New Traffic Study Announced! We just received an “auto-response” email from the City of Vancouver’s Andrew Wroblewski. He’s the project facilitator for the Notre Dame Open House. We wrote to ask him when the Open House might happen. It turns out it’s postponed until sometime in April. One reason for the delay is that the … Continue reading Open House Postponed
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CBC News Story on McCarthy Stadium
Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018 The following news story ran on CBC radio's local news cast this morning, and a longer version of the coverage is available here online: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/field-feud-neighbours-rally-against-proposed-east-van-school-football-stadium-1.4940270
Another Letter to City Hall
This wonderful letter to City Hall was written by Sarah Groves who is both an environmental scientist and artist. 04 December 2018 Dear Mayor & Councillors: Re: Request for development permit amendment at Notre Dame School and environmental stewardship Although environmental issues did not feature prominently in the October election, environmental stewardship is the backbone … Continue reading Another Letter to City Hall
An Open Letter to City Hall
Our Notre Dame Neighbours group has written many, many letters to the City of Vancouver over the past few months expressing our concern over the glaring lack of community consultation re the proposed Notre Dame McCarthy Stadium. We've quoted permits and traffic plans and made points about parking, noise, traffic, safety, drainage and fears for … Continue reading An Open Letter to City Hall
Reference Documents
Below you will find links to the original permit documents issued to Notre Dame School, — a permit to construct a graded grass practice field (not sunken), set back 5.5 metres from the Kaslo Street poplars to avoid damaging their roots. There are no seats visibly included in this permit as it was meant to … Continue reading Reference Documents
A Visual on the Notre Dame Stadium Problem
An aerial view of Notre Dame School and the surrounding area shows at a glance why the addition of a destination sports facility on that site and in this neighbourhood is such a bad idea. A comparison of the size and location of Notre Dame School as compared to other high schools with sports fields … Continue reading A Visual on the Notre Dame Stadium Problem
What You Can Do to Find Out More
We are currently going door to door with a petition to ask City Hall to not allow the school to switch from a grass practice field to a stadium via the current minor amendment to the 2008 permit. The petition asks that the matter be put into a new building permit so that community consultation … Continue reading What You Can Do to Find Out More
School Reaction to Local Concern
The day after the flyer was circulated, linking to Notre Dame's press release about the planned Stadium, the school removed that page from their web site. Apparently they did not want us to keep this press release, written in 2017 and on their web site until Sept 21, 2018: (Note the wording stating that this … Continue reading School Reaction to Local Concern
Notre Dame Neighbours – A History
Notre Dame Neighbours is an informal community group. We are all City of Vancouver residents living near Notre Dame Regional Secondary School in East Vancouver. We formed in 2005 in response to Notre Dame's plans to redevelop their school and grounds. We support other community groups who are also working to keep our communities strong, … Continue reading Notre Dame Neighbours – A History
Local Concern Re Planned Stadium
Last week's arrival of this flyer on the doorstep was the first clue many Notre Dame neighbours had about BIG changes proposed for our community. NOTE: The day after the flyer was circulated, Notre Dame School removed the web page mentioned on the cover of the flyer, above (ndrsbuilding.com/the-final-phase). Here is the information that was … Continue reading Local Concern Re Planned Stadium
