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Community Record Series · Volume

Neighborhood Starter Kit

Everything a new neighbour group needs in their first binder.

For: A small group of households organising for the first time.

Print one of each. Punch and file under Tabs A, D, and C. You are now a group.

CRS-V-003·Edition 13·8 publications inside

Packets

CRS-P-210Community Meeting PacketA porch-meeting pack you can print, staple, and hand out.CRS-P-205Hearing PacketWalk into the room prepared. Leave knowing what happened.CRS-C-310Civic BriefOne page. Five minutes. For neighbours who won't read a handbook.

Field Guides

CRS-FG-005Talking to NeighborsA short conversation, repeated, builds the record.CRS-FG-004Taking Good Evidence PhotosWhat the record will accept; what it will dismiss.CRS-FG-003Reading a Staff ReportThe first three pages tell you almost everything.

Field Reports

CRS-F-001A 14-acre rezoning gained a 75-foot buffer after one porch meeting.Conditions added: tree buffer, drainage study, evening lighting cap.CRS-F-003A logistics warehouse was withdrawn after the applicant's traffic study was challenged.Application pulled before the planning commission vote.