Queen’s Park residents are encouraged to have a say in what their neighbourhood will look like in the coming years.
The Queen’s Park Residents’ Association will focus on heritage and the neighbourhood vision in the official community plan update at its upcoming meeting. Lynn Roxburgh, a planner with the City of New Westminster, will provide an overview of the official community plan and how it affects the Queen’s Park neighbourhood.
Representatives from the Queen’s Park neighbourhood heritage study group, who have been meeting since 2014 to examine different approaches for retaining and enhancing the neighbourhood’s character, will also make a presentation.
The residents’ association’s general meeting takes place on Sunday, Feb. 21 from 1:30 to 4 p.m. at the Centennial Lodge in Queen’s Park.
Kathleen Langstroth, the association’s president, feels the neighbourhood is at a turning point and she believes a revised official community plan (OCP) and the recommendations of the neighbourhood study group will impact the future of not just Queen’s Park, but the entire city.
“What comes out of the OCP and the heritage study group could literally change the way our city looks and feels,” she said in a press release. “We have to ensure we protect our heritage stock, while acknowledging the reality that we must meet the demands of a growing population.”
Langstroth said a variety of ideas have been discussed since the study group was formed, including infill housing, density, demolitions, design regulations and conservation areas. She encourages residents to attend this weekend’s meeting and get involved.
Prior to the residents’ association meeting, an open house is being held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Centennial Lodge to review a heritage revitalization agreement application for 313 Queens Ave., where the owners want to build an addition at the rear of their home.
