A new voice in the municipal blogging wilderness

New kid on the block CivicScene flashes its impressive wares;  intimidated blogging counterparts hover in the background

New kid on the block CivicScene flashes its impressive wares; intimidated blogging counterparts hover in the background

Welcome to CivicScene’s inaugural post in what will hopefully be a long line of intelligent, balanced and interesting contributions to the municipal discourse.

CivicScene has emerged to provide a new perspective in the current Vancouver municipal blogging scene, which in our humble opinion, has been lacking when it comes to progressive voices.

In addition, over the coming days and weeks, additional contributors will be signing on to the CivicScene team, bringing forth fresh perspectives and ideas from cities across North America.  Keep checking back for their profiles, which will continue to be added as details are finalized.

We are anxious to receive your opinions, suggestions and tips going forward, and hope that the debates can be kept civil and respectful.  Comments will be moderated to avoid slander or attacks, but never to engineer censorship.

Thank you for reading.

One Response to “A new voice in the municipal blogging wilderness”

  1. VancouverBikes says:

    Nice to see you back to blogging. I’ll be tuning in like I used to back in the day.

    TH

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FACT OF THE DAY

Vancouver’s West End is 204 hectares and is home to 44,000 people (as at 2006) and has increased 5.8% in the previous 5 years and 66% moved since the last census.  61% speak English as their mother tongue.  The majority are in the 20-39 year old age group.  59% are one person households, with 8,710 families and an average household inome of $38,000.  There is a total of over 28,000 private households.

Quote OF THE DAY

“We’re really asking people to be respectful of the diversity of our community.  People live down here because of the diversity, they feel safe within diversity, and that’s a really important value for us.” – Brent Granby, West End Resident’s Association

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