What do you think of this application to go up to 14 stories (RM 6 zone) as opposed to staying low within the existing RM2 zone? The amount of green space around the buildings is very clearly depicted in these renderings as opposed to the large footprint we would have if the proposal was to …

  I am excited that Pitt Meadows, Maple Ridge and Mission have been selected to partner with the Province in the first of three regional economic development pilot projects as part of Canada Starts Here: The BC Jobs Plan.        

Resisted by some, embraced by others, comments were made at all candidates meetings as to whether Maple Ridge is moving forward. People complain that nothing seems to change. Well they do…….. Here is where we are on business licences compared to our neighbouring municipalities for the Metro region. An article written by Don Cayo of …

The Albion flats is one of our biggest issues facing us as a community. Below I have tried to compile some thoughts as to where we are, links to information, and some opinion as to where I think this is all headed. This link will take you to all of the work that has been …

Click to see:  Northumberland Court finally comes down!! Yesterday I watched a piece of Maple Ridge be demolished, a place where people lived as affordable housing under deplorable conditions, where the landlord and the criminals were always ready to take advantage of anything and anyone. The message for me was that we need more affordable …

download the bulletin here Homelessness Awareness Week 2011 Bulletin There are people in this community that suffer because of homelessness, poverty and hunger. The need for housing and financial security pushes many to the margins. Lets bring the community together and show that we are willing to include everyone, and work together to find solutions. …

I have been living in Maple Ridge for 23 years now and every year the costs continue to climb without exception. I’m sure its no different anywhere else in the Metro Vancouver area. These are simply not sustainable over the long run. Where does it all end? When did you last get a raise? when …

The Metro Vancouver regional 2040 plan projects that Maple Ridge have a population of 150,000, we will have 30,000 more homes by the year 2040. By the year 2020 2900 rental units and 5300 homes will be needed. Where will our children live? How will they afford this? Where will they work? We need to …

How do we get money for roads, buses, parks, schools, social and recreation needs? I have learned over the last three years on Council that relationships are very important. In order to get what we need in Maple Ridge it is very key to build relationships within higher levels of Government so we can get …

Arts, culture, recreation, heritage and a safe community. These are the things that draw people to a community… Our community needs to be safe with quality services like Fire, Police and Ambulance. I have been in this business for 31 years now and understand the need to provide good service in this area. I know …

There have been some changes in this area… More needs to be done. We need to support initiatives to find solutions for the homeless. They become homeless for a reason and we need to get to the bottom of why this is happening and do something to help this problem. Homeless are people too and …

We need an expanded and well rounded balanced tax base so homeowners don’t keep getting increases with no one else helping out. Our vision and community plan needs more work to reflect this so we can attract more business and industry here. This will in turn provide more jobs. The tax dollars from industrial and …

We need connector routes to move vehicles and transit from the East side of Maple Ridge to the West to connect to the Pitt River bridge as well as the Golden Ears bridge. For our future we need to be working towards more connections from Maple Ridge to the balance of the existing systems in …

We need good quality Jobs. What are quality jobs? How do we get good quality jobs here in Maple Ridge? Lots of us leave here to go to work in other municipalities. Over 60% of us are doing this. Wouldnt it be great if more of us could live, work and shop here? We could …