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Comox-Helmcken Greenway, community consultation is starting. Be part of the solution

Comox-Helmckin GreenWay Connecting People-Creating Places: From False Creek to Stanley Park The City of Vancouver plans to build the Comox Helmcken Greenway in the Fall of 2012. Tell the City how they can make this route even better. Attend an open House, workshop or a walking tour. Saturday, September 17: Open House: 9 am – […]

Mayor presented with West End Advisory Committee neighbourhood priorities report

The West End Mayor’s Advisory Committee (WEMAC) has released it’s report on development issues with recommendations and results of the survey that the group did. The report is available on Mayor Gregor Robertson website at the following link: Gregor’s website  

Draft Capital Plan at VPB at the Monday July 4 special meeting

Board of Parks and Recreation Special Board Meeting Monday, July 04, 2011 at 7:00 pm AGENDA A recording of the Agenda is available at 604-257-8507. The presentation of the Draft Capital Plan at the Park Board HQ at this Monday July 4 meeting is an opportunity for Vancouver residents to have a preview of what […]

Park Board is starting its new 5 year strategic planning process

On Monday June 13 the Vancouver Park Board launched the public consultation process for its new 5-year strategic plan. A strategic planning process is an important exercise for organizations to undertake in order to develop a general consensus on a plan as well as to develop tools to measure the objectives and goals that are […]

Last day to fill out survey for West End priorities

Complete the survey here: Vancouver.ca/westend SURVEY The West End Mayor’s Advisory Committee (WEMAC) announced today that it is launching its community consultation process, to create an updated list of priorities identified by the community for the West End. “The West End is a fantastic neighbourhood, and there is no shortage of opinions about how we […]

Table tennis as an instrument to exchange cultural understanding in public space

A brief history of table tennis Table tennis or Ping Pong (Ping Pong is a register trademark name in the US) may be commonly thought of as some sort of goofy game that was played in fake wood paneled basement rec. rooms of our youth, but in fact is a game with the history of […]

VPB 2011 Pool Assessment Study

VPB Pool Study

The New Capital Plan Process for the City of Vancouver

online survey on your priorities for the capital plan Malcolm Bromley, the General Manger of Vancouver Park Board, outlined the new Capital Plan process for the City of Vancouver and the Park Board at the May 30th Vancouver Park Board meeting. While in the past the capital plan process has been more project-centred like one-off […]

Making Places to Go

“When you have to go you have to go”, this the slogan that I used last summer when as President of the West End Residents Association (WERA), we staged a little event in Nelson Park entitled “Potty Power” to advocate for the replacement of the washroom in the park. At the “Potty Power” event, in […]

Emergency Preparedness motion at Vancouver Park Board

Ellen Woodsworth’s motion at Council With the recent earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand the need for a more comprehensive and extensive emergency preparedness plan to respond to natural disasters is very apparent. While there are agencies such as the City of Vancouver’s Neighbourhood Emergency Preparedness Program (NEPP)that are mandated to develop plans with professional […]