Speaker: Jess Ketchum
Co-Founder Save our Streets Coalition
Jess Ketchum will tell us how and why he put together a coalition of citizens and businesses he calls Save Our Streets (SOS). What made him decide he had to act? Who were the early adopters and what does membership look like in the third year of the coalition? What do they hope to achieve and what actions are they taking to reach their goals? If one of their goals is to force changes at all levels of government, what esponse are they getting? How do they rate their success so far, and what is standing in the way of making permanent changes so business owners and citizens can feel safe on downtown streets in BC?