UniverCity

03/26/2020

Covid-19 Information for UniverCity Residents

The purpose of this notice is to provide you with key resources and information regarding the COVID-19 direction from government and health authorities, as well as contacts for responding to any COVID-19 related concerns in the UniverCity community.

The City of Burnaby: The City of Burnaby is your primary resource for any concerns regarding parks, open space, and trails in the Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area and Richard Bolton Park. This is also the point of contact for construction or infrastructure questions or concerns. At this time, the City of Burnaby and the Province are still allowing construction activities. The Trust is closely monitoring construction activity, but has no authority to close down sites or enforce site practices on construction sites. For communication with the City of Burnaby, the City has a regularly updated website in regard to COVID-19 at https://tinyurl.com/ufpex73 and have a specific contact number and email for COVID-19 related concerns:
- City of Burnaby staffed call centre 604-570-3800, 8am-6pm daily
- City of Burnaby email to [email protected].

The Province of British Columbia: The Province of British Columbia is the primary source of information for orders mandating specific behaviors and activities during the COVID-19 crisis. This is regularly updated on the Province of British Columbia website with a high level of information available: https://tinyurl.com/uxrj4ug . The Province has declared COVID-19 a State of Emergency and information in relation to this declaration is managed through the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) and is regularly updated on their website: https://tinyurl.com/uxzjn6u The BCCDC also provides a very helpful poster that can be shared across communities and platforms in regard to best practices for Corona Virusprevention: http://www.bccdc.ca/Health-Info-Site/Documents/COVID19-Prevention.pdf

The Trust offices are currently closed, but staff are available during regular working hours:
Monday through Friday from 8:30am to 4:30pm for business related to the development of UniverCity.
Non-emergency related inquiries should be directed to [email protected].
Questions with regard to the commercial retailers at UniverCity should be made to MacDonald Property Management at [email protected]

These are challenging times for all of us, but we are confident that our community will respect direction from the authorities and ensure that we do everything we can to keep our community safe.


Regards,

SFU Community Trust

Find information about COVID-19 provincial supports

09/11/2019

Come join us at the SFU Town Square for the final Block Party of Summer 2019! We've got delicious food, great reads , smooth tunes, and plenty of games. See you there!

09/11/2019

Join us for a Free Pancake Breakfast tomorrow morning (8am-9am)! Stop by the Town Square to grab a quick breakfast and coffee, meet other fellow UniverCity community members and stay for a commemorative community anniversary photo. Be a part of what has become a bit of a tradition in the community, as we have taken a community anniversary photo at the one, five, ten year mark! http://univercity.ca/culture-events/community-programs-events-2/

Nesters Market - SFU (The HUB at Univercity)

09/10/2019

Initial clearing to make way for UniverCity development, 2003.

In the years since the first and most significant tree clearing, environmental activists, SFU students and faculty have all stood witness to the Trust’s commitment to balancing allowable development with the protection of the forest. The design first sketched by Jim Moodie and company and refined by Norm Hotson made way for “green fingers” of forest that are integrated into the community, providing buffer zones and park-like pockets.

Once past the obvious and inevitable first step, clearing land and laying infrastructure in the ground, the Trust faced a strategic question: What do you build first? The answer was both inevitable and impossible: Everything.

In celebration of the 15th anniversary of the first residents moving into the UniverCity community, there will be a number of events taking place this week (Sept 9th - 13th). Info: http://univercity.ca/culture-e…/community-programs-events-2/

Stop by the Town Square tomorrow from 10am - 12pm to help us decorate the 15th Anniversary banner and check out some of the great things the SFU Childcare Society are doing!

09/09/2019

Burnaby Mountain Community Concept Plan, Hotson Bakker Architect’s Team, 2000.

In 2000 the SFU Community Trust invited four teams to propose master plans for the Burnaby Mountain community. The winning plan, one that fit elegantly with the City of Burnaby’s first Official Community Plan (OCP) imagings, was cast by the firm Hotson Bakker Architects (now Dialog Vancouver). A defining characteristic of the community, and one that has come to distinguish UniverCity amongst some of the most exemplary green communities in the world, was “that the new community should be as sustainable as it could possibly be.”

In celebration of the 15th anniversary of the first residents moving into the UniverCity community, there will be a number of events taking place next week (Sept 9th - 13th). Info: http://univercity.ca/culture-e…/community-programs-events-2/

09/07/2019

In celebration of the 15th anniversary of the first residents moving into the UniverCity community, there will be a number of events taking place next week (Sept 9th - 13th). Info: http://univercity.ca/culture-events/community-programs-events-2/

Here's an aerial image of Burnaby Mountain back in 2000. Parking lots and forest that would become UniverCity.

In 1963, when architects Arthur Erickson and Geoff Massey submitted their initial plan for SFU, they envisioned that it would anchor a residential community atop Burnaby Mountain. In 1995, SFU President John Stubbs and City of Burnaby Mayor William Copeland signed a Memorandum of Understanding to begin the development process. Early negotiations resulted in the transfer of more than 320 hectares of University-owned land to the City to be included in the larger Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area. In return, the City granted SFU development approval to begin planning a community, later named “UniverCity”. In 1996, the City of Burnaby approved the Official Community Plan (OCP) and Zoning Bylaw Amendments for the development, setting the project in motion.

08/21/2019

Today's Summer (?!) Block Party has been cancelled due to the rain. Please do join us next Wednesday when we are back to our full line up of food trucks, musicians, and games

08/16/2019

StreetFest! 2019 is now accepting volunteer applications!
Contribute to the Burnaby Mountain community by volunteering at SFU StreetFest! at UniverCity, Friday, September 13th 2019. We’re bringing together the best of what Burnaby Mountain and the surrounding community has to offer; Everybody is welcome as we take over the streets of UniverCity with celebrations, vendors, artisans, great food, live music and entertainment!

StreetFest! is accepting applications for various volunteer positions including event set-up and teardown, wayfinding, information, games supervision and more!
Apply now at

 Contribute to the Burnaby Mountain community by volunteering at  StreetFest!  We are now accepting applications for various volunteer positions including event set-up and teardown, wayfinding, information, games and attractions supervision and more!

08/09/2019

SFU Ancillary Services in partnership with Fraser International College has extended the pilot Campus Community Shuttle until August 2020. Details: http://www.sfu.ca/parking/shuttle/shuttle-update.html

08/07/2019

It's going to be a hot one in the Town Square as today's Summer Block Party lineup features 🎼: Stringz Aloud Food Truck: Boca'o Spanish Tapas Iron Dog Books 🏓 ♟☀️
http://univercity.ca/culture-events/community-programs-events-2/

07/31/2019

Check out the Summer Block Party in the Town Square today 11:30am - 2:00pm! 🎼: SARA MAGAL 🌭: JAPADOG 🏓♟☀️. http://univercity.ca/culture-events/community-programs-events-2/

Iron Dog Books

07/29/2019

Dear UniverCity Community,

The culvert replacement at University Drive East is approaching completion and two-lane traffic (one lane each direction) has opened as of 10:00am on Monday, July 29th.

The westbound lane of South Campus Road will remain open as an additional exit route off campus until work can resume to complete the balance piping for the Burnaby Mountain District Energy Utility Project.

Please visit SFU's Traffic Notices page for more information. https://www.sfu.ca/srs/security/traffic-safety/traffic-notices.html