Opportunity for Impact

Comment: We need more than just a new swimming pool timescolonist.com/opinion/op-ed/…

@DannyEstewART @lisahelps @JoePerkinsCHEK @CHEK_News @CityOfVictoria Back up the ire Danny. The city + other frontline orgs are killing themselves to manage + protect the health of our communtiy against an unprecedented global pandemic. A bielection for 1 of 9 positions on council for next 1.5yrs doesnt come close to ranking as most important now

@WeAreNorthPark we setup this water station today because in talking to our street entrenched friends we learned the orgs they usually access food, water, bathroom facilities from are closed. OurPlace is offering 3 meals/day by brownbag but water is a real problem + this is an easy fix. join us

Popping up in North Park — water filling stations for neighbourhood residents without housing, who have said they're struggling to find places to fill water bottles. Thank you to Jennie, Sam, and Allison for sharing this. #wearenorthpark #separatelytogether

@TMMGuerrero @NicoleChaland @VicPlacemaking @RethinkUrban @VictoriaDRA The NPNA has been working with developer to improve that passage but it is fundamentally flawed in that it has corners/ blindspots + is too narrow. Through our efforts, the developer agreed to a see through rather than opaque fence + to increasing width of gate orig built at 3ft.

Jane Jacobs pointed to the need for small scale storefronts for vibrant cities. As downtown #yyj & Harris Green become block after block of condos on commercial 'pedestals,' how do we avoid long blank glass walls? #architecture #placemaking

@TMMGuerrero @NicoleChaland @VicPlacemaking @RethinkUrban @VictoriaDRA what is message wellburns' developers are sending to nhood with long term retail tenants moved along, a boarded up building, + an 8ft high locked gate + fence surrounding entire parking lot despite not even having development or heritage alteration permit submitted to City yet.

@TMMGuerrero @NicoleChaland @VicPlacemaking @RethinkUrban @VictoriaDRA Interesting that you raise wellburns. That was intended to have a path through inner courtyard and connecting to Franklin Green and in latest drawings that path is now sensored for resident access only 24/7.

@TMMGuerrero @NicoleChaland @VicPlacemaking @RethinkUrban @VictoriaDRA Bosa building on pandora and Vancouver. No public passage through first floor of building from mason to pandora and outside gated path to Franklin green has been a challenge to ensure safe, accessible and inviting

@TMMGuerrero @NicoleChaland @VicPlacemaking @RethinkUrban @VictoriaDRA Neighbourhood Assocns must be vigilant in asking for pathways through large developments that risk cutting off historic passage and connection, and beyond occupancy to ensure these gated paths don't join the legions of midblock crossings that become quietly locked later on.

@TMMGuerrero @NicoleChaland @VicPlacemaking @RethinkUrban @VictoriaDRA Well maybe I'm not using that term properly but in effect I'm saying that condo + market rental buildings are dropping into n'hoods like North Park + lacking an understanding of, or commitment to, the neighbourhood's existing residents + businesses, they are erecting fortresses.

@neilarason @CityOfVictoria We are not short on practical and impactful innovation in North Park

This curb extension made of plastic bollards near George Jay Elementary in Victoria BC shortens crossing distances for kids, vividly communicates crosswalk to drivers, reduces vehicle turning speeds, and improves sight lines. A lot going on at a low cost @CityOfVictoria

@MS_athlete I'l feel you but i will hold your faith until they earn yours back. These earlier days you talk about didnt have all voices or attention of that busy building; it does now + the more benefits proposed to be served the more sr gov funding will gravitate. Its not a linear process.

@newcrystalpool I lost faith at day 922 into the decision making process. We are now at 3,139 days since the city first received the CEI report. The pattern is clear. They will cycle through another election again. You will have no centre, I will have no pool.

Comment: We need more than just a new swimming pool timescolonist.com/opinion/op-ed/…

@MS_athlete No, imo your argument is simple, not you Susan, not how I roll. Show some faith in Mayor + Council to work thru complexities, they are obligated to deliver max community benefit + ROI. "For every complex problem, there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.” - H.L Mencken

@newcrystalpool Hmmm. You just called me simple. And here we stand. No new pool in sight. And community centre. Well done.

North park pops and daughter rocking it in hot pink en route to school this morning. #edgytothecore North Park you've got style for miles

@MS_athlete A solution to a complex problem may be funded by 1 level of govt but it's old school + simple to think they are the responsibility of only one or are best left to be handled entirely by one level of govt. #childcare #climatechange #housingaffordability #opioid require all hands.

@MS_athlete Why place childcare at #crystalpool? Per BC Min of ChildCare Chen, "The reason we look at public opportunities is we notice that w/ public investment, they provide more stability + accountability + make sure the childcare spaces we are building will remain as a community asset.”

@MS_athlete Couldnt disagree more about the need to leverage an $80 million investment to bring equitable wellbeing to our city. If helping single parents get back to work by carving out space for affordable childcare situated in a city run recreation building is an ROI homerun.

@newcrystalpool Allison, you are right. Our city needs many things, but leveraging the pool for a daycare and community centre is not the way to do it. These actions have created division in our city and have put everyone at risk of having no services. #savecrystalpool #thepeoplespool

Join us for a FREE #FamilyDay event at the Crystal Pool & Fitness Centre. We'll have special activities in the pool, drop-in fitness, family orientations, classes and more! Feb 17, 10am-4pm. ow.ly/SwE750yiGES

Sad that is required but hearing from many downtown retailers it is as well as North Park businesses from Logans to Fernwood Coffee ' brazen acts of vandalism and theft occurring in North Park village too Hopefully cook st/north park village to part of this downtown initiative.

@WeAreNorthPark In Downtown Harris Green (IIRC) there isn't a single back yard in the entire community. Parks and green space are essential & all too distant from where we live. It would be shameful to remove any of what we do have access to. Esp w a growing number of kids in the core #equity