B6 - What's Your City-Building Mojo? - The Calgary Foundation

City Building MOJO!

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A Game Changer

1. Assets Impact

2. Products Community Knowledge

3. Isolation Collaboration

4. Grants = Impact Grants + Investments =

Impact

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PassiveGrant Making

ProactiveCommunity Building

An Intentional Change in Strategic Direction2005

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The Journey

• 5 Priority Areas based on Community needs research (knowledge)

• Speaker Series to raise awareness (knowledge)

• Convened leaders in each area to identify greatest need. (collaborations)

• Seek transformational opportunities for Signature Grants and Impact Investing

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The First Transformational Project

The Weir on the Bow River – a death trap

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The Harvie Passage

Prime recreation purpose

$3 million invested in the $17 million project

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The Vision Becomes Reality

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The Flood of 2013

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After the Flood

Harvie Passage repair to cost $11 million

The King Edward School as it was

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Ugly Additions – sitting empty

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A City Block Wasted

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A revitalized City BlockThe King Edward Arts

Incubator Vision

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Work in Progress

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Not Without Bumps on the Road

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Keeping the Dream

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$4.5 million left to raise

The Kahanoff Centre as it was

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The Kahanoff Centre

Expansion Vision

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Sod Turning

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Building

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The Kahanoff Centre Progressing

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Completion will be March 2016

Calgary Foundation will move in summer 2016

Performing Arts Space

Space for Charities

Revitalize a neighborhood

A space for community

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Common Themes

• Focus on Impact

• Collaborative

• Based on knowledge of Community needs

• Innovative Investments beyond grants

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You Don’t Need Millions

to Have City Building

Mojo!!

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How Can you Build Your City Building Mojo? • Identify an impact desired in your

community

• Work Collaboratively

• Ground your work on knowledge of Community needs

• Consider support you can give, beyond grants voice, relationships, reputation, leadership, time,

attention, knowledge, money

• Look for opportunities to reframe, make new things happen, grab what falls into your lap

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