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Projects & Initiatives

Here's a listing of current and recent projects and events WECAN is or has participated in:

WEINN - The West End Integrated Neighbourhood Network
Out of the Rain
Directions Youth Services Centre
Safe Streets Coalition
Four Pillars
Police Board Deliberative Dialogue
Justice Review Task Force
Youth S.E.A.R.C.H.

Stay tuned for more, we're always working on something new!

WECAN members were involved with many different activities and groups over the past few years. Some of them are listed below.

Block party at Gordon Neighbourhood House

WECAN members regularly participate in this annual event, hosted by our neighbourhood house. Live entertainment, games, raffles, BBQ, children's crafts - it was fun for the whole family!

Justice Review Task Force Street Crime Working Group/Community Court

WECAN members attended several forums to present citizen concerns. An initial forum was held on April 14th, 2004. The second forum, an open discussion, looked at the problems associated with street crime and some potential solutions. In September 2008 the Downtown Community Court at 211 Gore opened its doors.  For more information, please contact us at info@westendcan.com.

Keep Vancouver Spectacular

WECAN members joined other organizations and individuals to clean up the West End. Over an hour or two we cleaned up litter from several blocks, and celebrated with a hot dog feast in the sun. Volunteers included the young and old. It was a great social event, and a great way to show that small efforts make a big difference. A group regularly meets (monthly). For more information, please contact us.

West End Community Co-ordinated Response Pilot Project

WECAN is participating in this City initiative, in response to the Mayor's Forums, which is the pilot project for other neighbourhoods. The purpose is to facilitate a community-based approach to address street level public order, liveability and safety issues. For more info, please come to WECAN meetings.

Heritage home revitalization - Rand House (995 Bute Street)

Support your neighbours! The residents applied to City Hall to restore this 1896 heritage home by removing the stucco, restoring the original siding, rebuilding the original rooflines with turret and recreating the wrap-around veranda. The project will reuse many original materials with an environmentally sustainable approach. For more information, please visit www.3greenhorns.ca.




WECAN believes that the most effective way to police a neighbourhood is to have police officers on foot patrolling alleyways, lanes, streets and parks. Having officers on the beat builds community and creates a sense of safety and well-being.

WECAN continues to lobby the City of Vancouver, the Provincial Government, and the Federal Government to ensure that directing funds toward policing resources for our neighbourhood, and Vancouver as a whole, is a priority.

WECAN also supports the Vancouver Police Department in their quest to bring staffing back to acceptable levels.






WECAN encourages all levels of government to work together to provide adequate shelter and services to our homeless population, so that our property, parks and lanes do not have to serve as housing, drug dens, rehab and detox centres. We support initiatives by the City of Vancouver and the Provincial Government that endeavour to implement essential services for people who are homeless, suffer from acute mental illness, or are in need of drug rehabilitation.

WECAN members strive to learn more about the root causes of poverty, homelessness and addiction. By educating and informing ourselves and our neighbours, sharing thoughts and ideas and communicating as a concerned resident body, we too can, as a community, become a part of the solution.

We welcome your comments and feedback.

 
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