{"id":12027,"date":"2012-07-03T14:19:04","date_gmt":"2012-07-03T21:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingvancouver.ca\/?p=12027"},"modified":"2012-07-03T14:19:32","modified_gmt":"2012-07-03T21:19:32","slug":"vpsn-lunch-meet-starting-july-5th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/07\/03\/vpsn-lunch-meet-starting-july-5th\/","title":{"rendered":"VPSN Lunch Meet starting July 5th!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12029\" title=\"VPSN_LunchMeet\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/VPSN_LunchMeet.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/VPSN_LunchMeet.jpg 460w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/VPSN_LunchMeet-388x600.jpg 388w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Vancouver Public Space Network is expanding the opportunities for outdoor eating in Vancouver this summer with <em>Lunch Meet<\/em> in the city\u2019s Crosstown area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Starting July 5th<\/strong>, <em>Lunch Meet<\/em> is a weekly lunchtime street event <strong>every Thursday in July <\/strong>from<strong> 11:30am-2pm<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe event will take place a few times throughout the summer and will serve to celebrate the city\u2019s culinary character and the pleasure of outdoor eating,\u201d said Adam Vasilevich of the VPSN.<\/p>\n<p><em>Lunch Meet<\/em> brings a long-table dining experience to the urban outdoors. Instead of cars, a large table will be placed on a downtown street and participants will come together to share in a communal outdoor meal. The <strong>300 block of Abbott Street<\/strong> will be transformed into a place for people, with a long table and music provided by local artists.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Grab a bite to eat from a local business or food carts, which will be offering lunch specials for the event, or bring your own lunch and meet a neighbour, friend or work colleague. The project is being done in partnership with Space2Place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Gastown and Crosstown neighbourhoods are home to an interesting mix of businesses,\u201d said Jeff Cutler of Space2Place. \u201cLunchmeet is a great opportunity to strengthen connections within this work community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Vancouver Public Space Network (VPSN) has received funding and operational support from the City of Vancouver though its <a href=\"http:\/\/vancouver.ca\/engsvcs\/streets\/vivavancouver\/\" target=\"_blank\">Viva Vancouver<\/a> program for this public space activation.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><em>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancouverpublicspace.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">VPSN<\/a> is a grassroots collective that engages in advocacy, outreach and education on public space issues in and around Vancouver, British Columbia. This includes challenging the increase of advertising \u2018creep\u2019 in public places, promoting creative, community-friendly urban design, monitoring private security activities in the downtown core, fostering public dialogue and democratic debate, and devising creative ways to re-green the neglected corners, alleys and forgotten spaces of the city. We also like to devise ways to have fun in public space.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/space2place.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Space2Place<\/a><\/strong> is a creative company which, through design, transforms space into place. Their places embody a philosophy of strong simple design that responds to the environmental and cultural processes influencing each site. Space2Place\u2019s philosophy is based on respect for clients, for the environment, and for the power of design.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vancouver Public Space Network is expanding the opportunities for outdoor eating in Vancouver this summer with Lunch Meet in the city\u2019s Crosstown area. 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