Kitchener

David Alton

Community Facilator
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  • Received the Lynn Macaulay Community Education Award in 2025 for their efforts to change narratives about the housing crisis
  • Worked in Community Facilitation with numerous organizations including Social Development Centre, Sidewalk Labs, and Waterfront Toronto
  • Also consulted for the University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University, the Region of Waterloo, the City of Kitchener, Cities of Migration, Waterfront Toronto, Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust, and the City of Toronto
  • Serves on the Board of Outta Work Actors, Moss Park Arena, and Central Student Association
  • Long history of grassroots organizing and non-profit leadership

David Alton’s Priority Issues

Right to mobility:

5-minute wait times, safe travel programming, Ion expansion, transportation innovation laboratory, sidewalk clearing, bike share program, pedestrianized King Street

Right to housing:

Leveraging public land, social housing boom, vertical communities bylaw, age in place program, 24/7 low barrier hubs, safe tenting framework

Right to collective action: Municipal sovereignty, public education fund, municipal finance reform, and neighborhood planning controls

Right to belong:

Arts and culture master plan, safety hubs, reviving downtown community spaces, Indigenous spaces, peace city declaration

Rights of land and water:

Schneider Creek Watershed Park, Grand River Watershed park, water conservation inventory, community land stewardship, tree canopy program, native species bylaw review

David’s proposals are part of a broader context that this slide cannot cover in its entirety. Please check out David’s website for more information.

Source: davidalton.org