Directors of the Garden City Lands Coalition meet with Richmond’s federal MPs and provincial MLAs when the MPs/MLAs are interested. (So far that’s been one to three people representing the coalition at a time.) Until recently, we have not met with nominated MP/MLA candidates. On Thursday, however, we met with Joe Peschisolido at his request.
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Archive for October, 2009
Joe Peschisolido clarifies his support
October 31, 2009True food security?
October 20, 2009I kept laughing out loud when reading “Protecting the ALR isn’t about food security,” an op-ed column in the October 20 Vancouver Sun. It read like a parody of absurd arguments against local food security and the Agricultural Land Reserve, complete with a photo of the Garden City Lands. Then I googled and found that the writer, [...]
Thanks, Budget Printing, for helping
October 17, 2009A previous post discusses Garden City Lands MOU contingencies: Community input, the 16-page booklet that the Garden City Lands Coalition Society directors prepared for Richmond’s council and staff. It is a crucial document that could easily make the difference between success and failure, andthe directors wanted its production quality to be equally good. Ideally, it [...]
Community input to council
October 16, 2009The directors of the Garden City Lands Coalition Society made a thorough printed submission to Richmond council on Wednesday, September 30, 2009. The purpose was to provide expert community input into the Garden City Lands MOU contingency process, the stage that the City of Richmond and other Parties are now engaged in.
The main item was [...]
