{"id":39013,"date":"2026-04-09T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T17:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?p=39013"},"modified":"2026-04-08T18:12:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T01:12:17","slug":"ucs-93-value-for-money-vancouver-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2026\/04\/09\/ucs-93-value-for-money-vancouver-style\/","title":{"rendered":"UCS #93: Value for Money \u2013 Vancouver-Style"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/UrbanCartoonSyndicate.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-36965\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/UrbanCartoonSyndicate-600x72.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/UrbanCartoonSyndicate-600x72.png 600w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/UrbanCartoonSyndicate-300x36.png 300w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/UrbanCartoonSyndicate-768x92.png 768w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/UrbanCartoonSyndicate-940x113.png 940w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/UrbanCartoonSyndicate.png 1250w\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>See our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2024\/05\/20\/urban-cartoon-syndicate-introduction-and-call\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Launch and Introduction<\/a>&nbsp;about the launch of the \u00a9 Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cityhallwatch.wordpress.com\/2024\/05\/20\/launch-of-urban-cartoon-syndicate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announcement by CityHallWatch<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><em>Related Readings:<\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul class=\"gmail-wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Decades-long repair waits: 11 community centres in Vancouver in poor condition<\/strong> (Kenneth Chan, Daily Hive, 26-Apr-2022) &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/vancouver\/vancouver-community-centres-aging-repair-replacement\">https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/vancouver\/vancouver-community-centres-aging-repair-replacement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Vancouver Park Board commissioners vote to ask city council for $1.43B in funding<\/strong>. Commissioners say city is lagging behind on maintenance, upgrades for aging parks and rec facilities (Akshay Kulkarni, CBC News, 8-Apr-2026) &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/british-columbia\/vancouver-park-board-billion-funding-9.7155820\">https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/british-columbia\/vancouver-park-board-billion-funding-9.7155820<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hosting 2026 FIFA World Cup games in Vancouver could cost up to $624M, says B.C. government<\/strong>. Costs expected to be offset by $448M to $478M of estimated revenues and recoveries, province says. (Jon Azpiri, CBC News, 24-Jun-2025) &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/british-columbia\/vancouver-fifa-world-cup-costs-update-1.7569591\">https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/british-columbia\/vancouver-fifa-world-cup-costs-update-1.7569591<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Vancouver Mayor announces $400M commitment towards community centres, pledges continued tax freeze<\/strong> (City of Vancouver Press release 8-Apr-2026) <a href=\"https:\/\/voiceonline.com\/vancouver-mayor-announces-400m-commitment-towards-community-centres-pledges-continued-tax-freeze\/\">https:\/\/voiceonline.com\/vancouver-mayor-announces-400m-commitment-towards-community-centres-pledges-continued-tax-freeze\/<\/a>)&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See our&nbsp;Launch and Introduction&nbsp;about the launch of the \u00a9 Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the&nbsp;announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related Readings: Decades-long repair waits: 11 community centres in Vancouver in poor condition (Kenneth Chan, Daily Hive, 26-Apr-2022) &#8211; https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/vancouver\/vancouver-community-centres-aging-repair-replacement Vancouver Park Board commissioners vote to ask city council for $1.43B in funding. Commissioners say city is lagging<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2026\/04\/09\/ucs-93-value-for-money-vancouver-style\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;UCS #93: Value for Money \u2013 Vancouver-Style&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6004,"featured_media":39014,"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":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spacing"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UCS #93: Value for Money \u2013 Vancouver-Style - Spacing Vancouver<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2026\/04\/09\/ucs-93-value-for-money-vancouver-style\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UCS #93: Value for Money \u2013 Vancouver-Style - Spacing Vancouver\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"See our&nbsp;Launch and Introduction&nbsp;about the launch of the \u00a9 Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the&nbsp;announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related Readings: Decades-long repair waits: 11 community centres in Vancouver in poor condition (Kenneth Chan, Daily Hive, 26-Apr-2022) &#8211; https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/vancouver\/vancouver-community-centres-aging-repair-replacement Vancouver Park Board commissioners vote to ask city council for $1.43B in funding. 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