Bryn Davidson - Lanefab
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Remember as your eyes burn from the smoke today, Ken Sim and ABC voted to allow fracked gas in new builds, cancelled $8 million in climate retrofit grants; voted against funding for cooling kits for people in the Downtown Eastside; and got rid of the climate justice charter.
A second poll out on the Vancouver race, with undecideds stripped out, this one with Sim in the lead. Another small sample size, but in both polls there’s a clear tier of Sim-Fry-Allam as the top three, Hardwick lurking in 4th, and a big dropoff to Bligh/Azaroff/Allen
Polling Canada@canadianpolling.bsky.social · yesterdayVancouver - Mayoral Polling: 🟡Sim (ABC): 30% 🔴Allam (LIB): 19% 🟢Fry (GRN): 19% 🔵Hardwick (TEAM): 14% 🟣Bligh (VOTE): 7% ⚪️Azaroff (ONE): 5% 🟠Allen (COPE): 4% Research Co. / Aug 1, 2026
Granville street is trying … Perhaps it livens up a bit at night (or when more people are in town) Might have been worth consolidating the programming investment into a smaller area … but I would like to see it succeed now that the money and effort have been committed
I look forward to seeing more polls (hopefully with a larger sample size)… and hopefully some consolidation in the non-Sim/Hardwick camp.
Justin McElroy 🇨🇦@jmcelroy.bsky.social · 6d agoWE'VE GOT OUR FIRST POLL OF THE VANCOUVER ELECTION PETE FRY 18% KEN SIM 14% KAREEM ALLAM 12% COLLEEN HARDWICK 11% STEPHANIE ALLEN 6% WILLIAM AZAROFF 4% REBECCA BLIGH 3% 34% undecided. And it's a fairly small sample size (312). But it's our first baseline for this campaign.
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Laneway homes a way for affordable housing, multi-generational living
For Eugene Blanchard's daughter and her partner, the search for a starter home began in Calgary, expanded to Edmonton and then even beyond Alberta's borders to the Maritimes and Ontario.
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Listen to @lucymaloney.bsky.social talk with @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social about the Villages program, and her (unsuccessful) efforts to get the ABC majority to improve the plan rather than just killing it. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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Throwback to the time we relocated a big tree to this lane house site. I’m thinking it would be great to have a matchmaking service to find new homes for trees on development sites - so they could be relocated vs being cut down.
“…our current zoning is a one-size-fits-all approach. But it doesn’t actually fit all people… it fits people who can afford to buy incredibly expensive homes” @lucymaloney.bsky.social on status quo and the rejected Villages plan @vancouversun.bsky.social vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...
Real estate: Vancouver council rejects controversial 'villages' plan, citing public backlash
Vancouver council's ABC-majority council rejected the villages plan Tuesday, a controversial proposal from the city's planning department
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Looking forward to continuing to facilitate this important innovation. There is so much promise for this in Vancouver! Appreciate your valuable participation and input.
Pup seems ambivalent about happy hour at Tocador, but I like a bit of faux tropical vibes on a sunny afternoon
To the people who still envision a walkable, vibrant Vancouver, it's still possible. ABC killed the plan today, but OneCity is committed to bringing more diverse, thriving neighbourhoods to every community. Be a part of it - donate or volunteer at the link in bio.
Ok - I want to start a thread on Accessory Commercial Units. (think "lane house" but a brewery, cafe, bike shop, home office. etc) Send 'em if you got 'em. bsky.app/profile/lane...
Bryn Davidson - Lanefab@lanefab.com · 8mo agoWouldn’t see this in Vancouver… A single family home rezoned to house a nano-brewery in the garage. One of the co-owners of the brewery lives there while others volunteer their time.
So Vancouver council voted down the Villages plan (as expected) …. But it seems they did pass the updates to R3 zoning that would enable projects like our “Four/Five” single stair prototype to be built in existing R3 zones.
rip @oplopanax.ca I hope you're cascading down the universes's best single track right now.
North Shore News@northshorenews.bsky.social · last wk.Legacy of service remembered following the death of Squamish's Michael Coyle
This is our mockup of a "village" area (33rd and Mackenzie) densifying with small lot apartment buildings / corner cafes.
Ok that’s it. I committed to a year of French when the kiddo enrolled in late entry French immersion. You can probably guess which of the two of us can actually speak French a year later…
Soggy day at the farmers market but we stocked up on these bad boys
