{"id":21960,"date":"2013-07-05T12:45:06","date_gmt":"2013-07-05T19:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?p=21960"},"modified":"2013-07-05T12:37:35","modified_gmt":"2013-07-05T19:37:35","slug":"neighbourhood-watch-86","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2013\/07\/05\/neighbourhood-watch-86\/","title":{"rendered":"Neighbourhood Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2360\" alt=\"NeighbourhoodWatch_logo\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/NeighbourhoodWatch_logo.gif\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mission<\/strong> council <a title=\"Downtown Action Plan adopted\" href=\"http:\/\/www.missioncityrecord.com\/news\/214155491.html\">officially adopted the Downtown Action Plan<\/a> and approved certain parking changes.\u00a0The Downtown Action Plan outlines five fundamentals and 10 big moves to improve and revitalize the area.<\/p>\n<p>A new William Griffin centre is one big, bold step closer to reality after the <strong>District of North Vancouver<\/strong> revealed its <a title=\"District unveils new William Griffin centre design\" href=\"http:\/\/www.northshoreoutlook.com\/news\/214165331.html\">designs for the new community rec centre<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After three years and over $200,000 in direct costs, <strong>Parksville<\/strong> council <a title=\"Parksville's OCP passes into law\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pqbnews.com\/news\/214293761.html\">passed their new official community plan<\/a>.\u00a0The new plan will replace the current 2001 version which some, including mayor Chris Burger, have been pushing to update for many years.<\/p>\n<p>Now the\u00a0downtown revitalization\u00a0is part of <strong>Penticton<\/strong>\u2019s official community plan, the city is setting to work\u00a0<a title=\"Penticton downtown projects selected for improvements\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pentictonwesternnews.com\/news\/214319311.html\">implementing the first of a number of improvement projects<\/a> planned for the coming years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Burnaby<\/strong> city hall <a title=\"Burnaby hires new engineering director\" href=\"http:\/\/www.burnabynewsleader.com\/news\/214290891.html\">has a new director of engineering<\/a> almost a year after his predecessor left the post for a promotion. Leon Gous comes to Burnaby from South Africa via the City of Vernon, B.C. where he served as the general manager of community services, which included engineering, and then from 2005 to 2011 as its chief administrative officer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Mission council officially adopted the Downtown Action Plan and approved certain parking changes.\u00a0The Downtown Action Plan outlines five fundamentals and 10 big moves to improve and revitalize the area. 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