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July 5, 2011 from 6pm to 8pm – Little Mountain Neighbourhood House Our July Little Mountain Neighbourhood House Potluck will continue our workshops on growing food in small places with both seeds and seedlings available for anyone to take home and start an indoor or… Organized by Randy Chatterjee & Jennifer Wesman LMNH | Type: main, street, neighbourhood, potluck, movie, seed, sharing
July 23, 2011 from 1pm to 4pm – Meeting Hall at Culloden Court Potluck at 12:30 – please bring a dish to share! FREE Explore how a local, neighbour-driven food network could help you share, garden, celebrate, and build food security in South Van. Pre… Organized by VV, Vancouver Food Policy Council and South Vancouver Neighbourhood House | Type: south vancouver, food, networking, neighbourhood, neighbourhoodd food network
October 26, 2011 from 7pm to 9:30pm – Heritage Hall Vancouver City Council Candidates’ Debate In anticipation of the November 19 municipal election, the Residents Association Mount Pleasant (RAMP) will be hosting a candidates’ debate on citywide plan… Organized by Grace MacKenzie & Steve Bohus | Type: main, street, neighbourhood, mount, pleasant, debate, election, community, housing, planning
December 6, 2011 from 6pm to 8pm – Little Mountain Neighbourhood House Our December Little Mountain Neighbourhood House Potluck will be on Tuesday the 6th. This month's potluck will be an early winter solstice party, wrapping up a great first year of these monthly po… Organized by Jason Mertz, Jennifer Wesman, Randy Chatterjee | Type: main, street, neighbourhood, potluck, workshop, beekeeping
December 6, 2011 from 7pm to 9pm – the Toast Collective Bring an open mind and a loving heart...intention to work together and weave Vancouver back into a place we think of as home or homeland, garden, safe and bring to it innovation, appropriate systems… Organized by Jill Whitelaw | Type: main, street, neighbourhood, first, gathering
March 19, 2012 from 6:45pm to 9pm – St Patrick's Church, corner of 13th Ave and Main Street Mount Pleasant is "building out," with over 6,000 new homes recently completed or currently in construction within the neighbourhood. According to the latest census, it is the fastest growing neighb… Organized by Residents Association of Mount Pleasant and Village Vancouver | Type: main, street, neighbourhood, workshop, planning, food, drink, sustainable, housing, affordable
March 26, 2012 from 7pm to 9pm – Heritage Hall The Park Board and the City want to hear your ideas for improving access to nature in Mount Pleasant. As part of implementing the Greenest City 2020 Action Plan and the Mount Pleasant Community Plan… Organized by Lindsay Cole, Park Planner | Type: main, street, neighbourhood, planning, community, gardens, food, drink
May 12, 2012 from 10am to 1pm – 2720 turner, back lane The original! 4th annual very local plant and seed exchange, Slocan and Turner streets, and close neighbours, others welcome. Kids welcome : we will have a tiny pond for them to play in. Baked goods,… Organized by Beth Hutchinson, Melanie Conn, Jill Whitelaw | Type: hasting, sunrise, neighbourhood, plant, exchange
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
May 5, 2013 from 1pm to 3pm – Quebec Manor on East 7th Avenue and Quebec Street. Join us for a trip down memory lane with a Heritage Walk in Mount Pleasant, Vancouver's original suburb. Find out about the urban design principles that shaped the evolution of this historic neighbou… Organized by Lewis Villegas | Type: main, street, neighbourhood, mount, pleasant, community, housing, planning, workshop, tour, walk
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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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