Traditionally Salt Spring islanders have, from time to time been polarized by the very forces that have brought us together, that is to the say, the beautiful island lifestyle and environment, the wonderful social attributes of our community and the economic opportunities available to those who are creative and innovative.

While Salt Spring Island remains an unincorporated district in BC, without the benefit of a broad, representative form of governance, we do have an elected CRD Director and local land-planning committee of two Trustees provided by the Islands Trust. For the most part we also rely on a wealth of volunteers and people willing to provide their opinions and leadership on island matters, as with our local Chamber of Commerce, newspapers and special interest groups.

This relatively freelance approach to governance can often as not result in strong ideological arguments presented by organized groups that will tend to prevail simply by virtue of the strength in their numbers. Lack of input from a wider sampling of the community, as we have seen, has not always resulted in decisions that benefit the growing community at large and so we hope this hub provides for more of that input.

As our population increases we are seeing certain stresses and needs that have spawned the creation of new groups like our water boards and local Islanders for Self-Governance servicing the community with alternatives.

The goal of this website is to encourage Salt Spring islanders to work together and demonstrate how three simple forces of our community: the social, economic and environmental can all be complimentary to each other rather than in opposition. Join in and voice your opinions freely through the various links offered here.

Paul Marcano
Website Admin
Salt Spring Island, BC