Reimagining Mobility In Elmwood- December 2023 Think Tank Session

For the past couple of months, services providers from all sectors and walks of life have been coming together to “think tank” our way through a variety of transportation topics as it pertains to supporting older adults in our communities. But as we learned in this session, transportation can take on many shapes and forms beyond the traditional forms which sparks perfectly to the name of the presentation: Reimagining Mobility in Elmwood

Our speaker today was Michel Durand-Wood who is the co-chair of the Glenelm Neighbourhood Association (GeNA) and in this presentation Michel took us down to a grass roots community level where together as a group he walked us through a variety of their initiatives which sparked from a need but grew into much bigger visions, ideas and projects for their community. Below you will find the recording from today’s think tank sessions and a list of resources that Michel shared with me which supported building the foundation of the work they do at the Glenelm Neighbourhood Association. If you’d like to connect with Michel, you can reach with him at: glenelmcommunity@gmail.com

Click Here To Watch The Recording: https://youtu.be/Qi-fA0QboS0

Additional resources shared by Michel:

AARP Pop-up Placemaking Toolkit: https://www.aarp.org/livable-communities/tool-kits-resources/info-2019/pop-up-tool-kit.html

AARP Walk Audit Toolkit: https://www.aarp.org/livable-communities/getting-around/aarp-walk-audit-tool-kit.html

Other AARP resources: https://www.aarp.org/livable-communities/tool-kits-resources/library/

BC Translink Tactical Urbanism Toolkit: https://www.translink.ca/resources/translink/rider%20guide/travelsmart/tactical%20urbanism%20toolkit

City of Burlington VT Community-led Demonstration Project Policy+Guide: https://www.burlingtonvt.gov/DPW/Tactical-Urbanism-and-Demonstration-Projects

Strong Towns Action Lab Resources: https://actionlab.strongtowns.org/hc/en-us/categories/360004219232-Resources

Other Strong Towns content: https://www.strongtowns.org/

Reimagine Elmwood Street Makeover Toolkit: https://reimagineelmwood.org/street-makeover-toolkit/

Main Reimagine Elmwood site: https://reimagineelmwood.org/

There are also more resources listed in the last section of the Reimagine Elmwood Street Makeover Toolkit.