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Maintain Affordability for Housing Co-ops in Vancouver

2016-11-03T20:37:27+00:00August 25th, 2016|Categories: Joint Co-op Board Committee, News, RePlan|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

RePlan – in collaboration with Ignatius But, a planning student from UBC – has produced a short video to highlight what lease renewal for housing co-ops will mean for families and local businesses.

When the land leases for co-ops on City-owned property are renewed, a new generation of young people will be able to start families, […]

*RePlan and City of Vancouver co-present at the 2016 Architectural Institute of British Columbia Conference

2016-11-03T20:37:28+00:00May 31st, 2016|Categories: Event, FCSNA, News, RePlan|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

On May 17, Ray Spaxman (Former GM Planning, COV), Chris Baas (Services Review Team, COV) and Ben Johnson (Planning, COV) joined RePlan’s Richard Evans (Chair, RePlan & Evans Architects), Graham McGarva (Alder Bay Housing Co-op & VIA Architecture) and Sharon Yandle (President, FCSNA) in a panel discussing how to Reinvent the Urban Legacy of False […]

Council Approves Funding to Improve our Seawall

2016-11-03T20:37:28+00:00May 14th, 2016|Categories: Event, FCSNA, News|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Thomas Bullock 6On Wednesday, May 4, City Council unanimously voted to invest millions of dollars in upgrades to the False Creek South seawall between the Burrard and Cambie bridges.

Over the past year hundreds of residents attended Open Houses sponsored by the City to discuss its tentative plans […]

Co-op Land Lease Renewal Workshops

2016-11-03T20:37:29+00:00May 2nd, 2016|Categories: Event, Joint Co-op Board Committee, News, RePlan|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The *RePlan Co-op Subcommittee held THREE WORKSHOPS to explore key issues and opportunities of LAND LEASE RENEWAL and enable members to offer and explore ideas and solutions for members of housing co-ops in False Creek South and Heritage Housing Co-op in Spring 2016

Affordability: The Co-op Model of Delivering Affordable Housing took place on Saturday, March […]

False Creek South residents welcome new family to the community!

2016-11-03T20:37:29+00:00April 27th, 2016|Categories: Event, FCSNA, News, Refugee Sponsorship Committee, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , |

We now have a family to live in the apartment we have rented in False Creek South.  As it turns out this is a government-sponsored family.  They have very little English. Our community and volunteers will certainly be able to provide them with much more support than would be usual for government-sponsored refugees.

They are a […]

How could recent developments around CHF BC’s three land trusts be of interest to lease renewal in False Creek South?

2016-11-03T20:37:29+00:00April 14th, 2016|Categories: Event, FCSNA, Joint Co-op Board Committee, Leasehold Governance, News, RePlan, Strata Leaseholder Society|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

More than 50 residents of both False Creek South housing co-ops and stratas came out to meet the executive director of the Co-operative Housing Federation of BC (CHF BC), Thom Armstrong and find out more.

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The Co-op Housing Federation Community Land Trust Model

2016-11-03T20:37:29+00:00April 7th, 2016|Categories: Event, Leasehold Governance, News, RePlan|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

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We invite all owners, renters and members of stratas, not for profits and co-ops in False Creek South to join us for a presentation by Thom Armstrong from the Co-op Housing Federation of BC.

The Vancouver Community Land Trust Foundation, part of CHF BC, has started […]

Information for Strata Owners on Leased Land in False Creek South

2016-11-03T20:37:30+00:00March 16th, 2016|Categories: FCSNA, News, RePlan, Report, Strata Leaseholder Society|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Between November and February *RePlan gave presentations on Lease Renewal: Issues and Options to 11 of its 13 stratas on leased land. We appreciate that so many owners took the time to come out to learn, discuss and provide feedback. We summarized important facts for those who were not able to make it:

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False Creek South Seawall Open House

2016-11-03T20:37:30+00:00January 30th, 2016|Categories: Event, News|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

south-false-creek-seawall-PaulKruegerThe City of Vancouver’s Active Transportation Committee has arranged for two final Open House drop-ins in the coming days to seek community feedback on its proposed designs for pedestrian and bicycle usage of the False Creek South seawall between the Cambie and Burrard bridges.

As residents of our […]

Update on Syrian Refugee Initiative

2016-11-03T20:37:30+00:00January 30th, 2016|Categories: FCSNA, News, Refugee Sponsorship Committee, Report|Tags: , , , , , , , |

 

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Last fall delegates to the False Creek South Neighbourhood Association voted to establish a Refugee Sponsorship Committee (RSC) with a mandate to pursue the sponsorship […]

Welcome to False Creek South

Welcome to the Homepage of the False Creek South Neighbourhood Association. We look forward to your feedback! Please feel free to leave us a comment or send us an email at any point in time with regards to content, layout, design or any glitches in the interface. We also welcome your contributions of stories from the neighbourhood if you would like to contribute to this website. The FCSNA Web Team

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Contact Info

False Creek South Neighbourhood Association, c/o False Creek Community Centre, 1318 Cartwright St, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6H 3R8

Web: www.falsecreeksouth.org

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