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October 20 Open House wrap-up

Sun, 10/21/2007 - 7:24pm — Southlands Plan...

Here is a brief follow-up video to the Open House on October 20. More to come.

Nice job Carla, Jon and video and agriculture committee!

May 27 2007...SCPT Session Seven

Thu, 06/28/2007 - 9:47am — Southlands Plan...

Edward Porter
Edward Porter led a fascinating discussion revolving around agriculture at our seventh planning session. Edward was in town a little over a year or so ago and addressed a Smart Growth BC seminar dealing with 'edge' use of land. Simply put, the edge is where residential land meets agricultural land.
Edward wrote his Masters Thesis on design in the 'edge' and used the Southlands as the foundation of his thesis.
A short movie on the discussion is available below or by clicking Here
Sean also provided a brief slideshow on Fairview Gardens where 12 acres in the middle of suburban Souther California produces a couple of dozen types of fruits and vegetables for the local community.

Migratory Birds

Fri, 05/09/2008 - 8:57am — Ursula

Hi Folks,
you're doing a great job, and I'm really impressed with the plans so far: however, I find that your plans need to be made AFTER you've spoken with someone knowledgeable about our migratory birds' use of that parcel of land and to find out what the BEST lay-put for THEM is - you've got all the science right here: Canadian Wildlife Service is in Alaksen on Westham Island and Anne Murray lives right here .
I gather you have talked about the depth of the ponds, etc - but you need to know where to place them so they can actually be used! I'm sure you can get the info without all the negative retoric - that's being aimed at other things, right now, especially on Saturday.
Ursula

"Farming the City"

Wed, 04/09/2008 - 7:51am — Southlands Plan...

School Garden Plot

Here is a recent and interesting article in the San Francisco Chronicle regarding residential development and food production

Charade?

Tue, 04/08/2008 - 9:58am — Southlands Plan...

This from John Meech.......

"Radiant City" trailer

Mon, 04/07/2008 - 9:24am — Mike Schneider

Here is a brief trailer of the film for those who missed it.....

April 3 Meeting

Fri, 04/04/2008 - 5:40am — Southlands Plan...

A massive agenda was dealt with as crunch time arrives prior to the May Design Charrette.

Several key issues were dealt with including correspondence with the Municipality, signing off on the Design Brief, next steps and the SCPT video project.

Check back to the site frequently over the next few weeks for updates leading up to the Charrette

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