Dear Editor:
Change is hard but ultimately rewarding.
Each time I visit my daughter, I look forward to reading the community paper, and this time I feel compelled to write this letter of support for the great work you are doing to plan for growth in the future while also protecting your heritage by establishing a heritage conservation area (HCA).
I live in Oak Bay in Victoria; a community with many beautiful older heritage homes and lovely character homes built before 1950. Only 28 are designated, and our register includes just under 100 properties.
Like New Westminster, we are being “rebuilt,” but unlike your community, this means that our older single-family homes are simply being replaced by larger single-family homes – it does not mean we are building new multi-family housing or innovative infill housing to address the need for housing choices and new options.
I read with interest the articles on your new HCA and applaud the community for moving forward to protect Queen’s Park from the wrecking ball and unfettered development.
This area is unique now in the Lower Mainland and deserves protection.
Jan Mears, Victoria
