Friday, April 27, 2012

It’s all about the corner! The corner store, the corner deli, the corner cafe….


Lately have been watching  videos  about ‘what makes a city great’
One of the best to speak on  this topic  was the late  Jane Jacobs.
This video is well worth a few minutes of your time. What an eye-opener!

Friday, April 6, 2012

Pop- Up Park for City Centre. Great idea But when is it Newton’s turn??


City Centre continues to receive lots of goodies from the city. Look at this fabulous POP-Up Park on the link.
Meanwhile  Southeast Newton languishes.
What is it going to take before attention is paid to the decline of South Newton specifically the King George corridor between 64th and 76th avenues?
Not just lip service.
Real attention  followed by concrete action. Newton  residents deserve more than to be the recipients of  Whalley’s darker side. You can’t keep pushing the problem down into this community. Wonder how South Surrey would feel about having Newton’s  problems.
This is not good for Newton and it’s not good for Surrey.
Let’s get some love for Newton going on here.