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What is this project about?
Mountain View Cemetery (MVC) is developing a plan for changes and improvements to its entrances, hedges and fences over the next several years. The objective of this initiative is to preserve the culture of Vancouver’s only cemetery while considering the relationship with the surrounding community. The changes to the entrances, hedges, and fences will be designed to allow public access, while protecting the existing graves.
Background
The MVC is situated west of Fraser Street, between 31st and 43rd Avenues. The cemetery comprises 106 acres of land and has over 92,000 grave sites and more than 145,000 interred remains. MVC is an essential part of the Vancouver landscape, serving as a memorialization space for the past, present, and future. The cemetery requires continuous maintenance and attention to ensure its beauty, longevity, and continued viability.
This public engagement aims to gather public feedback on enhancing the cemetery's entrances, fences, and hedges while preserving the cemetery's cultural heritage.
Process
The project will be guided by the Mountain View Cemetery Master Plan. A team of landscape architects, consultants, cemetery staff and leadership are working on a plan to determine what changes will be happening.
A public engagement process to to gather public feedback on enhancing the cemetery's entrances, fences, and hedges while preserving the cemetery's cultural heritage closed on March 17, 2023. What we heard is available in the Mountain View cemetery perimeter plan engagement summary (PDF, 1.6 MB). Proposed changes and perimeter plans will be available in 2024.
What is this project about?
Mountain View Cemetery (MVC) is developing a plan for changes and improvements to its entrances, hedges and fences over the next several years. The objective of this initiative is to preserve the culture of Vancouver’s only cemetery while considering the relationship with the surrounding community. The changes to the entrances, hedges, and fences will be designed to allow public access, while protecting the existing graves.
Background
The MVC is situated west of Fraser Street, between 31st and 43rd Avenues. The cemetery comprises 106 acres of land and has over 92,000 grave sites and more than 145,000 interred remains. MVC is an essential part of the Vancouver landscape, serving as a memorialization space for the past, present, and future. The cemetery requires continuous maintenance and attention to ensure its beauty, longevity, and continued viability.
This public engagement aims to gather public feedback on enhancing the cemetery's entrances, fences, and hedges while preserving the cemetery's cultural heritage.
Process
The project will be guided by the Mountain View Cemetery Master Plan. A team of landscape architects, consultants, cemetery staff and leadership are working on a plan to determine what changes will be happening.
A public engagement process to to gather public feedback on enhancing the cemetery's entrances, fences, and hedges while preserving the cemetery's cultural heritage closed on March 17, 2023. What we heard is available in the Mountain View cemetery perimeter plan engagement summary (PDF, 1.6 MB). Proposed changes and perimeter plans will be available in 2024.
People have many different connections to the cemetery. Many visitors use the site to commemorate and remember loved ones, others use the green space for health and well-being and some of our visitors come for photography, meditation and bird-watching.
Let us know how you see yourself connected to Mountain View Cemetery.
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Page last updated: 18 Dec 2023, 04:28 PM
Project timeline
Mountain View Cemetery Master Plan/Consultation
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CoV collaborated with a team of consultants and stakeholders in 1996 to 2000 to develop a 100-year Master Plan for Mountain View Cemetery; City Council formally adopted the Master Plan in February 2000
Public engagement
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This consultation is open for contributions, until March 17, 2023.
Analyze and review engagement findings
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Final report
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