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Jan. 10, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Nix the Farmland,Build a Mansion in Richmond~Make Millions for Shell Company

If anyone ever doubted that farmland was being usurped and transferred into private gated estate cash cows, this story in the…
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Jan. 09, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Gordie Award 2017~Moments of Courage~YIMBY Marpole

The last Gordie Award of 2017 goes to the people and youth of Vancouver that stood up to ensure that…
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Jan. 08, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

The Agricultural Land Reserve, Vicki Huntington, and the Future of the Region

Vicki Huntington needs no introduction to the people living in Delta. Ms. Huntington was the former MLA for Delta South…
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Jan. 08, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

The Gordie Awards 2017~Most Puzzling Planning Work and Process~Chinatown and Translation

The Gordie Award for the 2017 most puzzling planning work and process goes to the work occurring around Chinatown and…
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Jan. 05, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

The Gordies 2017-Potentially Most Polarizing Planning Work~Amazon HQ2

A unanimous pick by the Price Tags editors for the most Potentially Polarizing Planning Work~The Amazon solicitation from cities right…
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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. 29, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Toronto's Bike Riding Parking Enforcement Officer Still Not Back to Work

As extraordinary as it seems, the City of Toronto do not have Kyle Ashley, the parking enforcement officer who was…
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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. 28, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

How to Make A Back Lane Not Just for Vehicles-was the "Country Lane" concept Just Ten Years too Soon?

You may have been  following the story of the Richmond residents living in Steveston that found out that the closed back…

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David Sadoway

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Dec. 21, 2022

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Sandy James Planner

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Sandy James Planner

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