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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2023
MAIDEN’S LAMENT
VOL. 49 NO. 06
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Public consultation begins for proposed park at the Cape METRO VANCOUVER HAS PLANNED 3 ENGAGEMENT PHASES THIS YEAR ALEX KURIAL Editor
CARBON BASED LEARNING: Island Discovery Learning Community is hosting a special visitor as renowned B.C. artist Rosa Quintana is spending the week at the school as part of an educational art workshop. Quintana and the students are creating pieces using all-natural materials that revolve around carbon. You can read about the project and their work on Page 11, and find out how to check it out yourself too. / Submitted photo
The public engagement process for the proposed Metro Vancouver park at Cape Roger Curtis is set to begin Friday. The opening phase will run from Feb. 10 to March 20 and involves in-person open houses along with online webinars. People are also encouraged to fill out feedback forms or write emails with their thoughts on the proposal. “The purpose of the first phase of engagement is really just to begin the dialogue, share some information about the proposed park… We want to hear people’s hopes and concerns and listen to those and ensure we’re able to respond to them,” said Jeffrey Fitzpatrick, Metro Vancouver’s division manager of parks design and development, during a visit to Bowen earlier this week. Plans for a park on 97 hectares of Cape Roger Curtis land – currently consisting of 24 private lots – were first publicly announced in early August last year. Metro Vancouver said they were working on purchasing the two dozen parcels for $40 million, a sale which is expected to be finalized later this Spring. Park offerings would include a trail network, picnic spaces, and lookout areas, as well as about 90 campsites for overnight stays.
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