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	<description>Mega-density development versus prime farmland</description>
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		<title>VAPOR vs VAFFC, Sat, Jan 28, 10 am to 2 pm</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this invitation, VAPOR* asks you to participate in an event on Saturday, January 28, 2012 at the East Richmond Community Hall, 12360 Cambie Road. A VAFFC** open house and VAPOR open presence will offer alternative views of the jet fuel issue. The time frame is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The jet fuel issue [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gardencitylands.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2175132&amp;post=6198&amp;subd=gardencitylands&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to Richmond&#8217;s Garden City Lands blog!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re citizens committed to keeping the Garden City lands green in B.C.&#8217;s Agricultural Land Reserve and to stewarding their natural treasure for agricultural, ecological and open-land park uses for community wellness. We&#8217;ve defeated ALR-exclusion attempts, and the lands are now safe from development. The ALR is about good use of agricultural land and not just keeping the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gardencitylands.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2175132&amp;post=57&amp;subd=gardencitylands&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The spirit of the water dragon</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At sunset on Lunar New Year, neighbours from across the street (here in Richmond, B.C.) appeared at our door. New Canadians from China, they brought good wishes and an attractive bowl of steaming-hot dumplings, the best I’ve ever tasted. The happy interaction was even better. As they left to bring dumplings and joy to others, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gardencitylands.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2175132&amp;post=6185&amp;subd=gardencitylands&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Planning versus Musqueam lawsuit</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some people still seem to think the City of Richmond can’t begin studying the Garden City Lands until the Musqueam Indian Band lawsuit is resolved. I’ve just looked through the lawsuit documents again for any evidence of that. There is none. Essentially, the band wants more money for the City&#8217;s alleged unjust enrichment of itself. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gardencitylands.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2175132&amp;post=6194&amp;subd=gardencitylands&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Harmony Tours and discoveries</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 08:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time ever, Michael Wolfe led a December eco-tour of the Garden City Lands in 2011. It was called the Harmony Tour to reflect the new stage of the Garden City Lands issue. Because of popular demand, he led another one, Harmony Tour 2,  a week later. The groups included many influential and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gardencitylands.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2175132&amp;post=6162&amp;subd=gardencitylands&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The harmony of the Lands</title>
		<link>http://gardencitylands.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/harmony-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:36:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 2012 wish for Richmond &#38; the Garden City Lands  The story of the Garden City Lands has included some harmony and can include very much more now.  At this time, with the Richmond council and the Richmond community in unprecedented agreement about respecting the legal status of the lands, we are entering a collaboratively creative [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gardencitylands.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2175132&amp;post=6096&amp;subd=gardencitylands&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Join in the Harmony Tour!</title>
		<link>http://gardencitylands.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/harmony/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:53:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You are cordially invited to join eco-tour guide Michael Wolfe on Sunday, December 4 at 2:00 p.m. at the main entrance to the Garden City Lands for the free Harmony Tour. From the eco-tour name, you may imagine Michael conducting something like this: That would be novel, and the lands are home to red-winged blackbirds, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gardencitylands.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2175132&amp;post=6059&amp;subd=gardencitylands&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>John ter Borg&#8217;s PARC insights</title>
		<link>http://gardencitylands.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/ter-borg/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 07:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This guest post from John ter Borg was also published in the Richmond Review as &#8220;Preserving the Garden City Lands. . . .&#8221; It responds to the key article titled &#8220;Listening to the Lands = PARC.&#8221; At first glance the Garden City lands PARC concept map looks simple, but upon deeper inspection it becomes clearer [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gardencitylands.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2175132&amp;post=6073&amp;subd=gardencitylands&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stronger Agricultural Land Commission = tremendous news for the Lands</title>
		<link>http://gardencitylands.wordpress.com/2011/11/25/stronger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 03:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Agricultural Land Commission has now been strengthened by changes to B.C. legislation and increased assistance from the Ministry of Agriculture. As of today, Nov. 25, 2011, the amendments to the ALC Act are law. This is tremendous news for the protection of the Garden City Lands. In particular, the legislation puts the commission in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gardencitylands.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2175132&amp;post=6084&amp;subd=gardencitylands&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Eight Friends of Garden City elected to Richmond&#8217;s 2011-2014 council!</title>
		<link>http://gardencitylands.wordpress.com/2011/11/19/8-friends/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 05:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kewljim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to all Friends of Garden City who were elected to the Richmond City Council in the civic election of Nov. 19, 2011. They consist of Mayor Malcolm Brodie and 2011-2014 Councillors Bill McNulty, Linda McPhail, Derek Dang, Linda Barnes, Harold Steves, Chak Au and Ken Johnston. That&#8217;s eight out of nine. At one point, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gardencitylands.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2175132&amp;post=6027&amp;subd=gardencitylands&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Evelina Halsey-Brandt goal that could mislead</title>
		<link>http://gardencitylands.wordpress.com/2011/11/16/misleading/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a guest post from Carol Southgate, a former director of the Garden City Lands Coalition Society and former member of the Richmond Agricultural Advisory Committee. She sent it for sharing with Friends of Garden City after realizing that Evelina Halsey-Brandt&#8217;s campaign literature could lead people think that incumbent is a Friend of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gardencitylands.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2175132&amp;post=5999&amp;subd=gardencitylands&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The facts disagree with Councillor Evelina Halsey-Brandt</title>
		<link>http://gardencitylands.wordpress.com/2011/11/16/evelina-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Evelina Halsey-Brandt denied the truth, so the truth must be told again. First, let’s travel back in time to March 2010, soon after Richmond council voted to fund the purchase of the Garden City Lands. The Halsey-Brandt couple on council criticized the price. In a letter in the Review, I referred to a December 2008 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gardencitylands.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2175132&amp;post=5997&amp;subd=gardencitylands&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;New blood&#8221; that fired up debate includes Cynthia and Linda</title>
		<link>http://gardencitylands.wordpress.com/2011/11/13/cynthi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 05:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I appreciate that the Richmond News published a letter from me as &#8220;&#8216;New blood&#8217; fires up debate.&#8221; It&#8217;s a bit peripheral to the Garden City Lands, but I&#8217;ll post the full version here in order to be fair to two candidates whose names, shown below in this colour, were left out. The editor trimmed my wording [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gardencitylands.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2175132&amp;post=5991&amp;subd=gardencitylands&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2011 Richmond Council election – Friends Running for Mayor</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 23:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the recent survey of Richmond council candidates, both candidates for mayor indicated their commitment to stewarding the Garden City Lands in the Agricultural Land Reserve for agricultural, ecological and open-land park uses for community benefit. Barring a double calamity between now and election day, the citizens will definitely elect a mayor with that commitment. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gardencitylands.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2175132&amp;post=5964&amp;subd=gardencitylands&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2011 Council Election—&#8221;Running Again&#8221; Friends for Council</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 21:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Six Friends of Garden City who have previously served on Richmond council have returned to try again as candidates in the 2011 local election. In the coalition survey, all of those candidates expressed a commitment &#8220;to steward the Garden City Lands in the ALR for agricultural, ecological and open-land park uses for community benefit. Ken [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gardencitylands.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2175132&amp;post=5944&amp;subd=gardencitylands&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2011 Richmond Council Election – “New-blood” Friends for Councillor</title>
		<link>http://gardencitylands.wordpress.com/2011/11/12/new-blood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:40:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note: To read about the Richmond councillor candidates who would be &#8220;new blood&#8221; on council, scroll down past this post to the next one. In 2011, Richmond has an unusual number of knowledgeable, vibrant, promising candidates challenging for positions on council. Almost all are Friends of Garden City—citizens who are committed to a green future [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gardencitylands.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2175132&amp;post=5927&amp;subd=gardencitylands&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2011 Richmond election survey of council candidates</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 03:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Garden City Lands Coalition Society secretary Bruno Vernier  surveyed the Richmond council candidates yesterday. It turned out well. You can read the survey report in PDF, but here are some highlights and implications, with thanks to Bruno. Malcolm Brodie and Richard Lee, the candidates for mayor, both said “Yes” to the key question: “Are you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gardencitylands.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2175132&amp;post=5917&amp;subd=gardencitylands&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Getting PARC trails on the Lands soon</title>
		<link>http://gardencitylands.wordpress.com/2011/11/07/dyke-trails/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 21:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The all-weather dyke trails in the PARC concept for the Garden City Lands are popular, especially because there is a lot of impatience to be able to explore the lands. Trudging into deep growth and stepping into hidden streams isn&#8217;t everyone&#8217;s idea of fun, and people are also rightfully what to avoid damaging the life [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gardencitylands.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2175132&amp;post=5907&amp;subd=gardencitylands&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Dyke trails in green on bilingual concept map of the Garden City Lands from a PARC approach</media:title>
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		<title>Listening to the Lands = PARC</title>
		<link>http://gardencitylands.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/parc-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post simply illustrates the concept of listening to the Garden City Lands in the context of legal reality and the best available expertise. There have been many fascinating visions for the lands, and large aspects of most of them can fit with this &#8220;PARC concept.&#8221; This blog has tried to capture those visions in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gardencitylands.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2175132&amp;post=5658&amp;subd=gardencitylands&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Bilingual concept map of the Garden City Lands from a PARC approach</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Bilingual concept map of the Garden City Lands from a PARC approach</media:title>
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		<title>Where sports fields don&#8217;t and do belong</title>
		<link>http://gardencitylands.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/fields/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 08:16:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I once thought a space for soccer fields could co-exist with Agricultural Land Reserve uses on the Garden City Lands. I was wrong. It would be fatal. Luckily, a window on the idea slid open in a televised council meeting after public outcry prompted council to correct the Metro mapping of the lands to comply [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gardencitylands.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2175132&amp;post=5839&amp;subd=gardencitylands&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What does our goal mean?</title>
		<link>http://gardencitylands.wordpress.com/2011/10/18/goal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 06:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Steward the Garden City Lands in the ALR for agriculture, recreation &#38; conservation for community wellness.&#8221; That&#8217;s the caption on the front of the bookmark (shown above) that the Garden City Lands Coalition was happy to give to almost six hundred visitors to the World Food Day Celebration in the Richmond Public Library last Saturday. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gardencitylands.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2175132&amp;post=5792&amp;subd=gardencitylands&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>World Food Day Feastival at a great price</title>
		<link>http://gardencitylands.wordpress.com/2011/10/10/world-food/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update: The World Food Day Celebration went well. It was great to meet so many citizens and receive such a warm response. Thank you everyone, especially the Friends of Garden City who staffed our booth so well: Ying Wang, who coordinated it, Carol Day, who set it up, plus Richard Lee, Chak Au, Michael Wolfe, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gardencitylands.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2175132&amp;post=5728&amp;subd=gardencitylands&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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