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Community Lands development focus on workforce housing ALEX KURIAL Editor
OUT ON THE PROWL Bowen’s resident cougar has been active around the island lately. The big cat has avoided any hostile confrontations with residents, but some of its recent behaviour has the Conservation Officer Service concerned. As of late Wednesday afternoon the Grafton Lake Trail had been temporarily closed after a cougar cache was found in the area. You can read more about what the cougar has been up to and hear from people who have encountered the animal on Page 12. / Submitted video
The pursuit of non-market housing on a portion of the Community Lands is moving ahead, with anticipated move-in dates for residents in 2028. The Lot 1 Community Lands Plan is borne out of a 2021 decision by the municipality to develop an area of land just west of Snug Cove. Roughly it includes just more than 21 acres of land stretching from south of Mt. Gardner Road west of Bowen Island Community School, wrapping around the Public Works Yard where it joins up with Carter Road, and then bordering to the west of Mt. Gardner Road as the road curves to the north past the Recycling Depot. Bowen Island Resilient Community Housing (BIRCH) – best known locally for their efforts to bring an apartment building to Miller Road – were chosen as an organization to implement the plan along with Tomo Spaces, a realestate company from Vancouver.
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