EcoDensity here to stay
Despite Mayor Sam Sullivan’s electoral loss, the plan to increase city densities has widespread support
Frances Bula, Vancouver Sun
Published: Thursday, June 12, 2008
VANCOUVER - For the past two years, EcoDensity has been ridiculed as a marketing ploy, an empty phrase for self-promotion by now-deposed Mayor Sam Sullivan, a giveaway to developers, and a recycled version of existing Vancouver policy.
But it was also praised as a much-needed and exciting kickstart for Vancouver in thinking about how to build a more sustainable city.
EcoDenisty - A flashy name or a mechanism for change? Time will tell