Gage South

UBC Maximizing Housing Density by Minimizing Legal Compliance

By Neal Yonson ⋅ April 20, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Would UBC break the law to fulfill their market housing ambitions?

Yes!

Gage South to be Designated “Academic”

By Neal Yonson ⋅ March 21, 2012 ⋅ One comment

“The recommended … amendments to the Land Use Plan are the designation of the current ‘Area Under Review’ to ‘Academic’ which will allow student housing.”

Board Committee Unwittingly Endorses Housing in Gage South

By Neal Yonson ⋅ November 23, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

By approving this amendment package as presented, the board committee also endorsed putting 310,000 sq. ft. of housing in the Gage South area. Certainly, this wasn’t their intention. Board members didn’t seem aware that this was one of the major implications of their decision on the Wesbrook Place amendments. But when you put the cart before the horse, as both the board and C+CP are fond of doing, things like this are bound to happen.

Bye-Bye MacInnes Field?

By Neal Yonson ⋅ September 21, 2011 ⋅ 3 comments

C+CP has been working towards a new aquatic centre on MacInnes Field, outside of the “Area Under Review” process. The site they’re pushing for severely restricts the options that can be discussed by the working group and the public. It hinders efforts to come up with innovative solutions for all stakeholders. Hiding behind a consultant’s report makes it far more difficult for the broader community to comment on the options and the issues. Basically, everything they’re saying they don’t want the process to represent.

Gage South Petition: UBC Starts to Respond

By Neal Yonson ⋅ September 20, 2011 ⋅ 4 comments

Anyone even remotely familiar with UBC decision-making knows that a decision isn’t made at the time the decision is made. It’s made well before the decision becomes official, and usually before public consultation occurs. Based on everything that was happening behind-the-scenes, we believed that the *actual* decision point for Gage South was coming up fast.

Dear President Toope

By Neal Yonson ⋅ September 19, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

Dear President Toope, would you like to sign my petition?

The Campaign for an Academic Gage South

By Neal Yonson ⋅ September 12, 2011 ⋅ One comment

We believe the “Academic” designation for Gage South is sensible and puts the academic mission of the university first. It’s a university – core land should be recognized as such and we would rather not see UBC’s land grant squandered in unfortunate ways.