Rendering of Powell St Overpass Project
 

Street Closures on Powell Street

On June 10, construction work begins on the Powell Street Overpass project. Powell Street will be closed between Clark Drive and the Cordova Diversion from the start of construction until June 2014. The City will contribute $3.75 million to the project, and will be responsible for delivering the project onRead More ..

Composting from start to finish.
 

Class “A” Compost!

Class “A” Compost from the Green Zone Resource Park! At the end of November, staff started the Resource Park’s very first unit of compost with organic waste collected from SBIA members enrolled in our pilot commercial waste composting program. And after 56 days of feeding, aerating, monitoring moisture levels andRead More ..

Strathcona Green Zone Resource Park
 

Strathcona Green Zone Resource Park

On September 20th, the Strathcona Business Improvement Association (SBIA) proudly opened the Strathcona Green Zone Resource Park. The Resource Park is an urban ecosystem of waste diversion and food production that consists of an urban farm, a holding area for reusable materials, and an innovative composting system that will divertRead More ..

Recent Blog Posts

Strathcona Loama Compost for Sale

Buy It at The Wilder Snail!   Need some food for your garden? The first batch of compost produced at the Strathcona Green Zone Resource Park is now for sale at The Wilder Snail. It’s available in 10L tubs for Read More…

SBIA Garden Recipe

Spring Gathered Greens Balsamic Goat Cheese Salad This recipe contains fresh, organically grown spring greens from the SBIA garden and was prepared by local chef Joshira. Serves: 4 Preparation time: 20 minutes Ingredients 2 handfuls arugula* 2 dozen arugula flowers* Read More…

Onsite Composting: Day One!

On November 28, we reached another milestone at the Resource Park: day one of onsite composting with our Jora system. Project advisor and agrologist Hubert Timmenga joined us to process 20L of fresh food waste from SBIA member Betty Baguette Read More…

Climate Smart SBIA Invite

The Strathcona Business Improvement Association is proud to continue its partnership with Climate Smart, a Vancouver-based social enterprise that helps businesses measure and reduce their carbon footprints. As part of the SBIA’s strategy to foster environmental responsibility among businesses, members Read More…

Resource Park Update

The SBIA’s Resource Park, our future commercial recycling and composting hub, micro-farm, and Resource Exchange site,  is well underway. The development process has been complex, but the project is moving ahead. Our raised bed planters are producing an abundance of Read More…

New Graffiti Removal Service

NEW GRAFFITI REMOVAL CONTACT INFORMATION Please note that Mission Possible Enterprises is our new graffiti removal service provider. If you are an SBIA member and your building has been tagged, you can contact the MP maintenance team either by calling Read More…