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Welcome Neighbours

Next GWAC Meeting

7pm–9pm Mon 13 Sep 2010:   GWAC meeting, Conference Room of the Information Centre building, Britannia Community Centre, 1661 Napier Street.   (Map).   All welcome.

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About GWAC

Grandview-Woodland Area Council (GWAC) is a not-for-profit society (founded 1974) 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 Info Centre, Britannia Community Centre, 1661 Napier Street.

The GWAC website is intended to foster dialogue amongst the many 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 :

Development Issues
Grandview Woodland, like other Vancouver neighbourhoods, is experiencing development pressure in the form of City-led planning initiatives, rezoning applications, and applications to relax existing zoning. more>

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

Reinstate Third Party Appeals
This important issue, which grew out of the campaign to save the neighbourhood's Salsbury Garden in 2005-2006, has city-wide implications. more>

Venables Greenway
This project, active since 2005, is to transform Venables Street in order to create a sustainable 'bridge' between Strathcona Park and Commercial Drive. more>

Stop Highway Expansion
GWAC is opposed to the expansion of Highway One and twinning of the Port Mann Bridge.  GWAC sees enhanced public transit and better cargo rail as a faster, less expensive and environmentally sustainable solution to traffic congestion in Metro Vancouver. more>