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Welcome Neighbours

Next GWAC Meeting

7pm–9pm Mon 6 May 2013:   GWAC meeting, Learning Resources Centre (under the Library), Britannia Community Centre, 1661 Napier Street.   (Map).   All welcome.   Agenda to include:

  (1)   Community announcements.

  (2)   Constable Mike Lemon, Grandview-Woodland Neighbourhood Police Officer, on community policing/community safety.

  (3)   Planner Andrew Pask with an update on the Grandview-Woodland Community Plan.

Other community events including Provincial Election Forum for candidates from Vancouver–Mount Pleasant, 6:30pm–8:30pm Tue 30 Apr at Britannia Secondary School Auditorium, 1001 Cotton Drive (and also 6pm–8pm Thu 2 May at Ray-Cam)

About GWAC

Grandview-Woodland Area Council (GWAC), founded 1971, is a not-for-profit society that has as its purpose:

a)   To provide a monthly forum for residents to express opinions and to take action on problems and needs in the Grandview-Woodland area.

b)   To promote an awareness of local issues by having representatives from GWAC attend other forums and meetings to share information as required.

c)   To cooperate with other groups in the area.

Membership is open to anyone who resides or who works in the Grandview-Woodland neighbourhood and who registers their contact information at a GWAC Annual General meeting or monthly meeting. The boundaries of Grandview-Woodland are the north side of Broadway to the Burrard Inlet waterfront, and the east side of Clark Drive through to the west side of Nanaimo Street.


Boundaries of Grandview-Woodland. Source of map: Wikipedia.

Unless otherwise announced, the GWAC Board of Directors meets on the first Monday of every month, except for on holidays, at 7:00 p.m. in the Board Room of the Information Centre, Britannia Community Centre, 1661 Napier Street (and occasionally in the Learning Resources Centre, under Britannia Library).

The GWAC website is intended to foster dialogue amongst the citizens in the area, and provide the board members with information and direction from the community.   It also serves as one means of disseminating GWAC activities to the community.   We encourage feedback, comments and suggestions.

 

 
 

 
Important Community Issues :

High-Level Planning Initiatives
Initiatives relevant to Grandview-Woodland:   •   Community Plans (Grandview-Woodland is receiving one)   •   The Eastern Core Strategy (centred on the False Creek Flats)   •   The Broadway Transportation Corridor study. more>

Development Issues
Grandview-Woodland, like other Vancouver neighbourhoods, is experiencing development pressure in various forms:   •   High-level planning initiatives   •   Rezoning applications   •   Applications to relax existing zoning   •   Related:   Heritage issues   •   Also related:   Reinstating third party appeals . more>

Road Use/ Transportation Issues
Issues in Grandview-Woodland include:   •   Traffic:   Primarily east-west along arterial and collector streets (e.g., Hastings, First, Broadway) with some cutting through residential areas (e.g., between Victoria and Nanaimo)   •   Truck traffic:   Primarily north-south along Clark Drive, and now Nanaimo and other streets since Port Metro Vancouver closed the truck entrance on Clark   •   Proposal to transform Venables Street into the Venables Greenway   •   Suggestions for road reallocation   •   Opposition to Highway One expansion.   more>

Stop The Stink
This campaign brings people together to address the horrible smell from the West Coast Reduction plant on Burrard Inlet. more>