to high unit costs. A by-pass route becomes the
new heart of town, and the old centre withers. A
magnificent lake is surrounded by houses, cutting
off public access and becomes polluted.

Sound familiar? How can these problems be overcome? They won't solve them-
selves, nor will regional planning miraculously provide all the answers. But
regional planning is a start, and it can help - if given enough commitment and not
just token lip service, and if competent people work with decision-makers and
citizens to tackle the job.

THE COURSE: B.C. is chopped up into 28 regional districts, 2
. metropolitan and 26 rural or resource based. With

the above problems and the conviction that regional
planning can help, the 18th Annual Short Course in
Community Planning focuses on REGIONAL
PLANNING for REGIONAL, DISTRICTS for the 26
rural or resource based regions. During the past
year there have been many requests for sucha
course, and the enthusiastic response to a
questionnaire circulated last month, confirms that
@ course on this subject is both essential and timely.

COURSE OUTLINE: Sunday night, April 31 - informal get together.

Monday - Participants will hear several practical,

Own-to-earth, well-informed speakers, and discuss
with them other approaches and solutions to regional
planning, including legislation, data availability,
citizen involvement in decision- making, implementation
and on-going reappraisal.

Tuesday and Wednesday - Participants will work in
teams to formulate concepts and plans for a regional
district, generate alternate ideas and solve real
problems. Informed resource people from several
disciplines will work with the participants. Relation
of plans to finance, citizen views, implementation
and a changing future will be included.

Tuesday Evening will provide opportunity to discuss
and work with a computer simulation of the Gulf
Islands,

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