Your Region Pod

In this episode of Your Region Pod, we take on the Zero-Waste Challenge. Every October, residents of Waterloo Region to try to fit their single-use waste into a mason jar for 7, 14, or 30 days. We decided to take the 7 day challenge, and found that changing our habits wasn't easy. Listen to find out how we did, and to get some tips on how to reduce your contribution to the landfill.  Be sure to sign up for our monthly newsletter Around The Region  for news and stories on how The Region is becoming one of the best places to live in Canada.Check the links from our contributors to find out more.Reep Green Solutions; Reep Green Solutions – Reep Green Solutions is an environmental charity that helps people live sustainably.GreenHouse: https://www.instagram.com/ucgreenhouse/Waterloo Indigenous Student Centre: https://www.instagram.com/wisc_uw/United College: https://www.instagram.com/unitedcollegeuw/University of Waterloo Sustainability Office: https://www.instagram.com/uwsustainable/You can find Your Region Pod wherever you stream your favorite podcasts.Website: https://yourregionpod.buzzsprout.com Spotify: Your Region Pod | Podcast on SpotifyiTunes: Your Region Pod on Apple Podcasts Send us an email!

On this episode of Your Region Pod, we are looking at Community Safety Zones. What are they, why are they needed, and how are they enforced? The reality is that more kids than ever are being driven to school because parents no longer feel safe letting their kids walk, or ride their bikes. This has everything to do with the number of cars, and high rates of speed. In a sense, more cars have begotten more cars. In response to this, The Region is creating Community Safety Zones in areas with higher pedestrian volumes. To help guide us through the program we invited Valerie Smith, Director of Road Safety and Safe Mobility Programs at Parachute Canada. Leslie Maxwell from Student Transportation Services of Waterloo Region. We also bring back Doug Spooner, the Interim Commissioner for Transportation Services here at The Region of Waterloo. We hope you enjoy the episode, and we'd love to know what you think. You can find us on our socials below.Instagram: Regional Municipality of Waterloo | Kitchener, Ontario | Instagram photos and videos FB: Region of Waterloo | Kitchener ON | FacebookLinkedin: Region of Waterloo | LinkedIn You can find Your Region Pod wherever you stream your favorite podcasts.Website: https://yourregionpod.buzzsprout.com Spotify: Your Region Pod | Podcast on SpotifyiTunes: Your Region Pod on Apple Podcasts Be sure to sign up for our monthly newsletter Around The Region on our website.Send us an email!

With a growing waitlist for housing, it's never been more critical to build affordable homes in our community. This summer, the first-ever Housing Summit was hosted in Waterloo Region with the purpose of creating home grown solutions for accessible housing, and we decided to cover the event for Your Region Pod. At the Summit, local government connected with housing providers, developers, community leaders, and visionaries. Participants showed up to exchange ideas on how to plan, fund, and build affordable homes. They also took the opportunity to explore some pretty innovative solutions to help get shovels in the ground.On this episode, we hear from the participants and learn what is possible. It was a fascinating day. We hope that our coverage of this event provides some insight on the complexities of the issue, and more about the solutions that are being explored. You can find Your Region Pod wherever you stream your favorite podcasts.Website: https://yourregionpod.buzzsprout.com Spotify: Your Region Pod | Podcast on SpotifyiTunes: Your Region Pod on Apple Podcasts Be sure to sign up for our monthly newsletter Around The Region on our website.Send us an email!

It's been a busy Summer - and in case you missed it - in this episode we recap the decisions made at Regional Council: General Contractor to create 136-unit affordable housing in Cambridge Bike lanes coming to Benton and Frederick Streets New paramedic station coming to Cambridge Cart-based waste collection for downtown businesses Region of Waterloo investing $225,000 in local festivals and events Region of Waterloo pledges funds to support e-sports event  Region to receive $18M in infrastructure funds Council endorses rail link from Cambridge to Guelph  Region to review its Taxi By-lawCheck out our monthly newsletter Making Decisions The Matter on our website to learn more about these decisions and others that impact our community.Find out more about Your Region Pod at our website: Website: https://yourregionpod.buzzsprout.com Spotify: Your Region Pod | Podcast on SpotifyiTunes: Your Region Pod on Apple Podcasts Send us an email!