Town Planning Day 2010

Students Get First Hand Look At City Planning

On November 8th, the City of Regina hosted 14 YES Network participants for the first ever Town Planning Day at Regina City Hall. Students spent the entire day at City Hall going through a series of workshops relating to different aspects of city planning. Town Planning Day is part of an international day for cities to educate and engage citizens in city planning.

Throughout the day students had an opportunity to learn and apply knowledge related to water systems management, community organizing and strategic planning. They had a chance to meet Regina’s city councillors, they had a crack at creating their own city and were invited to attend a city council meeting. It was a great learning experience into all that goes into planning a city! Thanks to the City of Regina's Sustainability Outreach Coordinator Sheri Birkeland for making it all happen!

Here are a few comments from students about the experience:

"After attending this event and seeing the good extent of work these people
do in their fields simply by majoring in physics, chemistry and or
communications, this has opened a whole new field for me! The best part of all,
you’re doing it to improve your own city!"

"It was a valuable experience that really made a difference to me. It game
the city a face (faces, rather) that I could identify with and gave me
connections to government that are useful. It gave me an interest in how my city
is run and may motivate me to present to Council in the future."

Words students used to describe the day: (hit link to view larger image)



It was a really awesome learning experienced. Can't wait to do it again next year!

Kathleen

Learning about storm water drainage



A Chance to Be City Councillors

 

Awesome Workshops



Community Development and Cooperation



A chance to build their own city!

A visit with Mayor Pat Fiacco

"We heart Regina!"



How much fun was Town Planning Day? This much fun.