admin | August 2, 2009
July 30, 2009 There have been numerous statements over the past few months suggesting that the owners of CRC have the “legal right” to a 58-lot subdivision at Cape Roger Curtis. None of these statements can be attributed to a person with knowledge of municipal law, and appear to be simply a strategy to gain [...]
admin | March 1, 2009
As most people on Bowen already know, the CRC Trust Society has worked tirelessly for over 5 years to preserve and protect the lands of Cape Roger Curtis as stated in the mandate of the Islands Trust. The Trust Society is a group of people who would have preferred that the whole Cape be preserved [...]
admin | March 1, 2009
Letter to Bowen Island Municipality, Attention: Michael Rosen, 81 Artisan Lane, Bowen Island BC V0N 1G0 dated February 11, 2009 Re: Cape Roger Curtis – Neighbourhood Plan – September 2008 The Cape Roger Curtis Trust Society has been asked to comment on the development options for the 631-acre Cape Roger Curtis Lands (“CRC”) entitled Neighbourhood Plan [...]
admin | February 15, 2008
Letter from the Directors of the Cape Roger Curtis Trust Society to Bowen Island Municipality, Attention: Michael Rosen, 81 Artisan Lane, Bowen Island BC V0N 1G0 Re: Cape Roger Curtis — Preliminary Neighbourhood Plan and Implementation Options (dated January 3, 2008) The Cape Roger Curtis Trust Society has been asked to comment on the three [...]
admin | February 15, 2008
by Nerys Poole February 10, 2008, submitted for publication to Bowen Island Undercurrent I have just reviewed the Cape Roger Curtis (CRC) Comprehensive Transportation Impact Study prepared by Opus Hamilton for the CRC owners, dated February 2008. There are a few glaring errors that lead me to question the extent to which the authors analyzed [...]
admin | February 8, 2008
by Don Maclean February 08, 2008, Bowen Island Undercurrent Yes Virginia, size matters, particularly population size that has to be absorbed by a struggling infrastructure that has enough problems fixing potholes. Completely ignoring all the wonderful amenities and beachfront parks that are continually being used as a lure to support substantial development, I’ll restrict my [...]
admin | February 8, 2008
by Bill Granger February 08, 2008, Bowen Island Undercurrent Thanks for publishing Ian Fry’s letter about the horrible state of Bowen’s roads, especially targeting the heavy traffic of eighteen-wheelers coming and going, taking our precious forest logs and bringing tonnes of concrete, gravel, fill, milled wood and building materials to the far reaches of the [...]
admin | February 1, 2008
by Ian Fry February 01, 2008, Bowen Island Undercurrent EXCERPT: If ever there was an opportunity to pay more than lip service to the term ‘green’ this should have been it. When people say that they want to get away from the noise and stress of cities, what they mean is getting away from traffic.
admin | January 25, 2008
by Sylvie Deselliers Bowen Island Undercurrent, January 18, 2008 To those of us triggered by the attitude of the owner of the Cape Roger Curtis and to those willing to reach a higher level of understanding and consciousness regarding that experience, I have to say that we need to have a better look at ourselves.
admin | January 18, 2008
by Eric Sherlock Bowen Island Undercurrent, January 18, 2008 Something happened to the Cape Roger Curtis developers on the way to their coronation as enlightened landowners.