Vibrant Communities Calgary - VCC

In this month's newsletter:

🏘️ What makes a home truly accessible? Hear our latest podcast to find out.
📉 State of the City 2026 reveals troubling trends.
🧡 Ways to engage meaningfully in Pride and Indigenous History Month

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This year's theme for is building a strong, accessible Canada. Accessible Housing is doing just that in Calgary!

In our latest episode of Let’s Talk Poverty, Krista Davidson Flint takes us on a tour of Inclusio by Accessible Housing. Inclusio is a fully accessible, supportive living home where adults with limited mobility can live with dignity and independence.

Listen now to learn about the need for more accessible housing options, common misconceptions, and what makes housing truly accessible.

https://enoughforall.ca/podcasts/podcast-building-a-stronger-accessible-calgary

Yesterday, Calgary City Council voted to pass the Safer Together Community Safety and Wellbeing Plan and to keep the Free Fare Zone until January 2027.

VCC welcomes Council's decision on Safer Together. The Safer Together plan reflects the important principles that long-term community safety depends on upstream prevention and action on root causes, and not only on emergency response and enforcement. VCC looks forward to working further with the City to advance our shared goals, and thanks the Mayor and Council for their leadership.

Calgary's Free Fare Zone is an important driver of community vibrancy and social connection. VCC welcomes yesterday's decision, as eliminating the Free Fare Zone would likely disproportionately affect Calgarians living in poverty. VCC supports the continuation of the Free Fare Zone and the expansion of deeply affordable transit for all Calgarians.