🚨 Attention, Grandview Woodland! 🚨

Join GWAC and DJ Lawrence for an Emergency Preparedness Info Session

Monday, June 5th at 7PM – Add to Calendar

Join us in-person at the Britannia Info Centre Boardroom or via zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86536933607?pwd=TlN0TWJPcFlBTTRXaUtjZlM1Skw5UT09,

Meeting ID: 865 3693 3607, Passcode: 396658
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcvKwPOOlz

Disaster strikes when we least expect it, but being prepared can save lives and reduce the impact on our community. That’s why GWAC is thrilled to announce an Emergency Preparedness info session presented by the knowledgeable and experienced DJ Lawrence. 🎙️✨

Join us for a comprehensive 90-minute session that covers everything you need to know about earthquakes, floods, and wildfires. DJ Lawrence will share practical tips and real-life experiences to motivate you to start planning and preparing for any potential catastrophes that might come our way. 📝✅

Bring your notepad and pen because you won’t want to miss a single tip from this informative and entertaining session. Plus, there will be a Q&A session afterward where you can ask questions and seek further guidance. 🤔🗣️

Let’s come together as a community and ensure we are ready to face any challenges that may arise. Mark your calendars and be prepared to protect yourself, your loved ones, and your neighborhood. See you there! 🌟🤝

#EmergencyPreparedness #GWAC #GrandviewWoodland #CommunityStrong

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Master’s thesis on gentrification in Grandview Woodland

It has just come to our attention that a Paul Kasman wrote his Master’s thesis (Public Administration) in 2007 on gentrification of Grandview Woodland. The thesis is available for download here.

This is the abstract:

​The Grandview Woodland local area of Vancouver, British Columbia, is an area in transition. Retail, demographic, residential occupancy, and changes to built structures indicate that gentrification has escalated in the past seven years. Long standing impediments to gentrification, including industrial manufacturing, social housing, and crime, are not deterring change in this area to the extent they once did. This thesis examines how public policy has affected these changes in Grandview Woodland.

Public policies embodied in laws and regulations have the capacity to either encourage or dissuade gentrification; however, other variables also influence gentrification making it difficult to determine the importance and influence of public policy in the process. This thesis uses semi-structured interviews and a document review in a case study of Grandview Woodland, to gain a better understanding of how public policies can influence gentrification in a local area where gentrification was previously impeded.

The findings from this study suggest that public policies can have a substantial, but not autonomous, effect on gentrification in such an area. In Grandview Woodland, policy makers facilitate gentrification through city-wide and province-wide policies, including zoning changes, the Strata Title Act, and the Residential Tenancy Act. While these public policies have streamlined the advance of gentrification in Grandview Woodland, the iv catalysts for gentrification are the wider national trend of increased popularity of inner-city living, and the middle class moving eastwards in search of affordable homes in response to the massive property value increases in Vancouver’s West Side.