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b]Councillor wants permanent home for Vancouver dragon boaters [/b] VANCOUVER/CKNW (AM980)
Liza Yuzda | Email news tips to [email protected]
6/18/2013
A Vancouver city councillor is working to find the dragon boating community a permanent home.
For years, dragon boaters have used a small trailer near the Telus World of Science to store their equipment and a small room at Creekside Community Centre for administration.
NPA Coun. George Affleck says it's time to make a firm plan to change that.
“So many people come to our city to enjoy water and I would like to see us create a facility that tourists and locals can really enjoy, and I think that would be a great investment for developers and for the city."
Affleck says he would like to see a permanent boathouse go up east of the Cambie bridge.
He plans to table a motion to council next week. Let's all throw our support behind this great idea. I know it's been discussed for years but maybe now it will become real. There is a developer's large sign on the vacant property behind the DZ trailer (Alcan Paddler's Village site) saying a new development is coming soon. Perhaps City Council can extract concessions from the Developer for height or density requirements in exchange for constructing a Paddling Centre?
