Noteworthy News: October 1st-7th

PlaceSpeak’s curated selection of perspectives and posts from the past week:

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  Jeff Vinnick for Globe and Mail

  Site next to BC Place a ‘limbo zone’: The site next to BC Place is still vacant, tied up in a complex rezoning and planning exercise that is supposed to make BC Place the heart of a “world class international entertainment destination.” (Globe and Mail)

• There’s More to Engagement than Transparency: If it is not conducted as part of a more comprehensive set of engagement initiatives or reforms, transparency promises to create new tensions and controversies and further erode citizen trust. (International City/County Management Association)

• Guidelines for Online Public Consultation: The OECD has developed the following guidelines with a view to making online public consultation as transparent and productive as possible. (OECD)