Grand Boulevard Residents Association

CityShaping Stage Three: Growth and Land Use Workshop

Saturday, January 19th from 1pm to 5pm
Atrium, City Hall – 141 West 14^th Street  (14^th Street plaza entrance)

Please join us for this upcoming event.  Prominent urban thinkers Brent Toderian, (Principal, Toderian UrbanWORKS and former Director of Planning, City of Vancouver) and Lewis Villegas, (Architect and Instructor at SFU) will discuss opportunities and challenges for growth in our community. Participants will then have the opportunity to develop land use scenarios to guide how growth could occur in the City over the next decade and beyond.

Full event details available at www.cnv.org/CityShaping/community_events_calendar.html

Free child-minding for ages 3+ will be available at the City Library with licensed child minders from North Shore Neighbourhood House.

Please RSVP for the event and child-minding needs to CityShaping@cnv.org or 604-990-4240.

For more information about CityShaping and Stage Three: Developing Scenarios & Policy Directions, please see www.cnv.org/cityshaping, sign up for regular updates at cityshaping@cnv.org or contact Suzanne Smith at 604-990-4240.

CityShaping is the process to update the City of North Vancouver’s long range plan, the Official Community Plan. CityShaping seeks to involve as many community members and stakeholders as possible in a dialogue about the City’s future. Stage One focused on identifying issues and Stage Two involved a dialogue about critical issues. Stage Three is about developing scenarios to best address the community’s changing needs over time.

You can find updates on the Low Level Road Project here:

http://portmetrovancouver.com/en/projects/OngoingProjects/LowLevelRoad.aspx

For more information, please also refer to our Spring 2012 Bulletin.

Click on the image below to view the GBRRA Fall 2012 e-Bulletin in PDF format.

CityShaping Stage Three: Developing Scenarios & Policy Directions is now underway with a variety of opportunities to participate!

CityShaping is the process to update the City of North Vancouver’s long range plan, the Official Community Plan. CityShaping seeks to involve as many community members and stakeholders – such as service providers, the development community and others – as possible in a dialogue about the City’s future. Whereas Stage One focussed on identifying issues and Stage Two involved a dialogue about critical issues, Stage Three is about developing scenarios to best address the community’s changing needs over time.

Please join us for these upcoming events:

“Housing Needs in the City” Council Workshop
Saturday, October 20th from 10am to 2pm
City of North Vancouver Council Chambers

“Density Bonusing and Community Amenity Contributions” Council Workshop
Monday, October 29th from 6pm to 9pm
City of North Vancouver Council Chambers

Interactive CityShaping Event: Growth and Land Use Scenario Development
Saturday, November 24th from 1pm to 5pm
Conference Room, Lonsdale Quay Hotel

Full event details available at www.cnv.org/CityShaping/community_events_calendar.html

Please RSVP to CityShaping@cnv.org or 604-990-4240 so that we can do our best to seat you and welcome you to the event.

For more information about CityShaping and Stage Three: Developing Scenarios & Policy Directions, please see www.cnv.org/cityshaping , sign up for regular updates at cityshaping@cnv.org or contact Suzanne Smith at 604-990-4240.

Dear Community Member,

We are writing to remind you about upcoming consultation for the Low Level Road Project, beginning on Monday, September 17, 2012.  This consultation is focused on seeking input about aesthetic features of the project, including landscaping, noise walls, the Spirit Trail, public art, as well as traffic management plans.

Open House

Drop in, talk to the project team and provide your feedback
September 22, 2012 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.,  John Braithwaite Community Centre

Small Group Meetings (registration required*)

See a presentation and participate in a question and answer period with the Low Level Road Project team.
September 18, 2012, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

September 19, 2012, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

*Sign up online at porttalk.ca or contact us by phone (604-665-9066) or email (public_affairs@portmetrovancouver.com) to participate.

If you have not already, please register at www.porttalk.ca where updated project information, including consultation materials and an online feedback form, will be posted on September 17, 2012.  Register before October 5^th, 2012 to be entered into a draw for a chance to win an annual family pass to the Vancouver Aquarium. Existing registrants will automatically be entered.

For more information about the project, please do not hesitate to contact us at
604-665-9066 or by email at public_affairs@portmetrovancouver.com.  

We thank you once again for your continued interest in the Low Level Road Project, and look forward to your participation in the upcoming consultation.  

Kind regards, 

Cindy McCarthy
on behalf of the Low Level Road Project Team

Please listen to the CKNW 980 on your AM Dial at 7:00p.m. tonight jULY 5th, 2012. ” The Investigaters 980″ is the name of the show.

It is an hour long Documentary on what the Port Metro is doing regarding the communities of North Vancouver’s “Low Level Road Project” , Delta, Surrey, and Burnaby. 

It was put together by Bob Macken and should be an interesting documentary.  My deep heart felt thanks go out to Jim and Kiah, my neighbours,  for connecting the N.V.South Slope Community Association and others for this piece.

You can also listen to this documentary on line at: www.cknw.com

As Bob mentions below, he will be doing more stories in the months to come.

Thank you for listening to the whole of this documentary. If you have any comments, please, please send them into CKNW 980. 

Best Regards,

Carol Abbott

I am with a group of residents on the 400 block East 12th.
We have been having trouble with health care workers parking on our block and were considering applying for the 2 hr restriction.
In the course of researching this issue, much information has come up that would be of interest to all city residents.
Myself, Susan Hogman and Diana Hanley would like to attend your AGM to offer the information.
Thanks!

Click on the image below to view the GBRRA Spring 2012 Bulletin in PDF format.