On October 4, 2025, forty-two community members gathered at Cape Mudge Hall (We Wai Kai) for the second Economic Diversification Workshop. Building on the June 3 workshop, the community survey, and key knowledge holder interviews, this session focused on turning ideas into action.
Participants reviewed and validated themes from earlier engagement, then worked in small groups to draft longer-term goals, identify practical steps, and consider which ideas felt most urgent and achievable. The outputs from this workshop now form a core input into the Economic Diversification Plan’s recommended actions and implementation roadmap.

The October 4 workshop had four main purposes:

• Share back what had been heard so far from the June 3 workshop, survey, and interviews.
• Confirm which themes felt most important to community members.
• Develop concrete action ideas under each major theme.
• Identify cross-cutting needs, enablers, and next steps for implementation.

1. Welcome, land acknowledgement, and project update.
2. Gallery walk to review and prioritize themes.
3. Collaborative action-planning in small groups.
4. Priority voting and readiness check.
5. Lunch, reflection, and closing discussion about next steps.

The workshop began with a gallery walk. Seven poster stations summarized key themes emerging from the June 3 workshop, the survey, and interviews:

• Environment & Climate Resilience
• Housing & Affordability
• Mobility & Services
• Wayfinding, Welcome & Community Information
• Local Economy & Tourism
• Strengths & Assets
• Gaps & Challenges

In the second activity, participants formed themed small groups, each assigned to one of the main stations. Each group was asked to:

• Draft a 5–10 year "North Star" – a short statement describing what success would look like in that theme.
• Identify a core issue or opportunity that could move the community toward that North Star.
• Brainstorm concrete steps, partnerships, and resources needed.
• Note potential barriers and risks.
• Reflect on readiness – what pieces are already in place and what still needs to be built.

The workshop closed with time for reflection. Participants discussed what stood out, what felt possible, and what would be needed to sustain momentum. Several enabling conditions were identified, such as dedicated coordination capacity, stronger collaboration across organizations, and support for volunteers.
These reflections helped highlight that economic diversification is not only about individual projects, but also about governance, capacity, and resourcing.

The October 4 report provides detailed summaries of what participants said and prioritized at each station. Below is a brief web summary of each theme. In the full PDF, you will find more detailed tables, quotes, and notes.

Across all stations, participants generated concrete action ideas that were later organized into tables in the full report. Each table includes a North Star goal, a core issue or opportunity, steps, partners, barriers, and readiness.
Examples of emerging action directions include:

• Improving power-outage resilience for homes and small businesses.
• Advancing diverse, attainable housing options that fit local values and the environment.
• Strengthening local services and access to care, including partnerships with regional agencies.
• Developing a Quadra information and wayfinding system that blends digital tools and on-the-ground signage.
• Growing values-aligned tourism that contributes to shared infrastructure and community well-being.
• Engaging the community in forest and land-use planning in ways that support both ecology and livelihoods.

Several cross-cutting themes appeared across stations and action ideas. Participants emphasized the importance of:

• Funding and grant-writing capacity to move ideas from concept to implementation.
• Collaboration and coordination across organizations, governments, and community groups.
• Housing as a system constraint that shapes what is possible in many other areas.
• Community self-sufficiency and resilience, including local food, energy, and services.
• Communication tools (including a potential app) that complement, rather than replace, in-person and paper-based   approaches.
• Enabling everyday services and infrastructure that underpin quality of life.
• Supporting volunteers and community organizations so they can sustain their contributions.
• Aligning tourism growth with community values and using tourism revenues strategically.

The October 4 workshop translated earlier visioning work into specific, community-generated action ideas. Its outputs are now being used to:

• Prioritize action areas for the Economic Diversification Plan.
• Identify where quick wins are possible and where longer-term planning is needed.
• Connect actions to potential partners, funding paths, and enabling conditions.
• Highlight cross-cutting system issues, such as housing and coordination capacity, that must be addressed for   other efforts to succeed.