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2	1880 - First Nations Fishing Drying Chum Salmon by a slough
3	1880 – Clam Seller First Intersection: First Nations & Pioneers
4	1900 – Commercial Fishing Richmond ,
5	1900 -Farming Organic Farms, school gardens, victory gardens
6	1915 - School Gardens
7	1944 – Victory Gardens
8	1959 - Rice Mill Intersection: Early Industry
9	1959 - Annacis Island
10	1959 – Tilbury Island
11	1959 – Lafarge Cement
12	1959 – Crown Zellerback
13	1959 - Trifurcation
14	1959 - Steveston
15	1957 - Climate Change In 1957 Dr. Sverre Pettersen, the world’s top climatologist warned: “In the next 50 years, if the current warm trend continues there will be some remarkable changes in the weather. If this continues there will be very little ice in the arctic.” In 1959 Richmond farmers discovered that a new zoning by-law passed in 1956 had zoned over 1,000 small farms urban; totalling 12,000 acres lost.
16	Pre 1959 - The Garden City
17	1968 - West Richmond under development
18	Pre 1959 – SW Richmond
19	1984 - S W Richmond Rezoned
20	S W Richmond
21	1968 – Roberts Bank Super-Port & IOCO
22	1968- Birth of Community Activism A New Intersection: Richmond Anti-Pollution Association -Canada’s first environmental group -formed to fight dumping sewage into the River -presented 10,000 name petition to Council -RAPA ran candidates in the 1968 civic election -sewage plant built; preserved Sturgeon Banks 1973 Agricultural Land Reserve; stopped Port expansion
23	1980-Terra Nova- 1980 – Intersection “Save Terra Nova” MSA Terra Nova: allotment, school, medicinal, food bank, gardens , Incubator farms, 2010 IESCO, UN affiliate, award to Richmond for Farm School to provide food security for cities “Daylighted” the Terra Nova slough.
24	2009 - Environment & Climate Action Plan 2009 - banned Cosmetic Pesticides 2012 - banned GMO’s lawn clippings, leaves, yard waste Anaerobic Digesters remove Methane, produce electricity, and compost.
25	Environment & Climate Action Plan 2010 - Adopted plans for sea level rise, to increase dyke height, build sea berms to prevent storm surges & enclose Steveston Harbour with a sea gate. 2012 - Alexandra District Energy: geo energy, heat & cool buildings, 3,000 homes. Reduced GHG’s by 340 tonnes in two years. Expanding to City Centre & 8,000 homes and 5.2 million sq ft commercial space. Oval area to use sewage heat. 2013 -Green Fleet, Leed Gold Fire & RCMP Bldgs, 2013 – Richmond achieved Carbon neutral Only BC City to be continually recognized by BC Hydro as a Power Smart Leader Second Lowest Taxes in Metro
26	2014 - Blue Dot Challenge Dec 16^th Blue Dot challenge to other BC Councils
27	2015 – Chum Salmon Initiative March 12 – low snow- pack threatens Sockeye March 24 - Open up & stock Terra Nova Slough
28	2015 - Farm compost trials Farm Application of compost – CO2, soil conditioner Tested organic Test for minerals, fertilizer mix (UBC)
29	2015 - Garden City Lands Kwantlen Farm School Plan near completion. Hydrology study: -Farm Fields -Sphagnum Bog -The Gardens At Fantasy Gardens near completion
30	2015 -REGIONAL FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY Metro Vancouver Food Security Strategy adopted in 2011 started with a complete inventory of agricultural land in the region. making land available a problem Next Steps in 2015
31	2015 – PMV – Biggest Intersection of All
32	2015 – PMV Jet Fuel – Wrong Turn
33	Belted Galloway’s-small farms are beautiful