Notice Board
It’s a water sport–enjoy it!
Why not enjoy the 24th Annual Dragon Boat Festival in all this wet weather? The 24th Annual Rio Tinto Alcan Dragon Boat Festival has begun under grey skies and intermittent rain showers down at False Creek near Science World. One ... Read More »
Make music, Vancouver. Summer’s coming.
Summer solstice brings out a new celebration in our city If you're a Facebook user you've probably been invited to join an event and wondered why you're getting all these infernal notices in your inbox. So it began with me ... Read More »
Housing Affordability: can we really do anything? Should we?
UBC Centre for Urban Economics and Real Estate and Urban Land Institute invite you to the forum An event organized for next week by the ULI and UBC caught our attention and we thought we'd share the information with our ... Read More »
June 6th Pattullo Bridge Forum attracts community attention
She's an aging piece of infrastructure linking New Westminster and Surrey. After years of neglect, her bridge railings are crumbling apart and a number of detractors would like her dismantled and hauled away to the dump. Of course by now ... Read More »
Repurposing Pattullo Bridge the logical choice
Instead of tearing a bridge down, why not adapt it for other uses? It wasn’t long ago when we were finished using a consumer product it was guaranteed to end up in the landfill. Today, we better understand how this ... Read More »
Community forum to discuss future of Pattullo Bridge planned for June 6th
Have your say on major transportation infrastructure in Surrey & New Westminster If you’ve crossed the ageing Pattullo Bridge at any point over the last decade, you’ve probably asked yourself what is going to happen with this vital piece of ... Read More »
Join Jane’s Walk events on May 5-6 in Vancouver
Vancouver, "get out and walk" this weekend Long time readers of City Caucus will know that we pray at the altar of walkability here. Some of our early posts have taken strong positions on pedestrian-friendly urban design, strong anti-urban sprawl ... Read More »
SFU launches ‘City Conversations’ with ‘State of the Arts’
A new series of lunchtime meet-ups featuring prominent experts discussing timely matters of civic importance will launch on April 19, at SFU’s Vancouver campus. Designed to provide contrasting views in order to promote discussion on topics ranging from transportation, city ... Read More »
Canadians can “own” multiculturalism by personally investing in it
In our increasingly connected world where cultures and languages intersect, saying even a few words in someone else's language can completely change your relationships. The great strength of Vancouver is its plurality, and we're proud that so many of the ... Read More »
Survey Says! Help decide your urban future
It launched almost a couple of months ago, but the 2012 Urban Futures survey is still underway and seeking as much region-wide feedback as can possibly be collected. The survey is being managed through PlaceSpeak, a startup company led by ... Read More »
