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Tania Sprong
Working with the
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association’s Municipal Sustainability
Initiative, Tania Sprong is the Community Coordinator for the Town
of Taber, Town of Vauxhall and Village of Barnwell in Southern
Alberta. Prior to joining AUMA, Ms. Sprong was the lead for the
sustainability process for the Town of Taber. Deeply interested in
the social role of municipal governments and frustrated by the void
of small town specific sustainability tools, Ms. Sprong collaborated
to author “Simple As Dirt”, a new model for sustainability that
utilizes current tools but rethinks the process by emphasizing the
importance of the social networks in small rural communities. Ms.
Sprong brings leadership and a collaborative approach to
sustainability planning along with an unabashed enthusiasm for the
ability of small towns.
Municipal Sustainability Planning can seem complex, daunting, or out
of reach for small or rural municipalities but it is also an
incredible opportunity to engage in meaningful community dialogue
and to lay the foundation for a unique and vibrant future.
Sustainability is not only about our relationship with our built and
natural environment but also about our economic viability and the
health and vitality of the critically important socio-economic
multi-generational networks that exist within our communities and
regions. The families that make up our rural and remote areas know
how innovation and hard work can shape their future and it is their
historically demonstrated ability to find solutions that will
ultimately sustain our small towns and remote communities.
Join
Joanne McGill, AUMA’s Municipal Sustainability Initiative Provincial
Coordinator and Tania Sprong, AUMA Community Coordinator, as they
demystify the sustainability planning process. Joanne will provide
an overview of AUMA MSP Toolkit, best practices and examples from
other municipalities while Tania will talk about sustainability
planning from a small town perspective. Between them, they will
invite you to rethink your approach to sustainability and to learn
how to build the internal capacity necessary to achieve a Municipal
Sustainability Plan that represents the unique qualities of each
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