Jul 26 Council approves new plan for Vancouver
City Council passes the contentious Vancouver Plan, carving a new path for growth to 2050.
City Council passes the contentious Vancouver Plan, carving a new path for growth to 2050.
If the Vancouver Plan is approved by Council, many development projects will no longer have to go through public hearings.
Residents and neighbours opposed to the Vancouver Plan told Council on July 6 to send it back to the drawing board.
The Vancouver Plan comes on the heels of the Broadway Plan, part of the City's push to increase density in every Vancouver neighbourhood.
Protesters of all ages gathered at City Hall Saturday to voice their disapproval of city-wide plans that will see massive densification without livability.
Neighbours say the Broadway and Vancouver Plans threaten their neighbourhoods, and are staging a protest rally at City Hall on Saturday, May 7.
The 150-pg. Vancouver Plan reflects the City's densification plans for all Vancouver neighbourhoods.
The public is invited to hear an Urban Design Panel meeting on the proposed supportive 140-unit housing tower at 7th-8th Arbutus. For public input, take the virtual tour or submit comments to the City by Nov. 21.
Mayor Kennedy Stewart tips the scales to reject the proposed Climate Emergency Parking Plan in a 6-5 Council vote, Wednesday, Oct. 6.
Four and five-storey new apartments could be coming to residential neighbourhoods near you.