Jericho Lands planning program

From June 16 to July 16, the Jericho Lands Planning Team collected feedback on the landowner's Revised Site Plan Concept. Thank you to everyone who attended and shared their feedback through the open houses, pop ups, community meetings and the survey. We anticipate sharing a summary of what we heard in September 2023.

Your feedback, combined with other inputs, will be used to create a preferred site plan concept. This preferred site concept will form part of the draft Jericho Lands Policy Statement. Please monitor our website for future updates.

Engagement materials now live!

The fourth phase of public engagement for the ʔəy̓alməxw/Iy̓álmexw/Jericho Lands planning program is now live! This phase focuses on the landowners’ revised site plan concept, including details on land use and housing, density and building heights, parks and open space, transportation, and public amenities. We would like to know what you think.

The revised site plan concept is an illustration of how ʔəy̓alməxw/Iy̓álmexw/ the Jericho Lands could look in the future. The concept was created by the landowners’ design team based on direction from Host Nation leadership, and seeks to build on what was heard during Phase 3, incorporate feedback from engagement with Host Nation communities, layer in objectives from the draft Guiding Principles and Emerging Ideas, and reflect recently approved City and regional policies and ongoing technical work.

Community and stakeholder feedback, combined with other inputs, will be used to inform the preferred site plan concept and the draft Policy Statement.

Ways to get involved

• Learn more: Review the City’s and landowner’s information boards
• Take the survey: Provide feedback through the online survey, open until July 16, 2023
• Attend an open house:
  1. Open House #1: Saturday, June 17, 2023 (11:00AM to 3:00PM) at Jericho Hill Gymnasium & Pool | 4180 West 4^th Avenue, Vancouver
  2. Open House #2: Thursday, June 22, 2023 (4:00PM to 7:00PM) at Jericho Hill Gymnasium & Pool | 4180 West 4^th Avenue, Vancouver
  3. Open House #3: Saturday, June 24, 2023 (11:00AM to 3:00PM) at Main Floor Promenade, Central Library | 350 West Georgia Street, Vancouver
• Ask a Question: Use the "Ask a question" tab on the project web page
• Send an email: jericholands@vancouver.ca

Starting Friday, June 16, we will be launching the fourth phase of public engagement for the Jericho Lands Planning Program. This phase will focus on the landowners’ revised site concept including details on land use and housing, density and building heights, parks and open space, transportation, and public amenities. Information materials and a survey will be available on this website.

We will also be hosting three open house events in collaboration with MST Partnership and Canada Lands Company. Below are the details:

Open House #1

Saturday, June 17, 2023 (11:00am - 3:00pm)

Jericho Hill Gymnasium & Pool | 4180 W 4th Avenue, Vancouver

Open House #2

Thursday, June 22, 2023 (4:00pm - 7:00pm)

Jericho Hill Gymnasium & Pool | 4180 W 4th Avenue, Vancouver

Open House #3

Saturday, June 24, 2023 (11:00am - 3:00pm)

Main Floor Promenade, Central Library | 350 W Georgia Street, Vancouver

Tune in for the live stream of the Inspire Jericho Talk on Thursday, April 13, 2023 at 7 pm to hear MST cultural liaisons discuss how Indigenous culture, traditions and design can help shape the future of the site. Please visit the City's Youtube page to watch the live stream of the event.

Phase 3.5 Plan and Process

Between March 6 and March 26, we are adding a new phase in the planning process (Phase 3.5). The intention of this phase is to provide you with a project and process update, as well as share the outcomes of the landowners’ recent engagement with Host Nations Community Members.

Online Information Boards

We will be sharing a set of online information boards here and on the ʔəy̓alməxw/Iy̓álmexw/Jericho Lands project web page. These boards were developed by the City and the landowners, and will include an update on the planning process, an overview of the MST Planning and Design Framework, including the MST Cultural Site Planning Elements, Phase 3 engagement highlights, next steps and more.

View the information boards

Inspire Jericho Talk: Celebrating MST Culture at ʔəy̓alməxw/Iy̓álmexw/Jericho Lands

On April 13, we will be co-hosting the fifth installment of the Inspire Jericho Talk speaker series. Come and hear from Cultural Liaisons from the xʷməθkʷəy᾽əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations as they share how stories, ideas, wisdom and aspirations from their communities has led to the development of cultural site planning elements that will guide the future of ʔəy̓alməxw/Iy̓álmexw/Jericho Land.

When: Thursday, April 13, 2023 (7-9 pm)

Where: UBC Robson Square (800 Robson Street)

Registration: Registration opens March 6. Tickets are complimentary; however, seating is limited and advance registration is required.

Register to attend the Inspire Jericho speaker series.

Between October, 19 and November 10, 2021, City staff hosted remote office hours in the neighbourhood. Due to the high level of interest, these office hours were extended from November 18 to December 9, 2021.

Throughout this time we were available by-appointment to discuss the Jericho Lands conceptual site plan options, the planning program, and answer any other project related questions. These in-person, by phone, or virtual appointments were intended to provide an opportunity for one-on-one, or small group conversations, in a COVID safe environment.

Thank you to everyone that came out and shared their thoughts with the Jericho Lands planning team.

From October 19 to November 21, the Conceptual Site Plan Options survey was open. Thank you to everyone who shared their feedback.

Your feedback, combined with other inputs, will be used to create a preferred concept. This preferred site concept will form part of the Jericho Lands policy statement and will inform future development of the site. Future opportunities will be provided for you to share your thoughts on the preferred concept.

On Monday, October 18, we co-hosted the Phase 3 Kick-Off event with the joint venture partnership of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) partnership and Canada Lands Company. The online event was an opportunity to learn about the conceptual site plan options and ask the team questions about them. Thank you to the over 200 people who attended the event and joined the conversation.

If you were unable to attend, a video of the presentations and the Q&A period, as well as the presentation slides are now available on our website.

Watch the Phase 3 Kick-Off event: Conceptual Site Plan Presentation.

View the Phase 3 Kick-Off event presentation slides

Following the Phase 3 Kick-Off event, we are looking for your feedback on the conceptual site plan options. Please take a moment to either watch the presentation or read the Phase 3 engagement materials (here), then let us know what you think by filling out the conceptual site plan options survey online (here).

What are the Conceptual Site Plan Options?

The conceptual site plan options are illustrations of how ʔəy ̓alməxʷ / Iy ̓álmexw / the Jericho Lands could look in the future. They were created by the landowners’ design team, who worked to develop an understanding of ʔəy ̓alməxʷ  /  Iy ̓álmexw / the Jericho Lands through technical review, engagement with the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nation members and stakeholders, review of the Phase 1 and Phase 2 engagement feedback, and analysis of City policies and guidelines. Using this information they have worked collaboratively with City staff to develop two site options.

Feedback received during Phase 3 of the planning process, combined with other inputs, will be used to select a preferred concept or to identify key ideas to create a single preferred concept. This preferred site concept will form part of the Jericho Lands Policy Statement and will inform future development of the site.

The Jericho Lands planning team is excited to share our second community newsletter with you.

Our latest community newsletter includes a high-level summary of the Phase 1 and Phase 2 public engagement activities, an overview of the Site Planning Emerging Ideas, the two conceptual site plan options, an invitation to participate in our upcoming engagement events, and project next steps.

This community newsletter has been mailed to approximately 12,000 community members in the West Point Grey and Kitsilano neighbourhoods, as well as shared with members of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations

Read the Jericho Lands community newsletter.

In Summer of 2021, the City of Vancouver project team, in collaboration with the landowners, invited the public to take a self-guided tour of ʔəy̓alməxʷ  /  Iy̓álmexw / the Jericho Lands to learn more about the Emerging Site Planning Ideas that were endorsed by Council on June 23, 2021.

Through the lens of the Emerging Site Planning Ideas, the Self-Guided Tour was intended to help you envision the future of ʔəy̓alməxʷ  /  Iy̓álmexw / the Jericho Lands. All were welcomed to walk/bike/roll some, or all, of the Self-Guided Tour route at ones own pace.

The Emerging Site Planning Ideas were presented on information boards at 8 separate locations across the site. Each information board highlighted 3 distinct Emerging Ideas, for a total of 24 Emerging Ideas across the 8 locations.

See where the information boards were located.

View the digital version of the information boards.

Read the Council endorsed Emerging Site Planning Ideas..