I’m proud to see my housing co-op featured in Vancity‘s latest campaign! Vancity has been a great community partner, of not only First Avenue Athletes Village Housing Co-operative (my home co-op), but of the broader co-operative and community housing sector in BC. It is great to play a small part in helping to promote the work…
Author: Yuri Artibise
Happy Birthday CHF BC!
I sit on the board of the Co-operative Housing Federation of British Columbia Today we are celebrating our 35th anniversary. Given my excitement about the future of co-operative housing and community land trusts in British Columbia, it important to recognize the foundation upon which this progress is built. Interestingly, reading the recollections below, I recognize…
Celebrating one year of public bike share in Vancouver
As a founding Mobi member, I’m ecstatic, that not only Vancouver (finally) has bike share, but that its first year has been so successful. Here’s to continued success and future growth based on this strong foundation.
Book Review: The Death and Life of the Single Family House
The Death and Life of the Single Family House illustrates how densification allows residents to share the stimuli of the urban core.
Book Review: Eyes on the Street—The Life of Jane Jacobs
While Eyes on the Street will definitely resonate with fans of Jacobs’ writing, the book will appeal to a broader audience, as it is as much about how she thought as about what she wrote.
Video: The Future of Cities
The most sustainable future is a future that includes us all.
Book Review: Where We Want to Live
It is not often that a graduate school project turns into a best-selling book, let alone a transformative infrastructure projects that is reshaping a large North American city. Yet, that is exactly what happened to Ryan Gravel when he envisioned a streetcar loop inside the Atlanta city limits connecting four separate railroad lines while researching…
VIDEO: Vancouver’s Three Cities
The Vancouver of today is actually an amalgamation of three cities.
New Position: Executive Director at Vancouver City Planning Commission
The Executive Director acts as the primary resource and support for the Vancouver City Planning Commission on matters relating to the future of the city.
Members Matter at Strong Towns
Strong Towns is a non-profit education and advocacy organization committed to creating durable, fiscally sustainable and desirable communities.