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Feb 7	Conversation about Local Governance/Amalgamation: This evening there is a meeting for people in this region to come together and have a conversation about local governance and amalgamation called the Greater Victoria Amalgamation Conversation. Time 7:00pm Location: SJ Willis School 923 Topaz Ave I am very thankful that new Victoria City Counc...
Feb 2	Joint Taskforce on LRT Funding: BC Transit and the CRD have created a joint taskforce looking into options for local funding for the proposed LRT. I wrote about this several weeks ago when it first went public with the website. Today the Times Colonist had an article about the process of consultation so far, and it does no...
Feb 1	Craigflower Bridge - Some Consultation with the School District: As a parent of kids that go to school in the catchment area of the Craigflower Bridge I get a notice about a meeting for consultation about the bridge yesterday. Issue 1 - a right of way across part of the land of the Craigflower School Issue 2 - how will kids get across without a bridge? I am ...

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VibrantVictoria.ca | Victoria's Online Cornerstone

Jan 27	Work on Victoria’s tallest building begins: Excavators dig up the soil in preparation for construction of the Promontory project in Vic West. Photo © Skyscraper Source Media. Excavators and drilling machines have arrived signaling the start of construction activity for what will become the City of Victoria’s tallest building. James Bay...
Jan 20	Public space to double with Northern Junk remediation: developer: This project rendering shows the proposed mixed-use development and the refurbished Northern Junk buildings likely housing an eatery with waterfront views together with other commercial uses. Rendering © by Reliance Properties. There has been much heated debate over the future of land near the...
Oct 25	Race is on to build downtown Victoria’s next office building: A model represents a potential massing of an office building, centre, on the Roth Site, as envisioned by previous Roth Site owner Townline. Photo © by Robert Randall. The purchase of the Roth Site in the 700-block of Pandora by Jawl Properties and it’s appetite to build an office building on t...

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Victoria - The Sustainable City

Feb 7	Build the bridge Victoria voted for: Victorians voted in a referendum in 2010 for a bridge without rail. For many of us committed to seeing rail service maintained on the Island, the loss is frustrating even if the results are clear. Transporting freight and connecting distant communities along the Island with a more sensible com...
Jan 17	LRT back in the news: Last Friday Saanich News columnist Kyle Slavin wrote a piece on regional transportation issues. Here's a piece I submitted for an op-ed. Hope it gets published.During the last election I visited a senior’s home where one gentleman asked, with a stern look, “What about this LRT?” I suggested ...
Jan 5	Northern Junk goes sideways: The Northern Junk proposal hit the news again lately. Northern Jun k is a pair of buildings that are perched on Victoria’s waterfront just south of the Johnson Street Bridge, with a parking lot and a struggling patch of park bookending the site. The buildings have been derelict for decades an...

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Vincent's Victoria

Nov 23	Upcoming: The City Talks – Community Art and the City: A European View: The third City Talk in this term’s series on Theatre and the City is coming up tomorrow, Thursday, Nov. 24. Here’s the abstract: Community Art and the City: A European View A free public lecture by Eugène van Erven Thursday, … Continue reading →
Sep 20	Upcoming: The City Talks — “Theatre and the City: Early Modern London in Reality and on the Stage”: This announcement just came by email: The City Talks Presents: “Theatre and the City: Early Modern London in Reality and on the Stage” A public lecture by Jean Howard, Columbia University Co-sponsored by The City Talks and the Lansdowne Lecture … Continue reading →

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