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CR Youth: Downtown ‘bland, outdated, lacking in colour’ KRISTEN DOUGLAS CAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR
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Cedar Elementary student Trevor Rickard joins his friends in painting a part of the new mural that adorns the wall of the Cedar school gym.
Students paint their community on the wall KRISTEN DOUGLAS CAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR
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edar Elementary is a mecca of activity these days. The sounds of excited chatter bounce off the
school walls as the kids eagerly make their way outside to see how their creation is coming along. The wall of their school gym is being painted with a large mural – a beautiful piece of art that captures the Cedar community and
what the school means to each and every student. There are kids playing soccer – a favourite pastime for many of the school’s students – as well as a real head scratcher for the staff. “Watermelons kept coming
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up,” says Vice-Principal Aaron O’Shannessy. “None of the teachers know why.” The mural also contains a nod to a teacher’s beloved chocolate lab, who has become an integral
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Street entertainment, food vendors, public art, more street trees. Those are just some of the things Campbell River youth would like to see city council take into consideration as it develops its downtown revitalization plan. Those interventions were compiled by the city’s Youth Action Committee which surveyed 552 students from local middle and high schools in developing its vision. Nigel Neufeld, chair of the youth committee, said the purpose of the survey was to gather ideas and recommendations to bring to council and provide a youth perspective on what young people would like to see in the community, specifically downtown. “We would like to recommend that council takes one or more of our recommendations and consider them in the downtown revitalization discussions that are taking place,” Neufeld said during a presentaContinued on Pg. 5