Burrard View Community Garden
What is this survey about?
In April 2020, the Vancouver Urban Food Forest Foundation (VUFFF) reached out to us (the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation) to request an area of park space in the Hastings-Sunrise neighbourhood for growing local food. Burrard View Park was chosen as an ideal site for the garden.
About the garden
The garden would create space for intergenerational and cross-cultural knowledge sharing, skills development, and improving local food security. Vancouver Urban Food Forest Foundation (VUFFF) have proposed a collaborative model with common garden plots, so the garden and its programming would be accessible to all residents without wait lists for individual plots.
Engagement so far
In 2020, we conducted Round 1 of public engagement in the Burrard View Area. We were asked by Park Board commissioners to explore other suitable locations within the park.
Accordingly, for this Round 2 of engagement, we are asking about peoples' values and preferences for two possible locations within Burrard View Park.
How your input will help
Each of the possible sites provides benefits and drawbacks. Your response will help us choose the site within the park that is best aligned with community interests.
We recognize that East Vancouver is diverse and that park users will have different priorities. The final solution may not be a perfect fit for every person, but we are doing our best to find an equitable solution that maximizes community benefits.
Please review the information posted about this project on the Shape Your City page before proceeding.