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B&B bylaw approved
Learning from the master
Despite riding a rough road en route to this week’s public hearing, Richmond’s new B&B bylaw passed through at city hall with little fuss.
Richmond sous chef Kylo Hoy couldn’t believe his luck when he was invited to spend a day shadowing Vancouver’s king of sushi Hidekazu Tojo at his downtown restaurant.
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Where’s the birdie? ... Richmond Nature Park was the place to be for bird watchers last week, with a number of colourful species catching the lense of News reader Branko Popazivanov. On the left is a male rufous-sided towhee and his buddy on the right is a black-capped chickadee.
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12-acre public park to rise from ruins Former Fantasy Gardens castle finds new home, could become a daycare facility
A new 12-acre agricultural public park looks set to rise from the ruins of the old Fantasy Gardens. And the famous Dutch replica of Coeverden Castle — which many feared might be lost when Townline Homes won approval to develop the site into a 550-unit mixed residential/ commercial “village” — could be relocated slightly to the north, becoming an integral part of the new park. It has also been suggested $
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that the castle be used on site as a daycare facility. The “Garden Park Plan,” as it’s called, was proposed this week by Townline for the 12.2 acres of Agricultural Land Reserve property, as part of its agreement with the city to transform the dilapidated Fantasy Gardens site at No. 5 Road and Steveston Highway. The new park, which the developer will pay around $1.2 million to construct, will be located on the old Fantasy Gardens botanical garden, immediately north of the residential/commercial develop-
ment. Inside the park there are plans for: ❚ Enhancements to existing gardens and walkways; ❚ Restoring the bell tower; feature replacements (such as the bridges); ❚ A community agriculture hub with a large community garden and farm school program; ❚ A farm-themed children’s play area; ❚ A parking lot; ❚ Relocating Coeverden Castle to the western edge of the park, fronting onto No. 5 Road; ❚ Park access from a new con-
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trolled intersection and internal road on No. 5 Road at the north edge of the development site. City council’s planning committee chair, Coun. Bill McNulty, said the plan, which passed unanimously on Tuesday evening, will “get great utilization out of the whole area.” “It’s very well thought out and it’s a very progressive one and all-inclusive,” McNulty said. “It provides the community with a whole lot of variety.” McNulty also lauded the move to incorporate the castle see Park page 6
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The replica of Coeverden Castle could serve as a daycare in Townline Homes’ Garden Park proposal.
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