This year saw the start of a visioning exercise for a 102-year-old property held sacred by many Tri-City residents.
The provincial government tasked BC Housing to ask the public, health authorities and stakeholders how they wanted to see the Riverview Hospital grounds repurposed.
And judging by the feedback from its open houses so far, the response has been overwhelming to keep at least some of the lands reserved to help mental health clients.
BC Housing, which is due to take over possession of Riverview in 2015 from Shared Services BC, will have online voting open until Jan. 16 on its illustrations (renewingriverview.com); the public is invited to rate the drawings on how they want to see Riverview take shape.
Finally, this spring, the agency will host its last open house series, with the end result intended to be incorporated into the city of Coquitlam's land use plans for the 240 acres.
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