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Dec. 02, 2021 / Gordon Price

The Grand Bargain in Action: Vancouver and Seattle

Here are examples of how two cities absorbed population and housing growth over the last decade – illustrating the de-facto…
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Nov. 29, 2021 / Gordon Price

Heritage Vancouver: The Filipino Food Hub

From Heritage Vancouver: Listening Room: The Filipino Community and food hub at Joyce-Collingwood   A rezoning proposal for 5163-5187 Joyce…
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Nov. 29, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Flooding, Sponge Cities, Resiliency, & the Need for Regional Response

Everything old is new again~and streams and old river beds have a renewed purpose in weatherproofing  and providing new recreational…
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Nov. 22, 2021 / Gordon Price

Global Civic Policy Society presents Urban Lunch

Thursday, November 25 Noon to 1:00 PM via Zoom Danny Oleksiuk, cofounder of Abundant Housing Vancouver, and Dale McClanaghan, social…
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Nov. 18, 2021 / Gordon Price

The Flood of ’48 and the Lessons We Learned

What you can see from the flood coverage in the valley, at least in some of the images, is that…
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Nov. 18, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Wind, Rain, Rivers & Landslides: How Do We Make Room For Water?

Here we are in a climate emergency: an unprecedented “atmospheric river” carrying over 160 cm of rain to parts of…
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Nov. 08, 2021 / Gordon Price

Aotearoa Update: The end of single-family zoning in New Zealand

As soon as the news hit that the New Zealand government was essentially abolishing exclusive zoning for single-detached dwelling (Fumano reports…
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Oct. 28, 2021 / VWPT Vancouver

Translink unveils TRANSPORT 2050, and Policy Development Manager Eve Hou is here to spill the beans.

Big news for the Region! Translink has just unveiled Transport 2050: its blueprint for the next 30 years of regional…
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Oct. 28, 2021 / Gordon Price

The New Density Bar: How Indigenous partnerships could reset civic politics

There’s a seismic shift occurring in Vancouver’s real-estate and development industry, and it’s going to shake up our politics too. …
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Oct. 25, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

False Creek South Shell Game? Report to Council Skips Public Involvement & Process

If the strategy was to get Vancouver residents rallying for or against redevelopment of housing on city lands, the report…
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Oct. 13, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Saying Goodbye to a Public Space Champion-the Great Alan Slater Duncan

There are some posts that you never want to write and this sadly is one of them. One of the…
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Oct. 10, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

The Climate Emergency Parking Program: How the Mayor of Vancouver Saved His Council

The Climate Emergency Parking Plan was considered by Vancouver City Council last week. The plan has first been introduced earlier…
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Oct. 06, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Mayor Phillip Owen: A Life of Vancouver Civic Service

Who was the Mayor who stood up to the Liberal Provincial Government when photo radar was yanked province wide, hoping…
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Oct. 04, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

No Free Parking: Paying to Park Curbside Goes to Council This Week

The City of Vancouver has given everyone three months to think about it and now the the Climate Emergency Parking…

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