ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING FEB 21
Residents of buildings who pay annual membership fees are eligible to vote and hold a place on the board of directors. Please contact info@falsecreekresidents.org if you are interested in becoming a board member. February 21, 2019, Telus Science World Exploration Lab 7pm-9pm Everyone is welcome, meet your neighbours, learn about NEEC, share ideas, enjoy stories. […]
Rapid Transit from Arbutus Street to UBC: Coalition does not support staff recommendations, requests Council ‘receive’ reports, not adopt as policy (meeting 30-Jan-2019)
Rapid Transit from Arbutus Street to UBC: Coalition does not support staff recommendations, requests Council ‘receive’ reports, not adopt as policy (meeting 30-Jan-2019) January 25, 2019 City of Vancouver Council Dear Mayor Kennedy Stewart and Councillors, Re: Rapid Transit from Arbutus Street to UBC – Meeting Jan.30, 2019 Report (“Rapid Transit from Arbutus Street to UBC,” staff […]
Concord Pacific Opens a New Community Park on Novus TV
What was once a concrete wasteland is now coming to life with greenery, games and an edible garden right in the heart of our city. Novus TV’s Krystina Smith finds out what inspired this new project for Concord Pacific and what members of our community really think about it. Join us to find out exactly […]
Crosstown residents fed up with needles, waste in Vancouver park
North False Creek residents fed up with discarded needles, open drug use and what they say is increased violence in their neighbourhood are issuing a desperate plea for help. Fern Jeffries, who has lived in Vancouver’s Crosstown neighbourhood near Andy Livingstone park said the situation has deteriorated in recent years. find out more here
Concord’s Temporary Northeast False Creek Park~Christmas Gift or Christmas Grinch?
What a difference light and angles make in portraying space. Urban YVR presents some compelling images of the Northeast False Creek temporary park, which while 3.5 acres in size has taken several decades to be created despite an agreement between the City and the owner of the land, Concord Pacific. This is near the Citygate […]
Is Vancouver’s False Creek home to the world’s largest pop-up park?
Developer’s 3.5-acre ‘community park’ includes ball hockey court, ping pong tables, beach volleyball, amphitheatre Grant Lawrence / Vancouver Courier DECEMBER 3, 2018 03:05 PM For years, if you’ve ever walked, jogged, or cycled along the north False Creek seawall, you’d be used to seeing a barren, cracked concrete wasteland in that ugly armpit of the city — […]
Bitter lawsuit between wealthy developers reveals delays, downsizing of Yaletown affordable housing plan was inevitable
JOANNE LEE-YOUNG & LORI CULBERT (Vancouver Sun) Thirty years ago, a deal between the provincial government and a private developer earmarked six large lots in Yaletown for affordable housing. Several weeks ago, the city announced affordable housing would be built on just three of the lots. Two business tycoons waged a little-known and vicious battle in and […]
FCRA Mourns The Passing of Merv Therriault
We are very sad to learn about the recent passing of FCRA Board member Merv Therriault. A friend to many, Merv had been active in the False Creek community for many years. His depth of knowledge, energy, and unmatched sense of humour will be dearly missed by those who worked with him and got to […]
FCRA Statement on Northeast False Creek Park Plan
The False Creek Residents Association has issued the following statement regarding future plans for Creekside Park and the proposed Northeast False Creek Area Plan. “The FCRA is excited about the prospect of a long promised new park. However, the western boundary should remain as the present day Carrall St. Greenway to provide maximum waterfront park space and leave the current boundaries of Andy […]