| Green space increases property value, tourism, social interaction, community-mindedness, and aesthetic pleasure. Green space attracts businesses, as it is proven that business prefers to locate in communities with an abundance of open space and pedestrian-friendly areas. Green space provides stress relief, benefitting community members both emotionally and psychologically. Green space also delivers environmental education and increases environmental awareness to both children and adults. Green space is also attractive to residents because it lowers property taxes! Because there is less development there is a lowered need for expensive infrastructure such as roads, sewers, and water. Also, green space reduces the cost of unnecessary treatment of stormwater and provides healthy groundwater recharge capabilities for restoring our watershed, as water is absorbed into the ground and filtered naturally rather than being expensively and unnecessarily piped to a water filtration center. Runners, cyclists, dog owners, and people on their way to the Fifth Avenue Cinemas and Granville Island all benefit from the open green space along the Arbutus Corridor on 6th Avenue. What is particularly important about this area is that a multi-generational community including children and seniors has participated in and benefited from Cypress Community Garden's effort to cultivate and beautify this area. Green spaces such as Cypress Community Garden and the Arbutus Corridor unify Vancouver and provide much-needed pedestrian-oriented connections within the City. We need your support! Please let our City officials know that we
need green space along the Arbutus Corridor at 6th Avenue (the location
of both Cypress and Maple Community Gardens) to keep our urban area
livable. Please voice your concern! Email the Mayor
and Council at: mayorandcouncil@city.vancouver.bc.ca
and ask them to preserve this area as green space, not just for
another few months, but for many years to come! |
Green space is a crucial part of every city. Green space is one
of the reasons Vancouver is the most beautiful city in the world!
