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SERIES COMPLETE VOL. 49 NO. 39
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Phase 2 feedback highlights Island/ Mainland park split BOWEN RESIDENTS RESPOND
ALEX KURIAL Editor
DON’T FORGET THE APPLE PIE! Deb Donnelly and Helen Wallwork at the Bowen Island Farmers Market with some of their signature apple pies, which will be for sale this Saturday. Last call for the pies, and everything else at the market, takes place October 7 with the event’s fall season finale before retiring until the Spring. More information on the pies and Bowen apples can be found on Page 8, along with the solution to a local apple mystery on Page 9. / Sarah Haxby photo OPEN HOUSE
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Results from Phase Two of Metro Vancouver’s public engagement on the Cape Roger Curtis park shows a stark divide between how the current proposal is viewed on and off-island. The second of three engagement sessions regarding how to proceed with Metro Vancouver’s 97-hectares of recently purchased space at the Cape took place from July 29 to Aug. 16. It consisted of two in-person open houses, two virtual webinars, and the opportunity to provide feedback online or via email. In a summary of the results released in late September, Metro Vancouver said around 1,350 people provided feedback through the different methods, with the vast majority coming through the online feedback form (1,100). CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
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