: community, Development, economic development, Kootenays, place, placemaking, planning, Quality of life, town planning, urban planning

SD20 Negotiations

December 20, 2010 Mike Thomas 2 Comments

I haven’t paid a lot of attention to the School District 20 debate over the Planning for the Future document.…

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Posted in: Castlegar, Kootenays, Rossland Filed under: Castlegar, Kootenays, Rossland, school, School District, School District 20, SD20, Trail

Castlegar’s Recreation Complex – The Referendum

November 3, 2010 Mike Thomas 20 Comments

Castlegar and surrounding communities are preparing to go to referendum on whether to build a $25 million dollar renovation for…

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Posted in: Castlegar, Community, Design, Rural, Sustainability Filed under: BC< arena, Castlegar, Creston, election, Kootenays, Pioneer Arena, Recreation, Recreation Complex, referendum, voting

Bears and Garbage in the Kootenays – 2010

October 6, 2010 Mike Thomas 1 Comment

Bears are a common problem in Kootenay towns, and it seems that Castlegar is making the news – because the…

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Posted in: Castlegar, Community, Kootenays Filed under: American Black Bear, bear, British Columbia, Canada, Kootenays, Mayor, Recreation, Wildlife

Merry Creek Trail – Castlegar BC

September 8, 2010 Mike Thomas

EveryTrail – Merry Creek Trails One of the joys of living in the Kootenay Region is the proximity to nature.…

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Posted in: Blogging, Castlegar, Kootenays Filed under: Castlegar, hiking, Kootenays, Merry Creek, walks

Peak Oil Vignette 7 -The College

August 27, 2010 Mike Thomas 2 Comments

The community had always just assumed that there would be a college in town. It had been a feature of…

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Posted in: Castlegar, Peak Oil Vignettes, Sustainability Filed under: Castlegar, Education, futurism, Kootenays, peak oil, Selkirk College, tertiary education, urban farming

Spring Freshet at Brilliant Dam

June 29, 2010 Mike Thomas 1 Comment

This time of year makes for some magical photos around the Kootenays. This is the Brilliant Dam and Generating Stations…

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Posted in: Castlegar, Construction, Energy, Kootenays, Water Filed under: British Columbia, Castlegar British Columbia, Electricity generation, Hydroelectricity, Hydropower, Kootenay River, Kootenays, Nelson British Columbia

Gardening Update June 2010

June 21, 2010 Mike Thomas 6 Comments

Image by urbanworkbench via Flickr As I sit in my home office looking out across the garden at the lightening…

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Posted in: Sustainability Filed under: agriculture, Carrot, Castlegar, Cucumber, fruit, garden, gardening, Kootenays, Onion, Plant, Potato, Spinach, summer, Tomato, urban agriculture, urban farming, Vegetable, vegetables

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