The City of North Vancouver is situated on the north shore of Burrard Inlet, nestled between the ocean and mountains. With its unique history in shipbuilding and shipyards, North Vancouver is able to utilize these now vacant lands for waterfront revitalization projects which will ultimately benefit the whole community.

The following information is extracted from the City of North Vancouver Official Community Plan and website.

The City of North Vancouver has completed and is currently initiating several revitalization projects throughout the city:

• 14th Street Civic Plaza  The new plaza includes a colourful play and seating area for families, numerous concrete block seating arrangements and metal slat benches, an improved pool including waterfall-like features, a redesigned clock tower, three fountain-like water features with inlaid lighting, and landscaping which includes native vegetation and trees.
• 600 East 21st Street During 1999, staff completed a street tree planting and "naturalization" landscape project along the 600 block of East 21st Street. The project was initiated to reduce the development impacts from the one of the last new residential subdivisions in the City.

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• Lower Lonsdale Project  A $50 million redevelopment project that will transform the look and feel of one of the North Shore’s most desirable areas.
• Sunrise Park Redevelopment  The enhancement of a local soccer park. Includes trail and environmental enhancements, field lighting, and street works.
• Versatile: The Shipyards  A new waterfront development which includes a large part of the former Versatile Pacific/Burrard Shipyard at Lonsdale Avenue & Esplanade. This proposal inlcudes approximately 1.16 million square feet of residential, commercial and institutional uses.

During the 1990’s the City experienced considerable growth in the industrial, commercial and residential sectors. In 1998, approximately $44 million of construction occurred in the City of North Vancouver.

The commercial development area of the City of North Vancouver was originally centered on Lonsdale Avenue. From the 1960s to the 1980s, more peripheral commercial developments such as strip malls detracted from the vitality of the traditional core area. There is currently no revitalization scheme in place for this area, as projected retail success is not expected to pick up until after the year 2000 due to considerable retail development (which occurred in the mid to late 1980’s) and the slow growth and relatively mature age of the North Shore population.

New projects are underway or planned on the former sites of the Versatile Pacific Shipyards and Fullerton Lumber Company as well as the Lower Lonsdale area. Construction of Jack Louck’s Green, a parklike plaza, will commence in Lower Lonsdale this summer. This is the most extensive development/revitalization scheme of all of the City of North Vancouver's projects underway.

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