The West End Urban Villagewww.westendneighbours.caTown Hall Meeting, Coast Plaza Hotel, Comox Street, April 22, 2010

What is an urban village?

• Urban villages encourage community instead of sprawl

• Use public space and pedestrian walks for human interaction

• Reduce reliance on the automobile• Vancouver’s West End is an excellent

example of an urban village

The West End

• Is urban - more than 80% of Westenders are renters. We have over 22,000 rental apartments. We have over 46,000 people living in about 10

square blocks.

Everyone is welcome in

our village

Olympic partiers

Cyclists - clothed

Cyclists – not so clothed

Polar Bear swimmers

Gay Pride revelers

Vancouver Biennale art enthusiasts

Fireworks

Sun Run

Theatre Under the Stars

Language students and people from all cultures

Santa

Zombie Walk

WIMBY’s

We’re WIMBYs =(Everyone is) welcome in my backyard(even zombies)

Everyone(and their children) is welcome in our village