{"id":2631,"date":"2011-09-08T11:00:56","date_gmt":"2011-09-08T18:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingvancouver.ca\/?p=2631"},"modified":"2013-01-21T07:17:51","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T15:17:51","slug":"neighbourhood-watch-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2011\/09\/08\/neighbourhood-watch-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Neighbourhood Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2634\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2634\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/dooq_VancouverSkyline.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2634\" title=\"Dooq Vancouver Skyline\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/dooq_VancouverSkyline.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2634\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A selected image from the Spacing Vancouver Flickr pool.  Image courtesy of dooq.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/NeighbourhoodWatch_logo.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2360 alignleft\" title=\"NeighbourhoodWatch_logo\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/NeighbourhoodWatch_logo.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->It\u2019s an obvious statement but all the same it had to be said: Vancouver was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancouversun.com\/news\/Riot+review+Vancouver+police+city+should+have+been+better+prepared+crowds\/5341051\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\">ill prepared<\/a> for the Stanley Cup riot everyone but the City\u2019s officials knew would happen.<\/p>\n<p>Metrotown in Burnaby has seen significant urban development by way of residential and commercial high-rises in recent months. Now, neighbouring <a href=\"http:\/\/www.burnabynow.com\/business\/Station+Square+keeping+with+neighbours\/5343786\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Station Square<\/a> is earmarked for ambitious redevelopment.<\/p>\n<p>The arrival of spring usually ushers in flooding threats for many municipalities but for residents in Chilliwack, autumn is when the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chilliwacktimes.com\/news\/Residents+chance+check+flood+response+plan\/5359912\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Vedder River<\/a> becomes a threat. The City of Chilliwack is prepared however and it\u2019s encouraging residents to check out its flood response plan.<\/p>\n<p>In Victoria, parking meters are a thing of the past. For cyclists, this poses a potential dilemma: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timescolonist.com\/With+parking+meters+extinct+Victoria+cyclists+hunt+lockup+spots\/5355569\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Where to lock up one\u2019s bike<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>The District of Maple Ridge is the site of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrtimes.com\/news\/Hydro+building+green\/5351532\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\">new 25,000-square foot BC Hydro facility<\/a>. It\u2019s a far cry from the old trailer that\u2019s been serving as the public utility\u2019s field office all this time. The new BC Hydro facility, slated to open in September 2013, will be a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certified building and it\u2019ll be built to withstand an earthquake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4079,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11232],"tags":[5649,5647,2291,337,5648,2869,214,5650,479],"class_list":["post-2631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","tag-bc-hydro-facility","tag-chilliwack","tag-metrotown","tag-neighbourhood-watch","tag-station-square","tag-the-stanley-cup","tag-vancouver-2","tag-vedder-river","tag-victoria"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - 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