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This learning module and toolkit focuses on community branding and marketing—an important part of any economic development strategy.
- Economic development
- International
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The Municipality of the District of Shelburne studied the feasibility of building a local waste transfer station to reduce the costs and environmental impact of trucking waste to a landfill in another municipality.
- Environment
- Sustainability
- Waste
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The City of St-Jean-sur-Richelieu studied the feasibility of using municipal sewage sludge as agricultural fertilizer.
- Environment
- Sustainability
- Waste
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To spur its economy and freshen its look, the City of Saint John made plans to overhaul its aging water system, reduce poverty in five struggling neighbourhoods, and clean up the unsightly and polluted downtown Marsh Creek waterway.
- Poverty reduction
- Sustainability
- Water
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The Town of Cape St. George, NL, is a leader among small rural municipalities with its comprehensive curbside recycling program and resourceful approach to reuse and composting.
- Sustainability
- Waste
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The City of Whitehorse, YK, is taking the lead among northern communities with a Solid Waste Action Plan that aims to divert at least half of its solid waste from landfill by 2015 and achieve zero waste by 2040.
- Sustainability
- Waste
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In our Looking Back series of case studies, three long-time FCM municipal experts return to their overseas partner municipalities, ten years later.
- Economic development
- International
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The City of Saint-Hyacinthe completed all research and development for its new biogas facility, without the assistance of external consultants. The project, a first in Quebec, helps resolve the challenge of managing large amounts of waste while generating revenue at the same time.
- Energy
- Sustainability
- Waste