From the Vancouver Heritage Foundation:
Exploring Neighbhourhood Energy Futures – Workshop Invitation
Marpole session: Saturday, May 26th, 9:30-2:30 Marpole United Church, 1296 W 67th Ave at Hudson Street
Grandview Woodlands session: Saturday, June 9th, 9:30-2:30 Aboriginal Friendship Centre, 1607 E Hastings at Commercial Drive
Participants will explore how we can plan for a more resilient energy future at the neighbourhood scale, and design a low-carbon neighbourhood by choosing from a range of strategies including integrated land use and redevelopment, transportation alternatives, technology changes, and behavioural/cultural shifts.
For Heritage minded folks: the workshops explore a range of options to support Vancouver’s future population growth, from re-development to multi-family conversions of existing single-family housing. In addition, the May 26th workshop is being held in the beautifully renovated, historic Marpole United Church. All Vancouver residents are welcome!
This workshop that has been developed by a team of researchers at the Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) at UBC, working with Community Planning at the City of Vancouver.
Please RSVP to Titania Lam at the City of Vancouver 604-871-6302 or titania.lam@vancouver.ca
