Riverview Lands-RHCS

Letter to Editor- By Sue Haberger, Coquitlam NOW October 22, 2010

2010-11-05T15:14:00.000-07:00

Riverview deserves heritage designation

By Sue Haberger, Coquitlam NOW October 22, 2010

Letter to Editor- By Cynthia Van Ginkel, Coquitlam NOW November 3, 2010

2010-11-03T15:12:00.000-07:00

Riverview facilities are needed

By Cynthia Van Ginkel, Coquitlam NOW November 3, 2010

No national historic status for Riverview Oct.20/2010

2010-10-20T15:18:00.000-07:00

No national historic status for Riverview

Letter to Editor- September 24, 2010

2010-09-24T15:08:00.000-07:00

Preserve all of Riverview grounds as gift to British Columbians

Anne Holt, Coquitlam Letter to Editor- September 24, 2010 Tricity News

Another Wave of NON NEWS - February 2008

2008-02-16T01:14:00.000-08:00

Read the 'In the News' links in the sidebar for the latest.

For over 15 years the answer to our question about plans for Riverview have been the same; No plans, their working on it. Well in those years THEY have allowed these beautiful heritage buildings to deteriorate. I suspect the buildings are not as bad yet as they want people to believe so are putting off the development idea a little longer?
Lets get off this horrible mindset that only NEW is good, lets save some heritage buildings for a change.

Heritage Status - January 2008

2008-01-23T23:41:00.000-08:00

Council voted unanimously Monday to endorse the addition of the 244-acre site — its buildings, trees and landscape features — on the city’s heritage register.

Read more!

November 2007

2007-11-30T09:45:00.000-08:00

On Monday November 26th members of RHCS and BMN set off for Victoria, to witness Coquitlam/Maillardville MLA, Diane Thorne, and Port Coquitlam MLA, Mike Farnworth, present “almost 11,000” petitions to the Legislature. This is the last week of the fall session, and it was deemed necessary to get the petition tabled, before any public debate sessions start to happen in the spring. (They will continue to accept signed petitions until April.)
Sign the online petition -- Print & sign a paper version

Look out for a schedule of public meetings to discuss the proposal to build up to 10,000 housing units on the Riverview Lands. We have been told that planning for these will start in the new year, but you never know with the vagaries of political life if the timetable could be speeded up. Do try to attend a meeting (or 2), and be prepared to let “them” know how you feel about this.

September 2007 - Help Save Riverview:

2007-09-04T23:18:00.000-07:00

Sign the online petition
Better yet print a paper version & have all your friends & family sign (don't forget to mail it to one of the two MLA's)
Visit Facebook & Join the forum "Protect the Riverview Lands"

For More information visit:
Riverview Horticultural Centre Society
Save Riverview Hospital Blog

August 2007

2007-08-07T23:44:00.000-07:00

Housing Minister Rich Coleman's plan for a massive real estate development on the Riverview Hospital grounds is short-sighted. When he talks about thousands of housing units it's as if he were talking about bare land. Riverview is the antithesis of bare land. Coleman says he has toured the area. One would think that he could visualize something quite different than high-density housing on this beautiful site, such as those ideas put forth in the 2005 Riverview Task Force Report, which has been ignored. The Tri-City area is already providing housing density in Coquitlam Town Centre, downtown Port Coquitlam and Port Moody's north side.

The Riverview Horticultural Centre Society has always, and will always, support the needs of the mentally ill at Riverview, but is strongly opposed to market housing on the site. The grounds contain an exceptional collection of mature trees that have been allowed to grow freely to their natural mature size and form. We need to retain what little green space we have left in the Lower Mainland.

Riverview should be retained as it was originally planned, a therapeutic space and sanctuary for the mentally ill and the public.

Donna Crosby,
President
Riverview Horticultural Centre Society

August 2007 - Langley Advance

2007-08-01T23:13:00.000-07:00

Have the constituents of Hon. [Fort Langley-Aldergrove MLA] Rich Coleman heard of Riverview? Do they have any idea what is really there? Do they know what a loss this site would be to Coquitlam, B.C., Canada, and beyond?
This is not a bare piece of land, as Coleman would like to make it sound. This site is not simply green space, but an exceptional collection of mature trees that have been allowed to grow freely to their natural mature size and form, equivalent of a world-class arboretum.

On Friday, July 27, the Fort Langley-Aldergrove MLA's surprise announcement felt to us how Fort Langley residents might feel if our MLA planned a high-density development in Derby Reach Regional Park.
Coquitlam council and the community have been part of the Riverview Task Force to create a plan for the site since 2003. Coleman's announcement is in total conflict with everything in the "For the Future of Riverview" report.
Cabinet minister Coleman has in one statement attempted to destroy 15 years of volunteer efforts to protect the site. The trees will not survive the type of development suggested. The density alone will destroy what makes those trees unique.
The unique potential of the site would be lost if market housing were developed. It would be like building high rises in the middle of Stanley Park before people knew what was there. It may be smaller, but it is no less valuable.

July 27 2007

2007-07-27T23:48:00.000-07:00

Hon. Rich Coleman