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The problem with the OCP 2030 Hubs and Spokes option
In its continuing work on developing the 2030 Official Community Plan, the City of Kelowna planning department has generated a refined land use scenario based on the Hubs and Spokes option which was m… more →
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The problem with the OCP 2030 Hubs and Spokes option
John Zeger wrote 5 months ago: In its continuing work on developing the 2030 Official Community Plan, the City of Kelowna planning … more →
27 storey highrise on Barnard Avenue approved by stealth
John Zeger wrote 7 months ago: I am very disturbed by Kelowna City Council’s recent decision to approve the application for a 27 st … more →
Home is where the heart is
John Zeger wrote 8 months ago: I recently returned from an extended stay in San Diego County, California where I visited the cities … more →
San Francisco knows how to keep a good thing going
John Zeger wrote 1 year ago: San Francisco has one of the liveliest, most interesting waterfronts in the world attracting 15 mill … more →
Elect a new city council that opposes CD 21
John Zeger wrote 1 year ago: Citizens for a Livable Downtown is endorsing a group of candidates that we are supporting for the No … more →
The great swindle of the downtown CD Zone and density bonusing
John Zeger wrote 1 year ago: I am providing a link to a recent article in the British newspaper The Evening Standard about London … more →
Simplistic solutions will result in disastrous outcomes
John Zeger wrote 1 year ago: “Build up, not out.” I could train a parrot to say that because it really doesn’t take much intelli … more →
letter to Kelowna City Council on the downtown CD Zone (21)
John Zeger wrote 1 year ago: Below is an e-mail that I sent to Kelowna’s mayor and city council regarding their initial con … more →
ImagineKelowna website creates false image of future downtown
John Zeger wrote 1 year ago: They say that marketing is more about the packaging than it is about the product, and that is certai … more →
My presentation to the APC on the downtown CD Zone proposal
John Zeger wrote 1 year ago: Mr. Chairman and Members of the Commission: I would like to make some general remarks about the CD Z … more →
Central Green proposal fails the test of energy sustainability
John Zeger wrote 1 year ago: The City’s final plan for the Central Green (old KSS site) has many desirable features, such as an a … more →
High-rises do not contribute to sustainability
John Zeger wrote 1 year ago: I am glad that B.C. Forest Minister Pat Bell said something that a few of us already knew when he st … more →
My presentation to the APC on the Doyle Avenue High-Rise Project (June 17, 2008)
John Zeger wrote 1 year ago: Mr. Chairman, members of the Commission: One year ago when the applicant came before you with a pr … more →
Santa Barbara residents move to lower allowable building heights
John Zeger wrote 1 year ago: “smart growth” — Kelowna in 50 years At a time when building height restrictions … more →
Stop approving highrises until fire safety is assured
John Zeger wrote 1 year ago: As published in the Kelowna Daily Courier, the warning from former L.A. fire captain Kurt Swan that … more →
