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    Parksville 2019 on YouTube > Improving Where We Live – “Collaboration in the Comox Valley – we have come a long way. Yet we have so far to go,” stated Marc Rutten, General Manager Engineering (April 2019)


    “The Comox Lake Watershed Protection Plan is truly a collaborative outcome. But a plan is nothing without follow-through and implementation. We’ve got the support. This plan will not sit on a shelf,” stated Marc Rutten. “Along the way, the process fostered relationships and built trust among the many stakeholders, including all four local governments. We will continue to collect data, make good decisions, educate, collaborate, and understand the true value of the most important natural asset – the watershed.”

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    Parksville 2019 on YouTube > Improving Where We Live – “The Comox Valley Conservation Partnership brings together 23 different local groups and associations in one common forum to work proactively with local governments,” stated Tim Ennis, Executive Director (April 2019)


    “The only way to get something done is through partnerships and relationships,” stated Tim Ennis. “Decommissioned in 2006, the Field Sawmill was once the economic heart of the Comox Valley. A First Nation, a municipality and an environmental non-profit share a dream and have signed an MOU to collaboratively purchase, restore and manage this key property in the heart of their community. This is an historic milestone in reconciliation and intergovernmental relations.”

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    Parksville 2019 on YouTube > Brooklyn Creek Enhancement in the Town of Comox – “My story is both a personal and collective journey in keeping with the partnership theme; and ultimately building and nurturing relationships along the way,” stated Al Fraser, Superintendent of Parks (April 2019)


    Teamwork for the common good is a powerful and often transformative experience, particularly when a longer term vision for a local creekshed engages multiple interests, disciplines and local government. Collaboration taps into the passion and ingenuity of volunteers who are driven by commitment. Al Fraser provided context for the Comox journey, with a focus on partnerships. “When I look at the definition of partnership, and put it into the context of how it applies to the Brooklyn Creek storyline, the word that resonates most with me is participation.”

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    Parksville 2019 on YouTube > Brooklyn Creek Enhancement in the Town of Comox – “We share a vision for protecting the stream as a natural asset. We look forward to working with other local governments in the area to achieve similar goals,” stated Christine Hodgson, Brooklyn Creek Watershed Society (April 2019)


    On Vancouver Island, the Brooklyn Creek restoration initiative is a “beacon of hope”. A provincially significant precedent, it has a long history in demonstrating how local government partnerships with stewardship groups can “improve where we live”. The Brooklyn Creek restoration story is inspirational. “We don’t own any land. So we work cooperatively with people who do, or have access to it. We are very fortunate to have a great working relationship with the Town of Comox,” stated Christine Hodgson.

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    Parksville 2019 on YouTube > Brooklyn Creek Enhancement in the Town of Comox – “The Town of Comox recognizes that ecological services are core municipal services,” stated Marvin Kamenz, Municipal Planner (April 2019)


    At Parksville 2019, Marvin Kamenz elaborated on three building blocks in the evolution of the Town’s incremental process for implementing changes in development practices: lower Brooklyn Corridor, North East Comox, and new areas tributary to the middle Brooklyn Corridor. “Looking through the ‘worth lens’ culminated in a fundamental shift in philosophy regarding how to value natural assets in Comox,” stated Marvin Kamenz. “For the middle reach of Brooklyn Creek, we changed the approach to stormwater management in mid-project to focus on the protection and enhancement of the ‘Package of Ecological Services’.”

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    FLASHBACK TO 2015: “I was just so encouraged to see that we in the Comox Valley are not alone and that we now have others who are eager to help. This relationship building is key to accelerating the sharing and learning further, and the Georgia Basin approach to water sustainability,” stated Nancy Gothard, City of Courtenay environmental planner, when she reflected on inter-regional collaboration


    “That so many people earnestly working on this have reached the same point suggests that we are on the tipping point of a breakthrough in collaboration. We will now be eager, I expect, to share just how we permeated these concepts into our own organizations. This is organizational transformation that we are discussing here, not just Water Balance any longer,” stated Nancy Gothard. “I also thought – wow, we are all really supporting each other. Once we know that we can just get to the work of ‘doing the work’. We are now all on the same page.”

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    2009 COMOX VALLEY LEARNING LUNCH SEMINAR SERIES: “The spotlight was on how to implement the regional team approach – that is, a unified approach from all levels of government,” stated Kevin Lorette, Chair, Comox Valley-CAVI Regional Team, at the conclusion of the 2009 Series


    “Water is the underpinning of the community, and this is why an integrated approach to settlement and land development is essential for the Comox Valley,” stated Kevin Lorette. “Water is a key component for all the regional strategies that we are currently developing simultaneously. All will have to be integrated into one plan. At the core is growth – we are bringing these strategies together in 2010 to manage growth. We will be looking at all aspects of water.”

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