Sunday, August 9, 2015

City Hall's definition of "density"
may differ from yours or mine

Friday, August 7, 2015

From National Main Street Centre —
Enhancing the Corridors to Your Downtown


Enhancing the Corridors to Your #Downtown @NatlMainStreet
Posted by Nanaimo Commons on Sunday, August 2, 2015
Enhancing the Corridors to Your Downtown... - National Main Street Center, Inc.



Thursday, August 6, 2015

From BCBusiness —
How Kelowna reinvented itself

Sure, it’s the heart of wine country and home to some of B.C.’s most spectacular natural wonders. And yes, retirees and tourists still come here in droves. But with a burgeoning tech sector, an acclaimed university and a boom in housing, the Okanagan’s biggest city is now taking on a decidedly younger flair. 
Read more: BCBusiness on Twitter: "Why everyone loves (the new) Kelowna: http://t.co/O5kO5BRhmN http://t.co/Hw3GfRpUiA
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Wednesday, August 5, 2015

¡más calles así! Via @jen_keesmaat


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Tuesday, August 4, 2015

@jen_keesmaat —
complete street, Queens Quay, has taught us
a lot about redesigning streets for people


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Monday, August 3, 2015

From The Tyee —
In the scramble for residential land,
should industrial areas be sacrificed?

Like many Vancouver residents, Noah Choy was looking for a home for his family. Someplace with a sense of community. Spots for kids to play. A place he and his wife could call their own with more room for their one-year-old than their small condo in Kitsilano.
He found his answer in River District, a planned community just south of where Choy grew up in Champlain Heights. The 130-acre development is what's called a "brownfield" site -- former industrial land near Kerr and Marine Drive where, in the last century, sawmills received logs floated in along the Fraser River. Read more: In Vancouver's Port Land Makeover, Industry Takes a Blow | The Tyee
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