Heritage Commissions

The first open forum for heritage commissions was held on Friday, November 3, 2017.

The 13 participants discussed a wide range of topics, including:

• Development threatens built heritage and places considerable pressure on Commissions and local governments. The impacts and costs are very difficult to manage.
• Funding remains challenging.
• Planning for and sustaining Commissions is challenging. Knowledge can be lost, and practice can change, when people retire from Commissions. Rention and renewal of committee members can challenge continuity.
• Planning and paying for conservation remains challenging. Situations vary and there are many approaches.

Meeting for winter/spring 2018:

Open Forum for Commissions 1
Friday, January 26 at noon PST
Topics: Maintaining momentum and relationships with local government

Open Forum for Commissions 2
Friday, April 13 at noon PST
Topics: The pressure of development: working with developers and not against
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Open Forum for Commissions 3
Friday, June 8 at noon PST
Topic: How the commission process is adapted in different communities: what works and what doesn’t
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Recording of November 3, 2017 meeting can be accessed here.

The Mayor of Rossland, Kathy Moore, provided the City of Rossland-Heritage Commission Terms of Reference.

Recording of January 26, 2018 meeting: maintaining relationships with local government.

Notes from the January 26, 2018 meeting can be found here: Heritage Commissions-maintaining relationships notes.