Southlands in Transition

This is where a log of daily activities photos, documents and commentary will be posted.

May 13 - Andres Duany addresses members of the community at the final public wrap-up at the Southlands design charrette

May 13 - Sean Hodgins of Century Group responds to questions at the May 13 final charrette presentation

May 10 Mid -Term Public Review

May 10 Power Hour

An hour before presentation time and things are hairy but good!

May 9 Morning Session

May 8 Evening Wrap-Up Session

May 8 Morning session

May 8 - Steve Mouson gave a fantastic presentation on what Sustainability means in true spoken word. The phrase has become colloquial to the detriment of food and food production. A pdf of the presentation is atached below.

May 7 Evening Session -

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Here are some comments from some of the group:

"Two days in, I am tremendously excited by the whole charrette process and
the way it is being managed by Andres Duany. He is a superb facilitator and
project manager and a natural-born teacher. The way he is "connecting" both
the SCPT and members of the public who are participating in the charrette is
very involving and a tremendous learning experience in group creativity. The
guy's ability to engage other people, pose options, suggest new ideas and
take in the ideas of the public -- the best analogy I can think of is that
watching him at work is like opening a bottle of really great champagne.

The people who wrote the Tsawwassen General Plan should be at these meetings
in order to learn how a public process SHOULD work to engage people and
bring out the best ideas of everyone."

John Barr SCPT

"This is indeed an awesome and humbling experience. There are a mind boggling
array of aspects and variables to be considered in order to get the optimal
outcome for all who will eventually live on the Southlands, as well as the
immediate neighbours, the rest of Tsawwassen, the farmers, all who visit or
attend educational programs and, not to forget, the animals and birds.

A week is looking like a pretty short time in which to consider all aspects
and come up with some plans that will inspire the community with their
elegance in addressing the many different "problems" and concerns that will
inevitably be raised.

Here's to all involved as we pull together to reach solutions."

Helen

Helen L. Kettle (SCPT)
4942 6th Ave. Delta, BC,
V4M 1L1

604-943-0841

Wednesday May 7 Morning Session -

Ready set draw! Transportation and community ammenity were part of the focus for the early part of the day.

Tuesday May 6 Evening Session -

A fantastic turnout on a beautiful spring evening! A couple of hundred residents made it down to the Barn tonight to listen to a couple of SCPT presentations, to Sean Hodgins and to Andres Duany. The media was out in full force and the story just finished on the CBC 11PM news. Below are a couple of clips from the evening. A document library with observations form the Charrette team will be posted on this page as the week progresses so check back often for updates.

Tuesday Afternoon Session -

Michael Ableman gave an outstanding presentation on items relating to food and food production.

Tuesday May 6 Morning Session -

The barn was full this morning as the DPZ design team and other consultants listened to presentations on soil, hydrology, drainage, local archaeological issues and Pacific Flyway habitat. It was a very informative morning. Here is a brief movie showing some photos a small video clips that can give an idea of what was happening. Hope to see you tonight!......

Monday May 5

The following is a photo slideshow of a regional tour with architects and planners from DPZ. The group toured regions of Ladner and Tsawwassen to get a sense of history, geography and housing form.

May 5 Cont. - The Scpt and the DPZ design team and the rest of the consulting group all met and introduced themselves at the Coast Tsawwassen Inn this evening. The SCPT screened their "Journey to the Charrette" video and John Meech gave an excellent power point presentation on the work of the committee thus far and what is expected from the planners during the Charrette.