Posts Tagged ‘West End’

Vested interests with West End activist?

Posted by Jonathan Ross

A few queries for you, fine sir.

Thus far, my schedule isn’t allowing me the time to put as much thought into  a piece of media perceptions of South Asians in this city, but hopefully I will be able to pump something out later in the day (hopefully).

But in the meantime, here are a few questions for Randy Helten, the man who alls anyone outside of his perception of what a typical West End resident constitutes a “stereotype” and according to one predictable website, “the person who is spearheading with his community the opposition to the recent STIR developments”:

Do you have a family member who owns property across the street from the 22-storey high-rise rental apartment tower on the site of St John’s Church at 1401 Comox Street?

Also, does another family member of yours own a penthouse unit above the TD bank on Bidwell and Davie, which is across the street from a proposed 19-story tower?

Finally, do you own a property adjacent to the Comox proposal?

And, if any of these facts are true, don’t you think that you have a responsibility to disclose them as at least part (but not all, of course) of the reasoning behind your opposition to the STIR developments going up in the West End?

I anxiously await a response.

Anti-STIR residents are little more than NIMBYs

Posted by Jonathan Ross

Completely overshadowed by the Mayor’s unfortunate comments are the attitudes that are being expressed by the anti-STIR forces in the West End who from what I can tell simply adverse to change or any kind of development in their neighbourhood.

Former City Councillor Gordon Price is a voice of reason and experience within the realm of municipal politics within this city, and so I think that everyone should read his take on the STIR program being introduced into the West End here.  Goodness knows that by no stretch of the imagination is Price on board with everything that Vision Vancouver has taken on, meaning that his perspective as a West End resident who sees the community from the inside is very valuable.

Here are the excerpts that I found most interesting:

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Monday quick hits

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Quick hits

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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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