Port Alberni’s Future Development Zoned Land – Green Space or Urban Sprawl?

City Owned land on the market. At an Alberni Valley Transition Town Meeting on March 17th (agenda here) Councillor Poon, who is the City representative at the AVTTS (non-voting) told the members present that the City has tasked the newly re-hired Director of Development with “selling off empty pieces of land that are within our …

Now make it a Park – Port Alberni lives up to its commitment to Tseshaht and the community on HarbourView lands.

Eventually making the right decision is always better than not making it. On May 13 Council voted down, 2-4 (Councillor Paulson was away) a motion — made by the Mayor and seconded by Councillor Corbeil — to retain ownership of the treed portion of the Harbour View land. On May 27, the Mayor asked Council …

Compromise solution for Harbour View Lands

Submitted to the Alberni Valley News this morning: Dear Editor,There is a simple solution to the Harbourview Lands question.  The treed “park” area which has stood the same for most of the past 100 years (if not much longer) and has an active eagle’s nest right now, is only one portion of the area under …