Media Advisory

For Immediate Release

 

From: Pacific Spirit Park Society and the Wreck Beach Preservation Society

 

THE BATTLE OVER WRECK BEACH TOWERS MOVES TO FULL GVRD BOARD

 

Vancouver, BC - July 28, 2005 - The battle over Wreck Beach Towers moves to the full Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) Board.

 

What:     Full GVRD Board Meeting

When:    Friday, July 29, 2005, 11:30 a.m.

Where:   2nd Floor Board Room, 4330 Kingsway, Burnaby

 

The GVRD Board is expected to vote on GVRD Staff recommendations regarding Phase Two of the UBC Towers project. Representatives of the Wreck Beach Preservation Society (WBPS), Pacific Spirit Park Society (PSPS), the public and students will be speaking.

 

The first tower, Phase One, is now being completed. The proposed Phase Two, including three more towers, has not yet received a building permit and is now the issue of the controversy. The issue is expected to receive lively and heated debate.

 

The WBPS and PSPS release of July 13, as well as other press releases and photos of tower visibility from the beach, may be found at http://www.wreckbeach.org/towers#background

 

Additional new information is in a backgrounder. Line-of-sight (viewscape) drawings and other background reports and presentations available upon request.

 

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For more information please contact:

 

Judy Williams - Chair, WBPS

Email: judyw@wreckbeach.org

Home Phone: 604-856-9598

Cell Phone: 604-308-6336 (cannot be reached if at home so try home number)

 

James Loewen - Media Relations, WBPS

Email: james3d@shaw.ca

Phone: 604-689-9697

 

Kim Siren - Director, PSPS

Email: siren1@telus.net

Phone: 604-738-5233

 

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