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February 1, 2012 from 6pm to 9pm – Point Grey Community Church Come share your Neighbourhood Small Grants stories, learn about community-led projects & grab an application for Spring 2012 deadline. Please bring a vegetarian dish to share! March Potluck loc… Organized by Kits House Residents Committee | Type: kits, potluck, small grants, kits house, food, celebration, community
April 22, 2012 from 11am to 3pm – Commercial Drive at Grandview Hwy. Come celebrate our beautiful planet! Bring your family, friends, dogs, cats, decorate your bike, create banners or dress up in costumes honoring the winged, whiskered and finned. Village Vancouver wi… Organized by Janet | Type: celebration, parade, fun, family
June 17, 2012 from 10am to 9pm – On Main Street at 13th Avenue Join the Village on Car Free Day! Join the party at the biggest VILLAGE ever built by Village Vancouver, on Sunday June 17 at the intersection of 13th Avenue and Main Street. Powered by solar energy… Organized by Jason Mertz, Ross Moster, Raimey Gallant, and Randy Chatterjee | Type: main, street, village, party, food, gardening, celebration, demonstration, workshop
June 23, 2012 from 11am to 3pm – Riley Park Field (behind Riley Park Community Centre) A community celebration of Art, Music, Culture! Fun for the whole community! Join us for an afternoon of live entertainment: multicultural music and dancers, local arts/artists, craft tables, childre… Organized by Jennifer Wesman | Type: main, street, neighbourhood, party, celebration, workshop
June 23, 2012 from 12pm to 3pm – CROWS Point Community Garden Organized by CROWS Point Community Garden | Type: seasonal, celebration
July 8, 2012 from 10am to 3pm – Cottonwood Community Garden Raffle and plant sale, food, tours, demos, plant advice, bees, corsage making, children's area, music. Join us for a day of fun and gardening info!! Organized by Mary Steeves | Type: south, of, strathcona, park, community, gardening, celebration
September 23, 2012 from 1pm to 4pm – Evergreen's Urban Orchard Help us celebrate the food, land and cultural diversity of Vancouver! Join us for this FREE family-friendly event featuring a world of activities: taste delicious multicultural foods, help paint a co… Organized by Helen Beynon | Type: celebration, food, culture, harvest
October 14, 2012 from 12pm to 5pm – Purple Thistle Collective Food Forest Sun. Oct. 14 from 12pm to 5pm at the corner of Charles St. and Vernon Dr. Come and help us celebrate the end of our third season and the coming of fall! We will be installing an irrigation system in… Organized by Adam Huggins | Type: celebration, shakedown
October 27, 2012 at 7pm to October 28, 2012 at 12am – Vivo Media Arts Centre FREE & PLEASE BRING GUESTS 7:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. Three years of research documentation is transformed within a traditional gallery style exhibition by interdisciplinary artist Laura Lee Coles to… Organized by Laura Lee Coles | Type: celebration
May 4, 2013 from 12pm to 4pm – General Gordon Elementary School The annual Spring Fling is a community fair and PAC fundraiser. Come and enjoy the fun! Ride your bike there and try the Bicycle Obstacle Course. Soccer tournament, bouncy castle and slide, sno-cones… Organized by Gordon School Parent Advisory Committee | Type: community, celebration, &, fundraiser
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Local, organic, rural, and/or urban, food production is a mainstay of life, and doing it well leads to wellness. From farm to kitchen, discussions relating to food--and the community arising around it--belong here.
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If you have to leave your village, how will you get where you want to go? By car? Preferably not, both for your wallet and the earth’s sake. This category is for all discussions relating to how we all get around.
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A human right? After food, most feel shelter is the most important necessity. A place of shelter is also the start of a community. This category is for all things relating to shelter, housing, affordable housing, homes, renewable heating systems, green buildings, heritage, and our built environment in general.
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