FCM Green Municipal Fund — $175m for South Downtown Lands enviro investigation

FCM PRESS RELEASE The Honourable Greg Rickford, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario, and Brad Woodside, President of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) and Mayor of the City of Fredericton, New Brunswick, today announced a Green Municipal Fund™ (GMF) grant of $175,000 for the City of Nanaimo. The City used the funding to supplement a complex environmental investigation at 1 Port Drive, a City-owned 10.8-hectare brownfield site, also known as the South Downtown Waterfront property. Read more: FCM - Government of Canada and FCM support Nanaimo’s study of contaminated former railyard

Monday #Nanaimo Council agenda includes—"rescind approval to lease portion of Georgia Park re: Hilton Hotel project"

Monday #Nanaimo Council agenda includes—"rescind approval to lease portion of Georgia Park re: Hilton Hotel project" https://t.co/PB1GaZs2Xq

— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) April 18, 2015

Report to Council: https://t.co/mvSraawdx7 @KevinHPosey @wisemonkeysblog @neil21 @andrewtrevjones @CityHallWchVAN

— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) April 19, 2015

@NanaimoCommons @KevinHPosey @wisemonkeysblog @neil21 Still concerned about the scale of this project. It's big by vancouver standard

— Andrew Jones (@andrewtrevjones) April 19, 2015

Update: #Nanaimo take a minute and congratulate yourself for contining to stand up for our parks and all shared... https://t.co/uARdZ9HH6c

— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) April 22, 2015

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From Times Colonist — "a dismal failure" Oak Bay Beach Hotel in receivership

Only two years after opening, the Oak Bay Beach Hotel is in court-ordered receivership with debt estimated at more than $125 million. A syndicate of lenders, who say they are owed more than $60 million, went to B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver to have the receiver appointed. The 139,000-square-foot hotel includes 100 guest rooms, 20 condominiums, a spa with pools overlooking the ocean, the Snug pub, a dining room, the David Foster Foundation Theatre, and a conservatory. An appraisal valued it at $124 million. More at: Oak Bay Beach Hotel pushed into receivership, but ‘business as usual’

Another cautionary tale #Nanaimo re— "Hilton" waterfront hotel proposal #Victoria Oak Bay Hotel "a dismal failure" http://t.co/Vc3eRZ1qMf
— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) April 13, 2015

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#Squamish Councillor Susan Chapelle — An advocate for community walkability

Healthy Built Environment toolkit: Improved productivity, improved social cohesion, decreased obesity, increased... http://t.co/KwQpc14LRg
— Susan Chapelle (@squamishsusan) March 10, 2015

As I advocate for community #walkability, lets look at the economic benefits from a policy perspective. http://t.co/iUsYk6ymqG
— Susan Chapelle (@squamishsusan) March 10, 2015

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From VanCityBuzz — Looking beyond commuter cycling in Vancouver

"That means not just creating ‘bicycle highways’ such as the 10th Avenue Bikeway, but complimenting them with protected...

Posted by Streets For Everyone on Thursday, March 26, 2015

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From The Star — Toronto transit expansion spawns community-cultural hub

Toronto council endorses artistic community-cultural hub for Weston @TorontoStar http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/03/31/toronto-considers-artistic-community-cultural-hub-for-weston.html

Posted by Nanaimo Commons on Tuesday, March 31, 2015

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