1.   Grandview-Woodland Links

• Britannia Community Services Centre

  • September 2011:   Britannia Strategic Master Plan (8 MB, 51 pages)

• Commercial Drive Business Improvement Association

  • Commercial Drive Newsletters (published quarterly)

• Grandview-Woodland Community Policing Centre

  • "Commercial Drive Community Survey 2007" by Eileen Mosca and Valerie Spicer.   Institute for Canadian Urban Research Studies (ICURS) with cooperation of the Grandview-Woodland Community Policing Centre.   April 2008.   56 pages.   2.1MB.

• Grandview Heritage Group (celebrates the built, natural and cultural heritage of Grandview-Woodland)

• The Kettle Friendship Society

• MOSAIC — Multilingual Orientation Services Association for Immigrant Communities

• "Stop the Stink" Facebook page (about odours from the West Coast Reduction rendering plant)

• Timeline:   Saving The York Theatre

• Car-Free Commercial Drive Festival (in June)

• Parade of the Lost Souls (in October)

• Eastside Culture Crawl (in November)

• Commercial Drive — Live! (blog by Steve Duncan)

• Britannia Neighbours (volunteer organization involved with Mosaic Creek Park, Napier Square Greenway)

• Grandview-Woodland Food Connection (who create grassroots initiatives to address food security and justice issues)

2.   City of Vancouver Links

• Grandview-Woodland CommunityWebPages (removed as of 8 Aug 2012) / Grandview Area of the City (its replacement)

  • Grandview-Woodland Community Profile web page (removed 8 Aug 2012) / Grandview-Woodland Community Profile document (its replacement)

    • Major projects and construction in Grandview-Woodland

    • The Grandview-Woodland area in VanMap (VanMap is an interactive map of Vancouver provided by the City

• Community Services

  • Development Services

    • Zoning and development by-laws, policies and guidelines (to 8 Aug 2012) / Zoning & Development Bylaw 3575 (after 8 Aug 2012)

      • By-laws etc applicable across the City of Vancouver including Grandview-Woodland (e.g., RM-4 & RM-4N, RT-5 & RT-5N, C2, C-2C, and C-3A)

      • Guidelines specific to Grandview-Woodland (e.g., Britannia/Woodland RM-4 & RM-4N, Broadway Station Area RM-4 & RM-4N, Broadway/Commercial C-2C, and Broadway/Commercial C-3A)

      • Guidelines including Grandview-Woodland (e.g., RT-4, RT-4A, RT-4N, RT-4AN, RT-5, RT-5A, RT-5N, RT-5AN and RT-6 [13.5 MB])

    • Details of development applications in City of Vancouver

  • Planning Department (particular sites)

    • Details of rezoning applications in City of Vancouver

    • Urban Design Panel — advises on some rezoning applications plus significant development applications to be reviewed by Director of Planning and Development Permit Board (City web page before and after 8 Aug 2012).

    • Development Permit Board — reviews major development applications (City web page before and after 8 Aug 2012).

  • Planning Department (particular geographical areas)

    • Community Plans and Local Area Plans

      • Mount Pleasant Community Planning Program — west of Grandview-Woodland (City web page before and after 8 Aug 2012)

      • Next Community Plans (City web page before and after 8 Aug 2012)

        • December 2011:   Community Plans "General Terms of Reference" document

        • Grandview-Woodland Community Plan

          • City of Vancouver web page on Grandview-Woodland Community Plan before and after 8 Aug 2012

          • Synopsis of some preliminary neighbourhood assets and opportunities, distributed 9 March 2012 — submit comments to planning staff by email (grandviewplan@vancouver.ca) or phone (604-673-8171)

          • Dec 2011–Mar 2012:   "Grandview-Woodland Terms of Reference Workbook" (in development)

          • 28 March 2012:   Council approved a 100-page staff report called "Next Community Plans: Terms of Reference."   Appendix A of the report contains the Terms of Reference for the Grandview-Woodland Community Plan (27 pages)

          • GWAC web page on Grandview-Woodland Community Plan

        • Marpole Community Plan (City web page before and after 8 Aug 2012)

        • West End Community Plan (City web page before and after 8 Aug 2012)

        • Downtown Eastside Local Area Plan (City web page before and after 8 Aug 2012)

    • CityPlan Home Page

      • Hastings–Sunrise CityPlan Committee (east of Grandview-Woodland)

      • Kensington–Cedar Cottage CityPlan Committee (south of Grandview-Woodland)

    • Eastern Core (centred on the largely industrial False Creek Flats, west of Grandview-Woodland)

      • Fall 2011:   Eastern Core Strategy (City web page before and after 8 Aug 2012)

        • Georgia and Dunsmuir Viaducts Studies

          • 11 June 2010:   Report:   "Georgia and Dunsmuir Viaducts Study" (passed by Council)

          • 26 July 2011:   Report:   "Viaducts and False Creek Flats Planning: Eastern Core Strategy" (passed by Council)

      • 30 October 2008:   Project Summary Report:   "False Creek Flats Rail Corridor Strategy" (includes pages about the Malkin Connector [page 17] and realignment of the Central Valley Greenway at Clark Drive [page 23])

    • Industrial zoned lands in Grandview-Woodland

      • Industrial Lands Policies.   Adopted by City Council, 14 March 1995 (includes industrial lands along Hastings Street between Heatley Avenue and Semlin Drive designated as "Let Go" in 1990 [page 3]).

      • Powell Street/Port Lands and Powell Street/Clark Drive Industrial Areas Study, Final Report.   March 2007.   Prepared for City of Vancouver by Harris Consulting and Cityspaces Consulting Ltd.   96 pages

  • Social Development

    • Non-market housing in Grandview-Woodland

    • Mayor's Task Force on Housing Affordability (City web page before and after 8 Aug 2012)

• Engineering Department

  • Traffic calming in City of Vancouver (City web page before and after 8 Aug 2012)

3.   Rest of Vancouver Links (e.g., Community Associations)

• Community Associations and Community Groups

  • My Own Back Yard Community Association (MOBY community garden is at 11th Avenue, close to Broadway skytrain station)

  • Strathcona Residents' Association (SRA)

  • Downtown Eastside Neighborhood Council (DNC)

  • West End Neighbours (WEN)

    • Mayor’s West End Community Advisory Committee — WEN web page and City of Vancouver web page

  • West End Residents Association (WERA)

  • Marpole Area Residents' Alliance (MARA)

• Other Groups

  • www.CityHallWatch.ca (Citizen reviews of major rezoning applications in Vancouver)

  • Reinstate Third-Party Appeals in the City of Vancouver

4.   Metro Vancouver Links

• Metro Vancouver – Air Quality Regulatory Program

  • Half way down the web page is a section on "Information regarding amendment to the West Coast Reduction Ltd. Permit," developed in response to concerns raised by people in Grandview-Woodland about odour from West Coast Reduction's rendering plant, which is located at 105 North Commercial Drive.   Metro Vancouver Community Update:   Rendering Plant Odour Management (April 2009).

  • Metro Vancouver's Online complaint form for air quality complaints.

• Port Metro Vancouver

  • Port Metro Vancouver's South Shore Corridor Project.

  • Port Metro Vancouver in the community

5.   Rest of Metro Vancouver Links

• Opposition to Highway Expansion / Gateway Project

  • Gateway 40 Network

  • Livable Region Coalition

6.   Outside of Metro Vancouver Links (Examples of Neighbourhood-Level Planning)

• Department of Neighborhoods, Seattle, Washington, USA

• Department of Neighborhood Empowerment, Los Angeles, California, USA

[ 1.  Grandview-Woodland Links ]

[ 2.   City of Vancouver Links ]

[ 3.   Rest of Vancouver Links ]

[ 4.   Metro Vancouver Links ]

[ 5.   Rest of Metro Vancouver Links ]

[ 6.   Outside of Metro Vancouver Links ]

(Last updated 5 February 2013.)