As I posted about last month, Langley City Council received the recommendations from our Citizens’ Assembly on Community Safety. This group of 29 citizens, selected through a lottery-type system and supported with experts and City staff, met and developed their recommendation during 2025. One of the recommendations is setting up Resilient Neighbourhood Networks, which are grassroots, neighbourhood-level groups where people will come together to get to know their neighbours, building trust, and tackle safety issues from emergency preparedness to first aid to neighbourhood safety walks to neighbourhood events.
The City recently was seeking volunteers to help co-create and set up the early groundwork for launching Resilient Neighbourhood Networks. This window recently closed. The goal is to launch the Resilient Neighbourhood Networks program in select neighbourhoods in June.
I know that life is busy, and it can be hard to keep track of things. If you’d like to take part in the Resilient Neighbourhood Networks, you can follow the “Investing in Community Safety” page on Let’s Chat, Langley City! You will get a reminder from the City when the next phase of volunteering and participating opens.
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| “Know Your Neighbour” Volunteers. |
Back in 2019, Langley City ran a “Know Your Neighbour” one-day campaign in which volunteers simply walked door-to-door, handing out safety tips in various neighbourhoods. It was a very positive experience for both the volunteers and the people at the door. The “Know Your Neighbour” walk could be one aspect of Resilient Neighbourhood Networks, and I’m very excited about the program launching this summer.
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