• ‘Made in Vancouver’ start-up list launches to promote local tech innovators

    ‘Made in Vancouver’ start-up list launches to promote local tech innovators

    Mayor Gregor Robertson joined representatives from local start-ups Growlab and Ayoudo at the closing of the Cities Summit to launch ‘Made in Vancouver,’ a community resource for local start-ups to show their pride in Vancouver’s burgeoning start-up community. In just 24 hours since Made in Vancouver launched, over 50 local start-ups have already signed on to take part. “The battle for cities ...

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  • Latest drops in crime show Vancouver’s crime strategy working, says Mayor

    Latest drops in crime show Vancouver’s crime strategy working, says Mayor

    A new report coming to the Vancouver Police Board shows significant drops in crime compared to 2010 as well as over a five-year period – a sign that the Vancouver Police Department’s crime strategy is working, says Mayor Gregor Robertson. The report shows that since 2007, there has been a 29% drop in property crime, a 12% drop in violent crime, ...

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  • Mayor Supports Call for Extensive Overhaul of Municipal Elections

    Mayor Supports Call for Extensive Overhaul of Municipal Elections

    Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson will be supporting a council motion increasing fairness and citizen involvement in municipal elections, saying major changes need to be made to improve the democratic process at the local level. “The current rules are out of date with the types of elections being run in Vancouver and across BC,” says Mayor Gregor Robertson. “It’s time the Province took major steps to ...

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  • Mayor Gregor Robertson’s Inaugural Address

    Mayor Gregor Robertson's Inaugural Address

    "Welcome. Let me begin with our deep thanks to the Coast Salish people. We are gathered today in their territory, and we are grateful. And we have the good luck today to be basking in the afterglow of a BC Lions Grey Cup victory . . . and a rare streak of December sunshine. There's a crispness in the air that focuses ...

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    New homeless shelters opening this winter

    We’re continuing our successful partnership with the Provincial Government this winter, with the recent announcement that Minister Coleman will be investing $1 million into opening two new emergency homeless shelters. The shelters will open on Howe Street under the Granville Street Bridge and across from Mount Saint Joseph Hospital in Mt Pleasant. As part of the partnership, the City will contribute ...

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 The City of Vancouver today launched an $800,000 city-wide pilot project that will bring electric vehicle charging stations to diverse locations around Vancouver, thanks to investments from the Governments of Canada and British Columbia, BC Hydro, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and the City itself.

The Charge and Go Vancouver Trial will see the installation of up to 67 Level I (110V) and Level II(240V) electric vehicle (EV) charging stations throughout the city by the end of 2013, helping to accelerate the use of plug-in EVs in Vancouver. These will provide motorists with significantly more charging options than currently exist and will enhance the local EV charging network.

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Op-Ed as published in The Globe and Mail online

By Gregor Robertson and Naheed Nenshi

If you’re one of the 80 percent of Canadians who lives in one of our country’s cities, chances are you’re fiercely proud of it. Our cities can match anywhere in the world for vibrancy, quality of life, entrepreneurial spirit and creative and civic culture.

But there’s no guarantee that will last. Canada’s cities face big challenges in the next few decades: managing growth, improving liveability, becoming more sustainable, and making city living far more affordable.

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Vancouver City Council today approved $255 million in capital expenditures for 2012 for public amenities that include affordable housing, community centre development, park upgrades, library development, and transportation and sewer infrastructure. Capital expenditures are needed to maintain existing assets in a state of good repair and provide new facilities and infrastructure for the city.

Key highlights of the 2012 capital budget include:

  • $15.6 M for walking and cycling improvements throughout the city;
  • $7.1 M for new and improved childcare facilities, with the goal of adding approximately 150 spaces a year over three years;
  • $6.9 M to increase the supply of affordable housing and upgrade existing housing;
  • $7.3 M for libraries and archives, including design development for a new library in DTES/Strathcona; and,
  • $5.74 M for cultural facilities including building maintenance at Vancouver Maritime Museum and underground vault repairs and plaza upgrade at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

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New urban gardensVancouver City Council approved the creation of three new urban gardens today on unused city-owned land, expanding a program that supports Greenest City goals of increasing local food assets and providing new green job opportunities for residents of the Downtown Eastside.

“These new urban gardens will move us closer to our Greenest City goals of increasing local food assets and creating green jobs for low-income Vancouver residents,” says Mayor Gregor Robertson. “This is a great example of how the City can leverage underused assets to build community, provide economic opportunity and strengthen our environment.”

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A big welcome to all of you for coming, business and community leaders, fellow elected officials. Greetings from the people of Vancouver.

Over the years it seems that half of Toronto has moved to Vancouver, so thanks for sharing your talent and hello from all your ex-pats on the west coast!

We have the good luck to live and work in two of the greatest cities in Canada – and not just Canada. Two of the world’s great cities.

We have cities with wonderful neighbourhoods to live in, neighbourhoods that inspire fierce pride.

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