Kasia Tota is a Manager of Community Planning with the Halifax Regional Municipality.  Over her 20 years with the Municipality, she worked on a wide range of policy projects that were successful in achieving a clear framework for more housing options, compact development, and people-oriented design. This included the Regional Plan, the Centre Plan, and more recently a sweeping package of planning changes related to the Housing Accelerator Fund.  Kasia’s current focus is on a new plan for HRM’s Suburban Area.