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May 2021
Plans for new liquor store at East 22nd and Rupert by Julie Cheng In April 2021, Renfrew-Collingwood residents received a letter in the mail from the West Coast Liquor Company seeking support to open a liquor store at 3281 East 22nd Avenue and Rupert Street. The company runs West Coast Liquor Stores in Vancouver, Burnaby and Richmond and is owned and operated by Gibson Hospitality. Its principals, John Teti and Roger Gibson, have 20 years’ experience running liquor retail stores. See the application letter to the City of Vancouver at https:// shapeyourcity.ca/21512/widgets/86453/documents/53974
RENFREW COLLINGWOOD COMMUNITY NEWS
The following is a paid advertisement by Adrian Dix, MLA for Vancouver/Kingsway
by Sophia Han Dear Neighbours,
I hope this finds you well! As the Spring expresweather warms up with longer, sions please remember brighter days,
to follow all public health orders. There are moretoEngWe must continue stop the lish expressions spread of COVID-19 about in our spring thanespecially any other communities as we season. to head into To the spring summer months. We also recognize the challengVOCABULARY es that the pandemic continues spring toyou life toloved move or to take to bring to and— your ones,quickly so we would greatly action appreciate your feedback. The SPEAK 2 survey serves as a platform for you to share your perspectives and experiences on how COVID-19 has affected you and what tools and supports you need as we look ahead to A liquor store is proposed for the development site at 22nd Avenue our pandemic recovery in the coming months. and Rupert. Photo by Bryden Fergusson The online survey is now open and focuses on how our behaviours and experiences have changed over Find more information on the West Coast Liquor Company is the course of the pandemic, the barriers that may exist development site at 3281-3295 asking for your support by emailto vaccinations, and how people can be supported to East 22nd Avenue at https:// ing john@gibsonhospitality.com recover from the effects of the pandemic. It will take 15rezoning.vancouver.ca/ or roger@gibsonhospitality.com. 20 minutes to complete and is available in 10 languages applications/3281-3295e22/ If you have questions, contact including English, French, Simplified and Traditional index.htm them at 604-683-6506. Chinese, Punjabi, Farsi, Arabic, Spanish, Korean and American Sign Language. For more information, please visit www.bccdc.ca/covid19survey.
New garden pop-up store in Renfrew-Collingwood Mid-April, an Urban Roots Garden Market popped up at the northeast corner of East 29th Avenue and Rupert. The flowers and vegetables come from growers in Aldergrove and Abbotsford and currently there are three other locations in Vancouver, including one near the PNE. The pop-up market runs through June. The pop-up garden store carries a good selection of flowers, bedding plants, hanging baskets, herbs, tomato, zucchini, cucumber, squash, strawberry plants and blueberry bushes as well as West Coast Seeds and garden tools.
Photo by Julie Cheng
St. Mary’s Charity Flowers Project This year St. Mary’s church at 5251 Joyce is running a Mother’s Day fundraising campaign by Ave Maria Garden. Order a flower bouquet by April 30 and proceeds will go to The Door Is Open in the Downtown Eastside to feed people who are experiencing homelessness. Pick-up is May 1 or May 8. To order and find more information visit www.facebook.com/avemariagardencanada
To better support businesses during these difficult times, the Circuit Breaker Business Relief Grant is now available. Affected businesses, including restaurants, bars, breweries, wineries, gyms, and fitness centres can receive up to $10,000 in one-time funding to help with expenses, as well as unexpected costs. Applications for the Circuit Breaker Business Relief Grant are now open, and we encourage all eligible businesses to apply at www.gov.bc.ca/business-relief. A friendly reminder the timeline for B.C.’s COVID-19 Vaccination Plan is dependent on vaccine supply and availability. For more information, please visit https://www2. gov.bc.ca/gov/content/covid-19/vaccine/plan. Regular updates can be found at the site above or over the phone at 1-888-COVID19 from 7:30am to 5pm and translation services are available in more than 120 languages. As of April 23rd, anyone born in 2003 or earlier (age 18+) were encouraged to register to get vaccinated. You will be contacted separately when you are eligible to book an appointment. My community office will continue to provide services for constituents via phone and email. Please leave us a voicemail at 604-660-0314 or we are best reached at adrian.dix.mla@leg.bc.ca, and we will get in touch with you as soon as we can. You can also visit us on our website at www.adrian.dix.mla.bcndpcaucus.ca/. 基於抗疫措施，本辦事處暫時只提供電郵及電 話服務，如需協助請電郵 adrian.dix.mla@ leg.bc.ca或致電 604-660-0314 留言。詳盡及 最新資訊，請遊覽辦事處網頁 www.adrian.dix. mla.bcndpcaucus.ca/. Thank you for all that you’re doing and take care! Adrian Dix, MLA Vancouver-Kingsway
