Richard has lived in False Creek since 1986. He is an architect who practices within his own firm, and has a broad range of experience with primarily First Nation communities across BC. Richard has chaired *RePlan since its’ inception, and is an active member of the False Creek Housing Co-operative. Richard was instrumental in creating *RePlan, and recognized early in the process that approaching the City of Vancouver to address the renewal of leases as a collective of tenure interests rather than as individual lease holders would lead to a more comprehensive and satisfactory outcome.
In addition to chairing the regular activities of *RePlan, Richard is active on the organization’s Leadership Group, and liaises with the City of Vancouver on a regular basis to explore options for the renewal of a neighbourhood that is recognized worldwide as an example of successful urban design.

Wendy has enjoyed living in FCS since the inception of the False Creek development and has had the good fortune to raise her children here. As a village within a city it has provided the safety and freedom for kids to play outside and have access to all amenities. Wendy is the delegate from Alder Bay Housing co-op to FCSNA, currently serving on the board as president. Living in Alder Bay co-op she has the privilege of enjoying coop life and is a member of the ABC Finance Committee. Committed to keeping the neighbourhood a place residents can call home, Wendy is a member of both the *RePlan Leadership Group and the *RePlan Co-op Subcommittee. She has worked in the financial sector for 35 years, where she has held management roles in operations and administration in different areas of the industry. Wendy spends much of her free time with family, friends and her dog enjoying the amenities of False Creek South and its neighbour Granville Island.

Jim Woodward has been a housing professional for 33 years, starting with 10 years as a development consultant for Inner City Housing Society. In 1992, he was the Secretary to the BC Provincial Commission on Housing Options. In this role, he coordinated a provincial housing consultation process for the Minister of Municipal Affairs, Recreation and Housing. Then Jim was a director at BC Housing for six years, responsible for delivering the provincial housing program, HOMES BC. Jim operated an independent housing policy, planning and research consultancy from 1999 to 2014, serving clients from all levels of government, health authorities, universities and non-profit housing providers. Since 2012, Jim has been a volunteer with the False Creek South Neighbourhood Association and its *RePlan committee.

Nancy has lived at Alder Bay Co-op since 1993 and in some version of a co-op for many years. She is a retired law librarian and educator in public legal information and still uses her legal research skills. She was active in the BC Library Association, a former Board member of West Coast Environmental Law, and has experience in community development. Nancy loves False Creek for the community, the co-op spirit, the many friends who join her for long walks on the sea wall, walkable access to downtown, the incredible urban beauty, and the wonderful public market community so close by.

At the June 2016 FCSNA meeting, before my brain quite caught up with my vocal cords, the words, “Okay, I will,” came out of my mouth and I had agreed to fill in for the departing treasurer, “just until Christmas”. What I hadn’t realized at the time, having been a delegate to the Association for only two months, was I’d just taken on *RePlan, along with the FCSNA. So I guess you could say I became part of *RePlan by happy accident.
I’ve lived in the Creek for 21 years now. I’m a Canadian Citizen now, but was born and grew up in New England in the eastern USA. I graduated from MIT and moved to Vancouver in 1972. I raised two sons while working for many years at Vancouver Community College as an adult ESL instructor and in a series of administrative roles, culminating in my dream job, Dean of Language Studies. Somewhere in there, I completed a Master’s Degree at UBC in Higher Education, a must-have for college admin. Then, 12 years ago, after 30 years at VCC, I took early retirement, which allowed me to get much more involved in volunteering in my co-op and in the community. I love False Creek South and I love numbers, hence my involvement in *RePlan.

My wife and I and two young sons moved in to Alder Bay Housing Co-op False Creek’s mud in 1979, and Suzy and I have lived and walked here ever since. We co-founded the architectural practice that became VIA Architecture, with a passionate interest in creating “connective communities”. Through that work, I became a Principal Planner for Concord Pacific’s False Creek North, and the Prime Consultant for the master planning of southeast False Creek and its Olympic Village; several of my architectural works are within walking distance, including Roundhouse Community Centre, Vancouver Canucks Arena, and rapid transit stations. I have been involved with *RePlan since 2010, and seek to bring my experience in the “poetry and mathematics” of urban planning and infrastructure implementation to the service of sustaining this community that I love.