How does love factor into community planning? How does it factor into your practice? Do they have an intersection? This session will explore the complexities of community planning and the significant role of human emotion in the process. Using a practice-based approach, the session will highlight a series of innovative codesign strategies as implemented through the Local Area Planning Program of The City of Calgary to address bringing emotions and people into the fold of our work. The session will explore who we need to be as practitioners and provide an overview of the Community Connection Handbook, a collection of practice-based tools and insights that act as a practitioner’s guide for fostering emotional connections between communities.
