City of Nanaimo Presents: The Sweet Layered Podcast

About City of Nanaimo Presents: The Sweet Layered Podcast

The official City of Nanaimo podcast unravels the intricate layers of a growing city on Vancouver Island and the opportunities and challenges to running a municipality. Drawing parallels to the iconic multi-layered Nanaimo bar, the podcast boasts a delightful blend of flavours, with conversations that dive deep into Nanaimo’s rich history, diverse culture, and vibrant community.

Publisher

City of Nanaimo

Category

government · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

29 Apr 2024

Latest episode

5 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

31 of 35 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   5 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   e34 - Culture Grants!

   City of Nanaimo Culture Coordinator and three grant recipients discuss how culture grants fuel local events and creative projects, enriching community life.

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   22 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   e33 - Accessibility at Civic Facilities

   Mike Bryson and Laara Clarkson discuss the City of Nanaimo's initiatives to enhance accessibility at civic facilities, offering insights into inclusive design and service delivery.

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   20 Apr 2026

   e32 - Tourism Nanaimo

   Tourism touches nearly every part of Nanaimo’s community, from jobs and small business to arts, culture and events. In this episode, we sit down with Carly Pereboom, CEO of Tourism Nanaimo, to talk about what’s coming up this year. The conversation explores new initiatives, seasonal highlights and evolving travel trends, as well as how Tourism Nanaimo balances visitor growth with sustainability and community livability. Listeners will also learn how tourism contributes to Nanaimo’s local economy and why showcasing local stories and experiences matters now more than ever. Whether you’re a resident, business owner or planning a visit, this episode offers insight into how Nanaimo is positioning itself as a welcoming, vibrant destination.

Inside a recent episode

e34 - Culture Grants!

Published 5 Jun 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So we have been very lucky in having a very supportive city council who recognizes how essential these grants are. to supporting you know various events and organizations in the community so I can talk about a couple changes positive changes in the last couple of years so in 2024 council increased our derf grant to two hundred and fifty thousand dollars and our operating and project grant grants included an increase in 2025 so for operating grant we're looking at over is it over 400,000? And then in our project, it's over 53,000. So sounds like a significant amount of money. And yet, you know, all the grant streams are oversubscribed because we have so many phenomenal things happening in the community. […]

Who has been a guest on City of Nanaimo Presents: The Sweet Layered Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Culture Coordinator
• Three Grant Recipients
• Mike Bryson
• Laara Clarkson
• Dr Derek Poteryko

Podcast Authority Score: 19 / 100

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Quality

26

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

27

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