SFU Vancouver Lunch 'N' Learn

About the Lunch 'n' Learn: 

Date: Thursday, April 15 
Time: 12:00 - 1:00pm
Location: Online via Zoom 

SFU Vancouver is pleased to announce a special two-part Lunch ‘n’ Learn event on the future of the downtown waterfront coming up on Thursday, Apr. 15 and Thursday, Apr. 29 (both 12:00-1:00 pm)! Join us for part one of the series as we’ll welcome guest speakers, Sarah Ross, Director, System Planning, Transportation Planning and Policy, Translink; Larry Beasley, former city planner, author and international consultant on urban design; Norm Hotson, prominent designer and architect, helped design Granville Island; and Gil Kelley, former General Manager of Planning, Urban Design and Sustainability, City of Vancouver.

This first session on Apr. 15 will explore the array of opportunities for the waterfront area: future transit needs for the City/Region, the role of the historic Waterfront Station, cultural and educational opportunities, walking/biking, public space, tourism, and office and commercial business.  An engaged public is a key part of the formula for success in the creation and implementation of our future waterfront, so please join us!

The downtown waterfront – the area surrounding the Waterfront Station – could well be the most important and most exciting urban redevelopment opportunity in Canada. Much of the land lies “in waiting” as either parking lots for cars or for freight trains. The Waterfront Station, with its 50,000 passengers a day, is the ideal nexus for what could be a creative renewal of this important area.

The last comprehensive plan for the Waterfront was endorsed by Vancouver City Council in 2009. The City of Vancouver committed to update the plans in 2017. An engaged public is a key part of the formula for success in the creation and implementation of our future waterfront.