Awards for the District of Ucluelet Development Plan

Since a decline in logging in the 1990s Ucluelet has been working to broaden its economy. The community recognized that first it should put the proper plans in place to guide and control the expected growth.

This was achieved by implementing a new overall area plan, the Official Community Plan, which has guided subsequent rezoning and development applications. This culminated in 2005 with the Weyerhaeuser Comprehensive Development Plan and related Master Development Agreement for the OCEANWEST lands.

These efforts have resulted in many awards:

• The District of Ucluelet was awarded four out of five blooms and took first place in the mentoring category.
  (Communities in Bloom, October 2008)
• District of Ucluelet was the winner of a Community Excellence Award for small communities in the leadership and innovation category, recognising the extensive work completed in innovative community planning and on environmental initiatives.
  (Union of BC Municipalities, September 2008)
• The District won a bronze Innovation and Excellence award for its Bear Smart program
  (Premier of BC, February 2008)
• Prestige Award
  (Vancouver Island Economic Developers Association, January 2008)
• The District of Ucluelet has won the 2007 Energy Aware Award in the Community Planning and Development category as a result of Ucluelet’s exemplary commitment, leadership and vision in using land-use policy to drive energy and climate progress.
  (Community Energy Association, September, 2007)
• Felice Mazzoni, the District of Uclulet's Director of Planning Services, won the Planning of the Year award from the Planning Institute of BC.
  (Planning Institute of BC, April 2007)
• National Sustainable Community Planning Award
  Ucluelet’s Official Community Plan
  (Federation of Canadian Municipalities, 2006)
• Award of Excellence – Comprehensive & Policy Plans
  Weyerhaeuser/Ucluelet Comprehensive Development Plan
  (Planning Institute of British Columbia, 2006)
• Community Excellence Award – Leadership & Innovation
  Weyerhaeuser/Ucluelet Comprehensive Development Plan
  (Union of British Columbia Municipalities, 2006)
• Gold Award – Environmentally Sustainable Project (population under 20,000)
  Ucluelet Official Community Plan
  (The International Awards for Liveable Communities, 2006)
• Silver Award – Most Liveable Community (population under 20,000)
  Ucluelet
  (The International Awards for Liveable Communities, 2006)
• Global Category Award/Gold First Place – Community Sustainability (all population categories)
  Ucluelet
  (The International Awards for Liveable Communities, 2006)