When the Town of Gibsons first decided to implement a formalized natural asset management plan, it was primarily in an effort to mitigate the ubiquitous financial stress that plagues most Canadian municipalities (i.e. aging infrastructure and stagnant [or shrinking] capital budgets.) Ten years later, those envisioned benefits are coming to fruition, due in part to the depth of natural-asset-based knowledge we have gained along the way. 

A  comprehensive natural asset management strategy is enabling the Town of Gibsons to: