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Projects &
Initiatives
Here's a listing
of current and recent projects and events WECAN is or has participated
in:
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WEINN
- The West End Integrated Neighbourhood Network
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Out of
the Rain
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Directions
Youth Services Centre
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Safe
Streets Coalition
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Four
Pillars
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Police
Board Deliberative Dialogue
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Justice
Review Task Force
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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.
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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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