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Jan. 24, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

NE False Creek Project

Vancouver staff released a 368 page PDF today to council recommending the approval of the next big steps forward for…
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Jan. 19, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Chinese Housing Market Not So Hot~Metro Vancouver Implications?

It had been forecast for some time with the tightening of lending and monetary restrictions. But as the Wall Street Journal reports…
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Jan. 18, 2018 / Gordon Price

Panel: Family-Friendly Housing – Feb 1

In partnership with RAIC-Architecture Canada, the Museum of Vancouver explores how housing for the “missing middle” can contribute to community…
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Jan. 18, 2018 / Gordon Price

Disruptive Change in Vancouver

Changing Vancouver just posted a particularly graphic example of possibly the worst transition from good to bad architectural and urban…
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Jan. 17, 2018 / Gordon Price

Item from Ian: Tiny Homes in Austin (and not in Vancouver)

Ian: Good solution for Vancouver. Instead of just putting community gardens on vacant lots, let’s put some actual communities there.…
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Jan. 16, 2018 / Gordon Price

Housing Crises and the Denver Plan

From FastCompany: Denver arguably has a … radical idea. It plans to subsidize rent so that lower-income people can live…
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Jan. 15, 2018 / Gordon Price

David Eby's speech – and Questions for the Liberals

Price Tags: The Georgia Straight helpfully provided the full text of Attorney-General David Eby’s speech: “Housing and trans-national money laundering: an…
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Jan. 15, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Jobs Jar — Co-op Housing Federation

The Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada is recruiting to fill a full time, three-year contract position of Manager, Co-operative Housing…
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Jan. 11, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

MLA Sam Sullivan Weighs in on the "House Price Crisis"

  Sam Sullivan needs no introduction to Vancouver readers. For those outside of Vancouver this multi-faceted, well read, personable individual…
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Jan. 10, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Seattle Getting Denser

HERE‘s a video of several areas of Seattle, each filmed in a 3-year-long-interval time-lapse from the Space Needle. It reminds…
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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 / michaelkluckner

SFU Philosophers' Café: What Are We Losing and What's Worth Saving?

Thursday January 11, 7 pm Vancouver Public Library, Joe Fortes Branch, 870 Denman Street Come and participate in a free…
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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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