The Vancouver Park Board opened a new boardwalk in Stanley Park last week to protect and restore a sensitive habitat on Cathedral Trail. The project was a partnership with Stanley Park Ecology Society (SPES) This area was hard hit by the windstorm in 2006 and many of the knock-downed trees still bear monumental witness to [...]
Yesterday was a good day for art that uses the wind. When I was riding with my daughter Mallika I was worried that we were going to be blown off our bikes the wind was blowing so hard. The tailwind was wonderful to have, but riding head long into it was terrible. The waves in [...]
Change is a difficult process whether on the personal level or on the public policy front. The plan for the Vancouver Park Board (VPB) to reform the relationship between itself and Community Centre Associations (CCA) has been a long-troubled process. JOA between the Vancouver Park Board and Community Centre Association Vancouver’s 22 community centres (CC) [...]
From Mel Lehan Wed. Oct. 3, 2012 – 7:30pm at Kitsilano Sailing Club (just west of Kits Showboat on path) Organized by the Point Grey Natural Foreshore Protective Society KEEP THE MOST VITAL REMAINING NATURAL FORESHORE IN VANCOUVER WILD It is being proposed by some that we extend the seawall over the most important remaining [...]
More photos The Vancouver Parks Board has received an offer from the Vancouver Biennale Foundation to extend the public exhibition of this sculpture for a period of 20 years at no cost to the City, the Vancouver Parks Board or residents. As part of the approval process, Vancouver Parks Board is doing a public consultation, [...]
Media Release For Immediate Release: Thursday, November 3rd, 2011 COPE candidates calling on Hastings Park to come under Park Board Governance Vancouver – Unlike most Vancouver green space, Hastings Park is not governed by the Park Board. COPE Park Board Candidates Donalda-Greenwell Baker and Brent Granby want to see this changed, and called today for [...]
Information Session – Nelson Park Public Toilet Thursday, October 27 4:30 – 7:30 pm Lord Roberts Annex 1150 Nelson St. The Park Board will be installing an accessible automated public toilet unit in Nelson Park in the coming months. You are invited to an information session to view the design and location and to ask [...]
Media Release Wednesday, October 5th 2011 Vancouver – COPE City Councilor Ellen Woodsworth and Park Board Candidate Brent Granby are supporting the creation of a permanent farmers’ market infrastructure that would operate throughout the entire year. While farmers’ markets are becoming an ever-popular occurrence in Vancouver neighbourhoods, they are still mostly limited to the fair [...]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, October 5th, 2011 COPE Candidates Woodsworth and Granby Announce Plans for Local Food Security Development, at Last Main St. Farmer’s Market Vancouver – As the Thanksgiving long weekend approaches, so does the closure of the Main St Farmer’s market. At the last market this Wednesday, October 5th, 2011, COPE Councilor Ellen [...]
Media Release: Thursday September 29, 2011 Vancouver Can Count on COPE to Deliver A Comprehensive Plan to Improve Public Health and Community Safety Stronger Four Pillars Drug Plan First Step to Healthy, Safe Neighbourhoods Vancouver- COPE Candidates are reinforcing Vancouver’s Four Pillar’s Drug Strategy as part of a comprehensive plan to improve Vancouver’s public health [...]
husband, father, citizen, community organizer, , artist and always re-defining myself.
Brent, his wife Anita, and their daughters Safrin and Mallika are long-time residents of the West End.
