Monthly Archives: May 2008

OPEN COMMUNITY MEETING

OPEN COMMUNITY MEETING TUESDAY, MAY 27 2 PM – 4 PM @ VANDU (380 E. Hastings) ALL ARE WELCOME! Solidarity is powerful and can create change. Come strategize about what we can to do together about the housing crisis in … Continue reading

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“affordable” spaces starting at $600,000…

Subject: Condo Development in the DTES Attention :Alison Higginson, Project Facilitator, Development Services. “”A growth process that benefits only the wealthiest minority and maintains or even increases the disparities between and within countries is not development. It is exploitation.”” (The … Continue reading

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One of the many letters you’ve written

Thanks for all your letters. Lora agreed to put the one below it on our blog. Thanks, Lora! David McLellan The Chair, Development Permit Board c/o Alison Higginson, Project Facilitator, Development Services 453 West 12th Avenue Vancouver BC V5Y 1V4 … Continue reading

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Stop the Condos Slated for 58 West Hastings

Letter sent to the Development Permit Board by CCAP To: Alison Higginson, Project Facilitator Development Services Alison.higginson@vancouver.ca May 9, 2008 Stop the condo project slated for 58 W. Hastings We have a number of points to make: The Downtown Eastside, … Continue reading

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Cameron Gray Gives Mayor and Council a DTES 101 lesson

May 1, 2008 City council meeting regarding the Downtown Eastside and the need for Mechanisms to control the rate of change and for a vision. The notes are here.

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