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Kim Fowler M.Sc., MCIP

e kim@sustainabilitymakescents.com

Worth Reading

Dockside Green

The Story of the Most Sustainable Development in the World

[  BOOK  ]

Municipal Finance

and the Pattern of Urban Growth

[  PDF | 213 KB  ]

Danger Ahead

The Coming Collaps of Canada’s Municipal Infrastructure

[  PDF | 2 MB  ]

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What You Need to Know

Are you going to meet future challenges or be continually run over by them?
The world is integrated—and your decision-making should be too.

How are you addressing the replacement of infrastructure, affordable housing, community recreation, and economic development needs?
Crumbling infrastructure, an aging workforce and climate change will only add to the accelerating rate of change. Conventional decision-making processes are and will be inadequate. And given the public is being asked to assume the risks and associated costs, the public must be involved in the decisions, and it can only do so when in full possession of facts.

Are you adapting to changing environmental regulations, social responsibility demands and the need for financial capital resources?
By addressing social, environmental and economic issues at the time decisions are made, sustainable solutions can be found that are cost-effective, reduce risk, enhance well being, increase engagement and respect the environment.

More of what you need to know…

Dockside Green: The Story of the Most Sustainable Development in the World (summary)
PDF | 342 KB ] 


Hit and Miss with Missing Middle Housing Legislation
PDF | 220 KB ] 

Water is All: Integrated Water Management in the Regional District of Nanaimo
PDF | 4MB ] 


Sustainability Initiative for the City of Port Coquitlam
PDF | 180KB ]

Triple Bottom Line Sustainability Checklist for City of Port Coquitlam
PDF | 177 KB ] 

City of Port Coquitlam sustainability checklist

The City of Port Coquitlam’s Sustainability Initiative
PDF | 255KB ]

Land Sale Request for Proposal – TBL Matrix (simple version)
DOCX | 30KB ]

Community Lifecycle Infrastructure Costing (CLIC) Tool: User Guide
PDF | 3.2MB ]

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Taking the First Step

If you can’t see the forest for the trees, where are you going?
And how are you going to get there without tripping over the roots?

When working with business or government we begin by identifying and assessing the impacts of each issue. This phase enables individual, collective and comparative analysis—a critical path to determining priorities and finally, developing an effective plan of action.

Kim Fowler not only helps to integrate economic, social and environmental issues but also develops plans with short to long-term goals or plans for projects—large and small.

Unique challenges require fundamental change and difficult decisions, which in turn, determine future legacies. When do you want to start?

Asset Management in Local Government

Published Articles by Kim Fowler

What to Say to a New Council? Perspective from planning & sustainability [ AMBC newsletter – Winter 2023 ]

Asset Management – Integration for Resilience [ AMBC newsletter – Fall 2022 ]

The Need to Accelerate Asset Management Implementation [ AMBC newsletter – Winter 2019 ]

The 7-Year Review of Planners in Asset Management [ AMBC newsletter – Summer 2019 ]

Achieving Sustainability & Climate Change Adaptation through Asset Management [ Public Sector Digest – Winter 2017 ]

Methods to Integrate Sustainability into Asset Management [ Renew Canada – October 2017 ]

Changing the Titanic Course: Integrating Asset Management and Land Use Planning [ AMBC newsletter – June 2016 ]

Integrating Land Use Planning & Development Finance to Improve Local Government Sustainability [ Plan Canada – Summer 2016 ]