There are many ways you can help assure that growth in Kelowna is responsible:
- Get acquainted with major developments for our city and discuss them with friends.
- Visit the Advisory Planning Commission meetings and the development proposal sites at City Hall in Kelowna where the proposed development (with models, pictures, and other information) can be viewed.
- Contact the City of Kelowna Planning and Corporate Services Department to obtain copies of relevant applications and applicable studies. The Planning and Corporate Services Department can be contacted in these ways:
Bylaws 862-3361
General Planning 862-3304
Inspections Services 862-3353 or 862-3354
Licencing 862-3362
or by email for General Enquiries at ask@city.kelowna.bc.ca
- Visit the Advisory Planning Commission meetings and the development proposal sites at City Hall in Kelowna where the proposed development (with models, pictures, and other information) can be viewed.
- Develop and share your opinion.
- Attend Public Forums and City Council meetings to listen and contribute your opinions, facts, and suggestions.
- E-mail members of the City Council. Contact Information
- Submit a letter for publication to the editor of our local newspapers.
The Kelowna Daily Courier
The Kelowna Capital News. Letters to the Editor: edit@kelownacapnews.com - Read the following book:
Fodor, Eben. Better not Bigger: How to Take Contorl of Urban Growth and Improve Your Community. New Society Publishers. Gabriola Island: BC. 1999.
Sample Excerpts
- Join Citizens for Responsible Community Planning or its E-mail list. Click the appropriate link on our Contact Us page. We can help keep you informed of important city council meetings, upcoming planning decisions, and other news-flashes relative to development issues in Kelowna.
Begin difficult things while they are easy.
Do great things when they are small.
The difficult things of the world must once have been easy;
The great things must once have been small.
A thousand mile journey begins with a single step.
Lao Tse
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can
change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has.
Margaret Mead