Posts by Dan
Final SAAQS Report Update
The final report for the two-year Strathcona Area Air Quality Study is complete. A two-page summary will soon be available for release. We’re planning to hold a public forum in late April to discuss the findings and potential mitigations, including getting high polluting diesel trucks off the road, advocating for ships to connect to shore…
Read MoreFebruary 2026 Newsletter
Next Meeting. The SRA will hold a residents meeting on Tuesday, March 3, from 7-8:30 PM at the Strathcona Community Centre. We’ll be discussing the upcoming municipal election and how changes in city planning policies may impact our neighbourhood. More details on both these topics below. An agenda will go out to all members just…
Read More2025 AGM Minutes – Dec 1 2025
SRA 2025 AGM Dec. 1, 2025. 7-8:30 PM Strathcona Community Centre In person and Online Chair: Dan Jackson Presidents Report The AGM began with Dan reporting the SRA’s financials, noting they raised $10,500 from neighborhood film location donations. $3,7473 was spent on community events – Maclean Park Music, Prior Block party, and Strathcona Social. $1,414…
Read MoreNovember 2025 Newsletter
November 2025 Newsletter Upcoming Local Events Monday, Dec. 1, 7-9 PM. The SRA Residents Meeting and AGM will be held at the Strathcona Community Centre. If you have an interest in being on the board, please contact us at sra@strathcona-residents.org. Agenda and ballots will be sent out a few days before the meeting. This is…
Read MoreSeptember 2025 Newsletter
** September 2025 Newsletter ———————————————————— ** Upcoming Local Events ———————————————————— SRA Residents Meeting Tuesday, September 16, 7-8:30 PM, in the upstairs community room at the Strathcona Community Centre. We’ll be discussing questions around safety and development (see below). Both in person and online. An agenda and zoom link will go out to all members the…
Read MoreJuly 2025 Newsletter
** July 2025 Newsletter ———————————————————— ** Upcoming Local Events ———————————————————— Tuesday July 1, 2-4 PM. Canada Day Jazz Concert at the Labyrinth (in the Linear Park off Hawks) with the Gerry Teahan Quintet. Free cake by Lynn. Saturday July 5, 4-10 PM. Union Street Block Party (600 block). Live music, dancing, free hot dogs, pickleball,…
Read MoreMay 2025 Newsletter
May 2025 Newsletter MAY RESIDENTS MEETING The SRA will be holding a residents meeting on Wednesday, May 7, from 7-8:30 PM in the upstairs community room at the Strathcona Community Centre. The agenda is wide open at this point, so please come with your concerns, questions, complaints, compliments, whatever. We’ll send out a zoom link…
Read MoreMarch 2025 Newsletter
MARCH 2025 SRA NEWSLETTER Why Are They Closing Hawks? Starting soon, CoV will install concrete barriers at the end of Hawks at Prior to close it to pass through traffic. A number of you have expressed concern/confusion/alarm: “Why!? How will I get out of the neighborhood? Whose crazy idea was this?!” Well, it was the…
Read MoreFebruary 2025 Newsletter
February 2025 Newsletter New Residency in the MacLean Park Fieldhouse The Yarrow Society is beginning a three-year residency at the MacLean Park Fieldhouse. The Yarrow Society’s focus is supporting youth and low-income immigrant seniors in Chinatown and the Downtown Eastside. They plan to use the fieldhouse as a hub for all sorts of community activities,…
Read MoreThe Free Table
One of Strathcona’s most endearing and enduring institutions is the Free Table, located midway down the 700 block of Union St. It was started over a decade ago by Hugh Tayler, who lives in the co-op. This is its story, told mostly in his words. Somewhere between 2007 and 2011, Hugh was working on a…
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