{"id":27459,"date":"2015-08-17T12:00:04","date_gmt":"2015-08-17T19:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?p=27459"},"modified":"2015-11-10T12:55:56","modified_gmt":"2015-11-10T20:55:56","slug":"event-city-conversations-reimagining-downtown-vancouver-august-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2015\/08\/17\/event-city-conversations-reimagining-downtown-vancouver-august-20\/","title":{"rendered":"EVENT: City Conversations\u2014Re-Imagining Downtown Vancouver, August 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23848\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/01\/Events_Spacing_logoBanner_600.jpg\" alt=\"Spacing Events Vancouver Banner\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/01\/Events_Spacing_logoBanner_600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/01\/Events_Spacing_logoBanner_600-300x36.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>When:\u00a0<\/strong>Thursday, August 20, 2015 12:30 PM<br \/>\n<strong>Where: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hastingswest.com\/lot19\/\">Lot 19 Perch<\/a>,\u00a0North end of Hornby St. at W. Hastings St.<\/p>\n<h3>How do you want downtown Vancouver to look, taste, and feel in 25 years?<\/h3>\n<p>2015 marks the 25th anniversary of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtownvancouver.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association<\/a> (DVBIA). As part of its celebrations, the DVBIA wants to <a href=\"http:\/\/reimaginedowntown.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Re-Imagine Downtown Vancouver<\/a> and develop a collaborative and compelling vision for the 2040 downtown Vancouver experience.<\/p>\n<p>Our downtown is changing\u2014we want to hear from you about where it\u2019s headed. What do you love about downtown Vancouver? What needs to change? How can we make this community one of the best in the world in which to live, work, play and learn?<\/p>\n<p>To help get you thinking about the possibilities for the future of our downtown Vancouver over the next 25 years, we have invited three guests to present their visions. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanforumassociates.com\/principal\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Lance Berelowitz<\/b><\/a>, a planner, urban designer, award-winning writer and commentator will look at the evolution of downtown Vancouver&#8217;s urban planning and design culture.<b>\u00a0Keltie Craig<\/b> from the City of Vancouver will share her vision for downtown as a &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/vancouver.ca\/people-programs\/healthy-city-strategy.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">healthy city<\/a>.&#8221; Rounding out the panel will be the <b>Very Reverend Peter Elliott<\/b>, Dean and Rector of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cathedral.vancouver.bc.ca\/about-us\/clergy\/peter-elliott\/\" target=\"_blank\">Christ Church Cathedral\u00a0Vancouver<\/a>, who will discuss his hopes for social inclusion and community building in downtown Vancouver.<\/p>\n<p>Then it\u2019s your turn to question, observe, and offer your perspective and opinions on the future of downtown Vancouver. Please feel free to bring your lunch for this free event.<\/p>\n<p>This SFU City Conversation, co-sponsored by <a href=\"http:\/\/reimaginedowntown.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Re-Imagine Downtown Vancouver<\/a>, takes place at our outdoor location, Lot 19 (in the park at the north end of Hornby St. at W. Hastings St., four blocks west of SFU Harbour Centre <b>&#8211;<\/b> you may know it as the location of Mink Chocolates.) It\u2019s a perfect place to enjoy the sun, eat your lunch, and participate in the conversation.<\/p>\n<p><b>Free event<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Can&#8217;t make the event? Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cityconv\" target=\"_blank\">City Conversations on Twitter<\/a> and join the dialogue at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cityconv\" target=\"_blank\">#CityConv<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hastingswest.com\/lot19\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9438 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/yuriartibise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-08-at-4.15.08-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-07-08 at 4.15.08 PM\" width=\"270\" height=\"234\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/reimaginedowntown.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-27462 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/08\/Screenshot-2015-08-11-10.39.30.png\" alt=\"Screenshot 2015-08-11 10.39.30\" width=\"235\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/08\/Screenshot-2015-08-11-10.39.30.png 235w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/08\/Screenshot-2015-08-11-10.39.30-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/08\/Screenshot-2015-08-11-10.39.30-62x62.png 62w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When:\u00a0Thursday, August 20, 2015 12:30 PM Where: Lot 19 Perch,\u00a0North end of Hornby St. at W. 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As part of its celebrations, the DVBIA wants to Re-Imagine<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2015\/08\/17\/event-city-conversations-reimagining-downtown-vancouver-august-20\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;EVENT: City Conversations\u2014Re-Imagining Downtown Vancouver, August 20&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6024,"featured_media":27463,"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":[13,20,11235],"tags":[11616,9693,11629,473,11615,11392,9888],"class_list":["post-27459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-civic-engagement","category-events","category-urban-design","tag-downtown-vancouver","tag-downtown-vancouver-business-improvement-association","tag-dvbia","tag-events-2","tag-re-imagine-downtown-vancouver","tag-sfu-city-conversations","tag-sfu-public-square"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - 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