Concord’s NYE Vancouver fireworks relocating to False Creek
Look out neighbours, there’s a new show in town and it’s going to be big. How big exactly? Well, it’s certainly being slated as the biggest new years eve event Vancouver has ever seen. And it’s in the works for December 31st, 2020. Organizers of Concord’s New Year’s Eve Vancouver are promising a truly special, […]
Spring time bulb planting in Concord Park!
Tomorrow, Saturday November 16th 11am-1pm, pop on down to Concord Community Park and help us plant our spring-time bulbs for 2020. Gardeners will be on site to assist and kids will take home their own bulbs to plant too. This is a great opportunity to get involved with the local community and dust off those […]
23rd Annual East Van Culture Crawl
East Van Culture Crawl has once again kicked off to a great start. The ECCS is an annual 4-day visual arts festival the “Culture Crawl” in November that involves artists on Vancouver’s Eastside opening their studio to the public. The event is focused on the area bounded by Columbia St, 1st Ave, Victoria Drive, and […]
Parents of kids at Crosstown Elementary School speak out about their concerns and frustrations
At what point is enough, enough? And why does it seem that parents and families who live adjacent to The Downtown East Side are seemingly expected to be ‘okay’ with the increase in violence, substance abuse, physical assault and the constant detritus left behind by both drug-users and the homeless; at the doorway to the […]
Strathcona Artisan Market
Neighbours, grab your calendars and mark September 7th for Strathcona Artisan Market. With free entry for all, the market will be a a win for everyone who attends and will feature – Locally-made Arts and Goods, artist workshops and live demonstrations, kids’ art activities, delicious homemade food and snacks live music. What a great way […]
Put on your dancing shoes!
Looking for a place to jive this summer? Look no further!
A unique floating artist residency is soon to arrive in False Creek
The Blue Cabin Floating Artist Residency is a historic squatters cabin turned into an artist’s studio. Placed on a floating platform, it is being towed to a dock near the Plaza of Nations. By late August, the cabin and deckhouse will be open for tours. By September, it will welcome its first artist, an indigenous […]
City Proposes $18 million dollar effort to plan for Vancouver’s future
What does the future of Vancouver look like? With seemingly endless population growth ahead of us, how do we plan and prepare for the thousands of new residents expected to settle in Vancouver over the next two decades? Or bridge the gap between existing residents who own and those who want to own? The City […]
The fight for a school at Olympic Village continues
Every village needs a school! And that’s precisely what the Olympic Village community are asking for as they petition Vancouver School Board and the Province of BC. Olympic Village and the south side of False Creek are home to hundreds of young families. Local elementary schools are already bursting at the seams with many having […]
Trouble for new St. Paul’s hospital design
It seems it’s one step forward, three back for Providence Health as the design for the new St. Paul’s hospital fails to pass the scrutiny of the City of Vancouver’s Urban Design Panel (UDP), an advisory board comprising of “a dozen members who are largely private sector architects, landscape designers, engineers, and artists — all […]