The Mayor’s Task Force On Homelessness, Community Safety & Wellbeing created in late 2023, is designed to be a cross-sector group of community leaders appointed to help identify priority actions to address homelessness and secondary consequences in Cranbrook.

The Task Force membership includes:

• Mayor Wayne Price, City of Cranbrook
• Councillor Wesly Graham, City of Cranbrook
• CAO Mark Fercho, City of Cranbrook
• MLA Pete Davis, Kootenay Rockies
• Michele Bates, Regional District East Kootenay
• Melody Munro, RCMP Community Engagement Coordinator
• Dr. Ryck Schielke, Green Clinic
• Polly Sutherland, Team Lead, ANKORS East
• Linda Miller, Rocky Mountain Metis Association
• Jaime Jenkins, Executive Director, Edgewood Rockies Health Centre
• Nancy Reid, Executive Director, Community Connections
• Pastor Ron Short, The Dwelling Place
• Sean Airth, Manager, MHSU, Interior Health.
• Julie Free, Community Integration Specialist, MSDPR
• Stacey Brensrud, Executive Director, Cranbrook Chamber
• Paul Heywood, Manager, Building & Bylaw Services, City of Cranbrook
• Marcel Germer, Social Development Coordinator, City of Cranbrook

As the work of this Task Force moves forward, this page will be updated as more material and information become available. We encourage you to please check back often for updates.

Task Force Meeting Summaries

• November 20, 2024
• December 18, 2024
• January 15, 2025
• March 19, 2025

Media

• "Let's Get Talking" - Mayor's Task Force Hosts Two Public Townhalls On Homelessness In June (July 23, 2024)
• Mayor's Task Force On Homelessness Holds Inaugural Meeting In Late January (February 7, 2024)
• Mayor's Task Force On Homelessness, Community Safety & Wellbeing Meets February 14, 2024 (February 22, 2024)
• Finding Common Ground Theme As Mayor's Task Force On Homelessness Presents To Council (June 11, 2024)
• Cranbrook Task Force On Homelessness, Community Safety & Wellbeing Interim Update (June 10, 2024)