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Jan. 04, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

The Gordie Award 2017 For Work with the Biggest Planning Impact

In the category of the Gordie Award for  Work with Biggest Planning Impact, Price Tags Vancouver unanimously chose the ambitious New…
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Jan. 03, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

The Daily Durning: Millennials and the "Missing Middle" in Housing Form

Tom Durning of the Daily Durning sends this article from the Washington Post which quotes our very own City of Vancouver Planner,…
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Jan. 03, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

The Gordie Award 2017 for Happiest Transportation Story~The Arbutus Greenway

  The Gordie Award for 2017 for happiest transportation story goes to the Arbutus Greenway. After a bitter battle which…
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Jan. 02, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Los Angeles, Density and "Neighbourhood Character"

Los Angeles is a city where residents have had a say in development over the past fifty years.  The Economist  writes…
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Jan. 02, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

A View on Housing Affordability: It's About Ownership

Douglas Todd a seasoned writer for the Vancouver Sun calls it directly: if you want to see what is happening in the…
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Dec. 29, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Is the Vancouver We Know Gone?

    Christopher Cheung has written an evocative piece in Metro News  that really resonates with the remarkable changes Vancouver…
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Dec. 28, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

More Data Coming on Who is Who in the Metro Vancouver Market

Everyone was pretty excited when Statistics Canada and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) released a batch of data…
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Dec. 26, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Hollowing Out of Vancouver's Population~Warren Gill Lecture~David Hulchanski

 David Hulchanski teaches housing and community development at the University of Toronto and was a professor at the University of…
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Dec. 25, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Season's Greetings From Price Tags Vancouver

    This image is courtesy of Price Tags contributor, author and artist Michael Kluckner. The Co-Editors of Price Tags’…
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Dec. 24, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

T'was the Night Before Christmas in Vancouver's West End…

From CBC’s Stephen Quinn in the Globe and Mail~ a Vancouverized twist of an old Classic: T’was the night before Christmas, and…
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Dec. 22, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Daily Durning: What Vancouver Can Teach Seattle about Affordable Housing

It’s always interesting to see ourselves through other people’s perspectives, and this article from Crosscut.com via Tom Durning contextually examines Vancouver from…
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Dec. 21, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Richmond Developer Turns Over Assignment Fees for Community Groups

It’s nice to hear about developers that do the right work instead of doing the work right. When condo units…
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Dec. 21, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

A New Generation of Activists Assist in Chinatown's Next Chapter~Melody Ma

There are a lot of unsung heroes in Vancouver that care deeply about place and culture, and recognizing that some…
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Dec. 20, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Statistics Canada Figures on Who is Buying What in Vancouver Real Estate

Statistics Canada  and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation released some new figures about housing in the Metro Vancouver market,…

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