BEFORE: Street banners… These beautiful banners hung on Dunbar Street from 2008 – 2010. They were the first banners produced by the Dunbar Village Business Improvement Association.
AFTER: … Courier bags! The DVBIA donated 150 left-over street banners to the Dunbar Residents’ Association Salmonberry Days team, for us to use in a community project.

Own a piece of Dunbar history

Zero Waste Vancouver helped by developing a pattern to produce courier bags from the banners. The pattern uses every single bit of the banner except the plastic edging and the grommets.

Community volunteers sewed up several dozen bags like this one – sleek, sturdy, and attractive!

DIMENSIONS:

Width: 13”
Height: 15”

YOU can own a bag like this! Or give one to a friend! We are holding an on-line auction to raise funds for  projects in the community.

Support Salmonberry Days ~ Make a bid on a bag!

Send your bid and your contact information. We will contact you if yours is a winning bid.

salmonberrydays@gmail.com

Tuesday, May 2 is ELECTION DAY in Canada!

The Dunbar Residents’ Association and St. Mary’s Kerrisdale Anglican Church invite you to a Meet the Candidates evening with Vancouver Quadra candidates:

• Victor Elkins (NDP)
• Deborah Meredith (Conservative)
• Joyce Murray (Liberal)
• Laura-Leah Shaw (Green)

Candidates will be responding to moderator questions followed by questions from the floor and informal conversation over refreshments.

This is your opportunity to meet the candidates and hear what they have to say about the issues that are important to you.

Just a quick note to invite you to our Going Green on Dunbar event, this Saturday (March 12/11) from 11am – 3pm.

Highlights –

• Experience the bike lane with free pedi-cab rides. Pick-up/drop-off locations in front of Tim Hortons, at Dunbar & W29th, and the Scotiabank parking lot.
• Also at these three locations, we have FREE St. Patrick’s Day give-aways to help you go green, literally!
• Look for bike safety, community information, an interactive public art project, scavenger hunt, and live Irish entertainment at Dunbar & W29th.

This event is presented by the businesses and property owners of the Dunbar Village Business Association. We hope to see you there!

The residents of the 4600 Block West 11th Avenue, where a number of Laneway Homes are being constructed, will be giving a Powerpoint presentation on their experience.

Whether you are in favour of or against this new form of housing, the presentation will be extremely informative and will outline the implications for neighbours who may be concerned about the impact on their property.

Room 208, Dunbar Community Centre, 4747 Dunbar Street
7:30pm Thursday, March 17th, 2011

We’ve added Disappearing Dunbar to our side panel of Dunbar Links of Distinction.

This is a website about Dunbar’s redevelopment and the site notes our changing Dunbar neighbourhood what with old houses making way for the new,and  much larger, houses often with laneway houses.

DUNBAR RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

This year’s AGM is for those who love their gardens (or wish that they could) or who think that, given a chance, they could become an urban farmer…we have a group of experts who can enlighten you on just about any aspect of gardening that you could imagine.

Monday, November 15, 2010; 7:00 -10:00 p.m.

St. Philip’s Church, 3737 West 27th Avenue

7:00 Business Meeting including election of 2010/2011 directors

7:30 Program: Panel Discussion, followed by Questions from the floor

9:15 Join us for coffee, tea and cookies

PANEL DISCUSSION

Sustainable Gardens for a Sustainable Neighbourhood

Panelists:

• Allen Garr, Journalist and Urban Beekeeper
• Jordan McDonald, certified horticulturist and co-owner of KJM Country Gardens
• Sharon Slack from City Farmer
• Julia Smith and Ann Pacey from the Dunbar Transition Village
• Will Valley, co-founder of Inner City Farms and PhD candidate in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Moderator: Helen Spiegelman

Lord Kitchener Elementary School Gymnasium
4055 Blenheim Street, Vancouver
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 7-9 pm
$5/person or $8/couple

Our children’s use of online communication and social media is exploding. How do we stay ahead of this technology curve and guide our children safely and wisely through a time of unprecedented change? When is it appropriate to allow our kids on social networking sites like Facebook? How do we protect them from inappropriate content on sites like YouTube?
How do we keep them from being exploited by the information and individuals they encounter on the Internet?

Parenting in a Cyber-Age  will explore the many parenting challenges presented by the Internet age. This presentation aims to help parents acquire the tools to deal with these challenges with a particular focus on Internet literacy and safety information. Presented by BC’s Safe Online Outreach Society (SOLOS) this presentation will also provide timely information on topics including:
» Web 101
» Parents as “cyber-tourists”; youth as “cyber residents”
» Emerging trends in online youth culture
» High risk activities online
» The nature of sexual exploitation in cyberspace
» Internet safety tips and resources

Public is welcome. Please contact shaben@telus.net for further information or to reserve seats.