City Conversations 2014 Community Summit Special Edition
Livable and Sustainable Jericho Lands: a New, innovative Neighbourhood for Vancouver?
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When: Thursday, Oct.23, 2014
Time: 12:30-1:30pm
Location: Room 2270 at SFU Harbour Centre
Cost: Free
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Can Vancouver create a new neighbourhood that is beautiful, interesting and joyful— and which also creates its own energy, uses its own water, and produces no waste?
Could the Jericho Lands— the military base across West Fourth Ave from Jericho Beach Park— be that neighbourhood? The military is leaving, and 62 acres will be owned by a partnership of the federal government, three First Nations tribes and the City.
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Vancouver has been a North American leader in creating innovative, livable and sustainable neighbourhoods, starting with Southeast False Creek. What can we learn from first-generation livable and sustainable European neighbourhoods, to become world leaders?
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Exploring this amazing opportunity are Joyce Drohan, Director of Urban Design at Perkins + Will, and a lead member of the design team for Vancouver’s first livable and sustainable community, Southeast False Creek; and Maged Senbel, an Associate Professor, UBC School of Community and Regional Planning, who focuses on engaging the public in long term neighbourhood planning.
Or will it look like UBC’s Wesbrook Village (south of 16th Ave / West of Wesbrook Mall) with tons of high-rises to maximize $s .. and no subway connection either ?
I think the only allowable development should necessitate a subway (along Broadway i.e. the SE end of this new and potentially very exciting development) before it is started .. unlike UBC’s village which is cramming 15,000+ people into a brand new area with no fast public transit connection to Vancouver.