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  1. Add a rapid transit line to the valley

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    3 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Travel predominately by foot, bike, and transit  ·  Admin →
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  2. Demolish Sears and replace it with a big green plaza

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    4 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Improve access to nature  ·  Admin →
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  3. Increase overnight rates for energy consumption in offices

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    3 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Reduce greenhouse gas emissions  ·  Admin →
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  4. Create local food distribution system

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    3 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Encourage local food  ·  Admin →
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  5. Give tax breaks to corner groceries that sell healthy/fresh food instead of cigarettes

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  6. A Call to Town Hall - Plant Veggies, not Flowers

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  7. Urban Orchards

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  8. Incubator kitchens

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  9. Protect Urban Farming by changing the laws that get used to shut it down

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  10. Plant edibles

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    7 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Plant additional trees  ·  Admin →
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    TJ commented  · 

    @S.S, I too was thinking about the orange trees in Spain. I didn't realize that they weren't directly edible; guess that explains why there were so many ripe ones on the trees! I was just in Costa Rica though where we harvested mangos from the side of the road... best I've ever tasted!

    @LFWG, great to hear that is already in the works! In regards to harvesting, I came across this organization last summer: http://74.52.150.18/~vanfruit/... projects like this could help with matching up fruit with people who can use it. As well as having signage, or generally making it known, that the produce is up for grabs. I know I often feel like I'm doing something wrong when I harvest blackberries throughout the city, but I'm pretty sure they're fair game. You're right though that berries would definitely create less of a mess than larger fruit - harder to harvest though. Although I'd much rather clean up apple debris from my front yard than the millions of baby oak trees we're constantly inundated with.

    In terms of what I'd like to see, we have the ability to grow all manner of trees and bushes here in the lower mainland but I suspect there would be a backlash if tons of non-native plants were introduced. How long does something have to be here to be considered native? Do grapes and figs count, since they've been in my neighborhood for generations?

    Grapes
    Blueberries
    Figs
    Raspberries (although they probably require too much maintenance)
    Rhubarb
    Asparagus
    Apples
    Crab apples
    Chestnuts
    Are there other nut trees that grow here?

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