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LETTER: This is our chance

LETTER: This is our chance

Dear Editor: Bowen Islanders, this is your chance to bring home a community centre to our island.
LETTER: A life in the day of the community centre

LETTER: A life in the day of the community centre

July 2021 - My wife and I just moved to Bowen Island. We’re hoping to start a family in this more rural lifestyle that’s still close to the culture of the big city.
LETTER: We need somewhere to gather

LETTER: We need somewhere to gather

Dear Editor: Since moving to Bowen 22 years ago I’ve seen the need for a community center. I’ve attended various events over the years and often felt they would be so much more enjoyable if they were in an appropriate setting.
LETTER: We need community more than ever, centre will nurture it

LETTER: We need community more than ever, centre will nurture it

Dear Editor: This June marks my 27th year living on Bowen Island and I know the drive to build a community centre had historical precedent even then.
LETTER: Mulling over pros and cons of this community centre project

LETTER: Mulling over pros and cons of this community centre project

Dear Editor: Community centre plan pros: It would bring to fruition a long desired facility. The first serious design came forward in 1992 (Don Nicolson) at 14,000 sq feet and $4.8 million.
LETTER: On the edge of achieving great things

LETTER: On the edge of achieving great things

Dear Editor: Bowen Island is on the edge of achieving great things, things that the community has wanted and needed for decades.
LETTER: Community centre a vision 30 years in the making

LETTER: Community centre a vision 30 years in the making

Dear Editor, Could anyone on Bowen Island still have any doubt regarding the Community Center Project Bylaw No 477, 2019 and not vote “yes” in the next referendum? It is the achievement of more than 30 years of community vision and effort to own a ce
LETTER: ‘Let’s find our heart as a community’

LETTER: ‘Let’s find our heart as a community’

Dear Editor: Community. That’s what we are. By a simple definition, a community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as norms, religion, values, customs, or identity.
LETTER: ‘No project on the island has been more exhaustively vetted,' Sept. 3 letter reaction

LETTER: ‘No project on the island has been more exhaustively vetted,' Sept. 3 letter reaction

Dear Editor: I feel compelled to respond to last week’s letter from Steve Rio.
LETTER: Sept. 3 letter mischaracterizes performing arts and community space

LETTER: Sept. 3 letter mischaracterizes performing arts and community space

Dear Editor: Steve Rio does a disservice in his Sept. 3 letter. Not because of his opinions, but because of the mischaracterization of the 2600 sq. ft. Performing Arts & Community Space (PACS) as a ‘dream of a very small percentage of the island’.