The City of Vancouver wants to move the development site for a daycare from the River District Development into the River Front Park. This will take up a large portion of the grass field that many of us enjoy.
It's not too late, tell the City of Vancouver you don't want this to happen to our park. They should build the daycare on the original location and leave Riverfront park alone.
This petition will be presented to City Council on Tuesday, June 21 at 6pm. You can also register to speak at this council hearing:
[email protected] or Public Hearing phoneline: 604-829-4238
Don’t wait! Space is limited at these hearings.
Visit saveourpark.ca for more information
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
June 14, 2016
June 13, 2016
WE ARE TEARING TOWARD 250 SIGNATURES AND NEED TO CRUSH THIS GOAL RIGHT NOW!! BLAST THIS LINK ON EVERY SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM TO ENSURE THE CITY COUNCIL SEES OUR MASSIVE SUPPORT FOR THE PARK!!
May 12, 2016
ONE HUNDRED PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED TO SAVE OUR PARK!! I AM ABSOLUTELY BLOWN AWAY BY THIS ENERGY AND WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED!!
Reached 100 supporters
May 11, 2016
May 8, 2016
WE ARE ALMOST AT ONE HUNDRED SIGNATURES AND I NEED EVERYONE TO PUSH HARD RIGHT NOW!! GRAB YOUR PHONES AND GET MORE PEOPLE TO SIGN THIS BEFORE WE HIT THAT MARK!!
199 Comments
This greenspace is not wasted or under-utilized; it is a necessary space not only for people but also for wildlife. You would remove the use and pleasure Vancouver residents receive from this space at all hours and restrict it to a few select hours for a few.
Please leave this park in tact. This area would not benefit from a daycare. The daycare should remain in its previously designated location. If it is moved to this site it will create parking hazards and substantially reduce property value to the neighbouring building.
We have lived in the neighbourhood for 24 years and this park/playfield has been widely used for everything from local fun runs for fundraising to frisbee football (ultimate frisbee). We need this green space here in this neighbourhood.
This green space is of vital importance to our community. To take half of it would curtail all the sporting activities that take place there. It would be like taking away half the scorer field or half the basketball court. Stick with the original plan.
If the park is reduced we may soon need to take a number to visit. We are fortunate to have had previous generations that cherished green spaces. Imagine a Vancouver without Stanley Park. Please leave the Fraserland Park for our children and those to come.
It's a great family friendly park and one of the only ones in our area. I would be really disappointed to see this great park go.
I wish I'd learned about this before the public hearing of June 21st. This is a small amount of green space in the area. It's not just a place to walk in the park, but a place for a community to gather. We've played ultimate frisbee in this area, kicked the soccer ball around and have held family picnics. WE don't live in the area but our parents do. It's green space that everyone in the community enjoys. "Community" not only means those living close to the park but those who come from all parts of Greater Vancouver. The daycare was proposed for the River District Development. Please establish it in that area as originally proposed. The city's argument that it should not be erected in the zone closer to Marine Drive due to the poor air quality and the danger that it poses doesn't quite wash when it has approved the development of homes. This is a field/park where children living in the neighbourhood should be able to walk to and play. Did you consider that these are homes where people aren't as privileged to afford a back yard like those in the area for the proposed Arbutus Greenway? This is the little bit of green patch in the immediate area they can get to without hopping their cars. Please find another location for the daycare other than Riverfront Park.
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The City of Vancouver wants to move the development site for a daycare from the River District Development into the River Front Park. This will take up a large portion of the grass field that many of us enjoy.
It's not too late, tell the City of Vancouver you don't want this to happen to our park. They should build the daycare on the original location and leave Riverfront park alone.
This petition will be presented to City Council on Tuesday, June 21 at 6pm. You can also register to speak at this council hearing:
[email protected] or Public Hearing phoneline: 604-829-4238
Don’t wait! Space is limited at these hearings.
Visit saveourpark.ca for more information
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
June 14, 2016
June 13, 2016
WE ARE TEARING TOWARD 250 SIGNATURES AND NEED TO CRUSH THIS GOAL RIGHT NOW!! BLAST THIS LINK ON EVERY SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM TO ENSURE THE CITY COUNCIL SEES OUR MASSIVE SUPPORT FOR THE PARK!!
May 12, 2016
ONE HUNDRED PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED TO SAVE OUR PARK!! I AM ABSOLUTELY BLOWN AWAY BY THIS ENERGY AND WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED!!
Reached 100 supporters
May 11, 2016
May 8, 2016
WE ARE ALMOST AT ONE HUNDRED SIGNATURES AND I NEED EVERYONE TO PUSH HARD RIGHT NOW!! GRAB YOUR PHONES AND GET MORE PEOPLE TO SIGN THIS BEFORE WE HIT THAT MARK!!
199 Comments
Why can't it be with one of the many new high rises or condo developments? Fifteen years of living here and I have never seen a need for a daycare but a highly utilized and the only park space has already been quartered
This greenspace is not wasted or under-utilized; it is a necessary space not only for people but also for wildlife. You would remove the use and pleasure Vancouver residents receive from this space at all hours and restrict it to a few select hours for a few.
Please leave this park in tact. This area would not benefit from a daycare. The daycare should remain in its previously designated location. If it is moved to this site it will create parking hazards and substantially reduce property value to the neighbouring building.
We have lived in the neighbourhood for 24 years and this park/playfield has been widely used for everything from local fun runs for fundraising to frisbee football (ultimate frisbee). We need this green space here in this neighbourhood.
This green space is of vital importance to our community. To take half of it would curtail all the sporting activities that take place there. It would be like taking away half the scorer field or half the basketball court. Stick with the original plan.
If the park is reduced we may soon need to take a number to visit. We are fortunate to have had previous generations that cherished green spaces. Imagine a Vancouver without Stanley Park. Please leave the Fraserland Park for our children and those to come.
It's a great family friendly park and one of the only ones in our area. I would be really disappointed to see this great park go.
I wish I'd learned about this before the public hearing of June 21st. This is a small amount of green space in the area. It's not just a place to walk in the park, but a place for a community to gather. We've played ultimate frisbee in this area, kicked the soccer ball around and have held family picnics. WE don't live in the area but our parents do. It's green space that everyone in the community enjoys. "Community" not only means those living close to the park but those who come from all parts of Greater Vancouver. The daycare was proposed for the River District Development. Please establish it in that area as originally proposed. The city's argument that it should not be erected in the zone closer to Marine Drive due to the poor air quality and the danger that it poses doesn't quite wash when it has approved the development of homes. This is a field/park where children living in the neighbourhood should be able to walk to and play. Did you consider that these are homes where people aren't as privileged to afford a back yard like those in the area for the proposed Arbutus Greenway? This is the little bit of green patch in the immediate area they can get to without hopping their cars. Please find another location for the daycare other than Riverfront Park.
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Why can't it be with one of the many new high rises or condo developments? Fifteen years of living here and I have never seen a need for a daycare but a highly utilized and the only park space has already been quartered