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Parks committee considers future of historic Bowen Island orchard site

Members of Metro Vancouver's regional mother of pearl van cleef necklace fake parks committee will take a field trip to Bowen Island this week to discuss two plans for revitalizing a historic site in Crippen Regional Park.

purpose of the project is to find a long term sustainable plan for the site that connects it better with the park and provides better access for public use to the space and the buildings, and also tells the story of the unique history of the site, said Jeffrey Fitzpatrick, a manager for Metro Vancouver regional parks.

It is now home to 10 of the 20 cottages that were built there by the Union Steamship Company in 1928. Four of them are in use two as the Bowen Island Heritage Preservation Association museum and office and two as short term rentals operated by the marina. The other six are in various states of disrepair and require significant upgrades. The site is planted with a number of heritage species.

Metro Vancouver believes the site is underused because the cottages are deteriorating, there is no clearly defined program for the site, there is limited open space, and although it is near the main street it is relatively secluded from the rest of Snug Cove.

want to see more people having access to that site and enjoying that park, said Fitzpatrick.

Maureen Nicholson, a Bowen Island municipal councillor who is also a member of Metro parks committee, said the orchard is a prominent site near the island main street, and its revitalization is important to the community.

I think it quite wonderful to see some movement on that area, she said. the most part it just been marked by neglect, and to have that essentially in the centre of your village is not a very healthy thing.

not full scale heritage restoration, but it also not full scale demolition of the cottages, she said.

Metro did public engagement and site, building and heritage assessments before developing two concepts for the orchard.

The first preserves the four cottages that are already updated. The second retains four cottages and upgrades two more for use as public, bookable facilities. Both concepts include open space, site reorganization, integration of orchard plantings, a van cleef and arpels sweet alhambra necklace fake nature trail, interpretive displays, marking the decommissioned cottage sites with plinths and a programming area.

The first concept, which is more focused on open space, would cost $833,000 to execute and $25,000 to operate annually. The second, heritage focused option would cost $1.34 million, plus $35,000 for annual operating costs.

Personally, Nicholson would prefer to see the heritage focused option go ahead, but she said both options represent a significant investment in the community of Bowen Island.

a very substantial investment in our regional park, and a very welcome investment.

Fitzpatrick said he butterfly van cleef necklace fake is looking forward to hearing from the public.

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