A good overview of Seattle’s ‘Street Edge Alternatives’ (SEA) program with photos and design drawings. This is a good precedent for the parts of St. George that may need to include a one way street and some parking.

http://www.solaripedia.com/13/367/4918/seattle_sea_street_illustration.html

june 4

Hope to see you at:

Celebrating St. George Creek, June 4, 2011
Sat., June 4, 2011
Mount Pleasant Elementary, 2300 Guelph St. (8th Ave)

11 am: Parade

Join the Carnival Band and storyteller Naomi Steinberg in a parade tracing the historical creek beneath St. George Street. Water themed costumes are encouraged. Meet in the field of St. George St. and 7th Ave. We’ll end the parade with lunch at Mount Pleasant Elementary.

1 pm – 3 pm: Community Design Workshop

Join Julien Thomas (community member, facilitator), Branca Verde (City of Vancouver – Community Planning), and more local citizens to share ideas for how to green and blue our neighbourhood (Mount Pleasant Elementary lunchroom).

All are welcome to these free events. Please forward this to folks who might be interested.
For more info, please email Rita, rwong@ecuad.ca

StGeorge Brochure May 10 2011

How about voting to bring back to daylight Vancouver’s paved-over creeks and restoring watersheds to healthy conditions?

Check out the Talk Green To Us website: http://vancouver.uservoice.com/forums/56390-gc-2020/suggestions/866869-put-the-blue-into-green-daylight-our-lost-creeks?ref=title

On June 23rd the City held a special edition of Pecha Kucha Night called “Walk the Talk: Green the City”.  This included Thirteen short presentation on sustainability and Vancouver’s vision to be the the greenest city by 2020. Watch it here http://www.talkgreentous.ca/pecha_kucha.php