Neighbourhood Plazas

Background: 

Throughout the pandemic, the City partnered with community organizations to create 20 pop-up plazas in neighbourhood hubs throughout the city. Communities have embraced these outdoor gathering spaces to socialize, share a coffee or a meal, enjoy a small concert, or simply sit and rest as they run their errands. The City is committed to working with our partners and the broader communities they serve to improve and upgrade these outdoor gathering spaces, most of which are quite basic. 

This survey will be open until June 30, 2022.

Paper copies are available on request, and can be submitted by mail.

Goals:

As we make steps to have these spaces become semi-permanent*  fixtures in these neighborhoods, we're seeking ideas and suggestions from residents on how this plaza should evolve to better serve the community for years to come.

Design Concept:

The City will use community feedback from this survey to develop a concept design for this plaza. We will bring this design concept back for further public feedback in fall 2022. 

* Semi-permanent upgrades are intended to be in place for 5-10 years.

Background: 

Throughout the pandemic, the City partnered with community organizations to create 20 pop-up plazas in neighbourhood hubs throughout the city. Communities have embraced these outdoor gathering spaces to socialize, share a coffee or a meal, enjoy a small concert, or simply sit and rest as they run their errands. The City is committed to working with our partners and the broader communities they serve to improve and upgrade these outdoor gathering spaces, most of which are quite basic. 

This survey will be open until June 30, 2022.

Paper copies are available on request, and can be submitted by mail.

Goals:

As we make steps to have these spaces become semi-permanent*  fixtures in these neighbbourhoods, we're seeking input and direction from residents on how they want these plazas to evolve.

*Semi-permanent upgrades are intended to be in place for 5-10 years.

Design Concept:

This is our design concept for how to improve this plaza:

Caption: two images showing the current plaza design and the design concept. The current design includes picnic tables and a bench on the Kamloops St. The design concept includes an expansion of the plaza in the nearby green space, with community gardens, a flexible seating area, and a pathway added to the green space. The design concept also includes the addition of a ramp/stage to the Kamloops St portion of the plaza, as well as upgrading the existing furniture with more robust, fixed picnic tables and benches.

Highlights:

• Features a nature-focused theme to expand the plaza into the nearby green space
• This design adds:
  • More resilient furniture elements,
  • A garden walkway, 
  • An independent water hose connection to support the future community garden,
  • A small stage for music and dance programming, 
  • A storage chest for gardening and programming supplies
  • *NOTE: the community garden will be governed and maintained by our local community partners - the East Village Business Improvement Association, Kiwassa Neighbourhood House, Vancouver Urban Food Forest Foundation, and Ward Memorial Baptist Church

Background: 

Throughout the pandemic, the City partnered with community organizations to create 20 pop-up plazas in neighbourhood hubs throughout the city. Communities have embraced these outdoor gathering spaces to socialize, share a coffee or a meal, enjoy a small concert, or simply sit and rest as they run their errands. The City is committed to working with our partners and the broader communities they serve to improve and upgrade these outdoor gathering spaces, most of which are quite basic. 

This survey will be open until March 24, 2022.

Paper copies are available on request, and can be submitted by mail.

Goals:

As we make steps to have these spaces become semi-permanent*  fixtures in these neighbbourhoods, we're seeking input and direction from residents on the types of upgrades or concepts these plazas should grow into.

The City is planning to improve this Pop-Up Plaza at 18-Cambie to become a long-term, higher-quality Semi-Permanent* space.

*Semi-Permanent upgrades are intended to be in-place for 5-10 years. 

Design Concepts:

There are two options for how to improve this plaza:

"Lounge" Concept: designed to support casual use and gathering by neighbourhood communities. 

Highlights:

• Features custom furniture elements (e.g., a customized long seating and a play structure) to enable flexible seating and lounging uses

Trade-offs:

• In this design there is less space dedicated for hosting public events. As a result, this limits the size of the events that can occur in the plaza and suitably sized events could cost more to produce. Overall, the dedicated event space is smaller compared to the "Theatre" Concept 

"Theatre" Concept: designed to support more frequent small-scale public events and performances in the plaza for neighbourhood communities. 

Highlights:

• Features raised seating, a platform/stage and dedicates more space for hosting public events and performances. Includes onsite storage for commonly-used event equipment that can be accessed by plaza stewards.  

Trade-offs:

• This design would enable small public events and subsidize event costs by investing in furniture that can be used to host events, likely resulting in more frequent programming. Overall, this design may make the plaza busier and will reduce the amount of seating compared to the "Lounge" Concept

Background: 

Throughout the pandemic, the City partnered with community organizations to create 20 pop-up plazas in neighbourhood hubs throughout the city. Communities have embraced these outdoor gathering spaces to socialize, share a coffee or a meal, enjoy a small concert, or simply sit and rest as they run their errands. The City is committed to working with our partners and the broader communities they serve to improve and upgrade these outdoor gathering spaces, most of which are quite basic. 

This plaza at 13-Granville is co-managed by the City and our community partner - the South Granville Business Improvement Association (SGBIA). SGBIA is proposing improvements for this plaza that they will deliver later in 2022. 

SGBIA's proposal will improve this Pop-Up Plaza to become a long-term, higher-quality Semi-Permanent* space. 

This survey will be open until March 24, 2022.

Paper copies are available on request, and can be submitted by mail.

Goals:

As we make steps to have these spaces become semi-permanent* fixtures in these neighbbourhoods, we're seeking input and direction from residents on the types of upgrades or concepts these plazas should grow into. 

*Semi-Permanent upgrades are intended to be in-place for 5-10 years.

Feedback received from this survey will help us improve and expand the Partner-Led Placemaking Program for Pop-Up Plaza and Parklet stewards.

Thank you for taking 5-10 minutes to complete this 3 question survey. 

Questions or other feedback welcome at pop-upplazas@vancouver.ca

This survey will close on Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Feedback received from this survey will help us improve and expand the Partner-Led Placemaking Program.

Thank you for taking 5-10 minutes to complete this 8 question survey. 

Questions or other feedback welcome at pop-upplazas@vancouver.ca

This survey will close on Wednesday, November 17, 2021

We want your feedback on pop-up plazas throughout the City. Ongoing monitoring, along with public feedback and guidance from the Provincial Health Officer, will help us improve these spaces over time. In addition, it will help us to determine whether any of these temporary plazas should remain in place after the recovery period.

Your input will help to ensure these spaces are properly maintained, inclusive, comfortable, and serving the community. Your responses will be kept confidential.

We will be receiving feedback until September 30, 2021. We appreciate your feedback and ask that you respond to the survey only once per location. 

As part of the City’s Restart Smart Vancouver COVID-19 recovery plan, we have launched the Partner-led Placemaking Program | Community-Led Stream, a new program to support community-led design enhancements or amenities in the 2020 Pop-Up Plazas and Rain-Friendly Plazas.

The City is now inviting interested applicants to submit an application by August 14, 2021.

The following is an application form with details on how you can request up to $500 of financial support for specified placemaking projects. Make sure to review the details for more information about eligibility and specifics for each project (on page 2).

Community-Led Placemaking will complement the Steward-Led Placemaking already improving eligible public spaces.

Apply now!

We want your feedback on the new rain-friendly plazas! Using the overhead protection offered by bridges, the City of Vancouver is trialing new rain-friendly pop-up plazas at four locations:

• Cambie Bridge South at False Creek Neighbourhood Energy Utility
  (1890 Spyglass Place)
• Cambie Bridge South at W 1st Ave (on the multi-use path)
• Cambie Bridge North (north of Cooper’s Park)
• Burrard Bridge North (south of the Seawall)

Your input will inform the future of the spaces and help to ensure they are properly maintained, inclusive, comfortable, and serving the community. Your responses will be kept confidential.

As winter approaches, we’re seeking public feedback on what to do with the pop-up plaza at Bute and Alberni. Starting next spring, the plaza will need to be removed to make way for City crews to upgrade critical water infrastructure and replace the existing water main below Bute Street. We would like to keep the pop-up plaza in place until the water works upgrades are complete.

We’d like your feedback on how the temporary pop-up plaza has worked for you and what we should consider after construction is completed in the summer. Your responses will be kept confidential.

Do you own or run a local business or non-profit organization near a pop-up plaza? If so, we want your feedback.

Your input will be used to inform whether the pop-up plazas become long-term public spaces, and if so how they can be improved as well as how you can participate in the management and programming of them.

Your responses will be kept confidential.

We want your feedback on pop-up plazas throughout the City. Ongoing monitoring, along with public feedback and guidance from the Provincial Health Officer, will help us improve these spaces over time. In addition, it will help us to determine whether any of these temporary plazas should remain in place after the recovery period.

Your input will help to ensure these spaces are properly maintained, inclusive, comfortable, and serving the community. Your responses will be kept confidential.