Monday, December 22, 2008

Media for December

Tough love for today’s hard cases
Clearly 100 beds isn’t enough. An assessment was done of one of the unused Riverview Hospital buildings, but Coleman said that would have cost too much and taken too long. Negotiations are underway on another property somewhere in the Fraser Valley that can be opened sooner, at less cost.

Where in the Fraser Valley? That’s confidential for now. “If we get a chance to close on it, you’ll know.”

"I wonder if the assessment was of the boiler house? Deepest,darkest Fraser Valley, out of sight out of mind." Ed.
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Save the Riverview Hospital lands

The Riverview Hospital lands, are under pressure to be developed into market housing. Help to save the lands as a healing sanctuary for the mentally ill of OUR Province.

Please sign the On-line petition or download a Word document petition ,which is a more official type of petition.
Blogs, about the hospital grounds
Mike Farnworth,MLA; Facebook forum " Protect the Riverview Lands"
And another Facebook group: Riverview Preservation Society
this group also has a petition to sign.

Click-able Map of the Riverview site

BISCO -- Brookside-Leeside-Roadside -- Centre Lawn -- Colony Farm
Crease Clinic -- East Lawn -- Essondale Hospital
Finnie's Garden -- Henry Esson Young -- Hillside unit
Home for the Aged-Valleyview -- North Lawn
Pennington Hall -- TreeFest -- West Lawn
John Davidson; "Botany John" blog. He was the first Provincial Botanist, who created British Columbia's first Botanical Garden at Riverview.
Other groups involved Riverview Horticultural Centre Society
Who also have a media NEWS Blog
Crawford Kilian's Save Riverview Blog
You can also download a 42 page report titled, For the future of Riverview created by the Riverview Task Force.
Or Burke Mountain Naturalists, report: The Riverview Hospital Site, Respecting its Past,Realizing its Future
Coquitlam has designated the buildings and grounds, as a heritage site. Download the Statement of Significance; SoS report PDF
Save Riverview Hospital Group discussion to join: Send E-Mail
This group will circulate information by E-mail, and the home page will contain down loadable files, mostly concerned with the historical,social history of Riverview.
So you want to volunteer, at Riverview Hospital?. E-mail a note to: Peggy Chan the Volunteer coordinator; or phone: 604-524-7651

A small portion of my image collection

Riverview trees

Pennington Hall --- slideshow

Finnie's Garden -- slideshow

Finnie's Garden -- Pond restoration slideshow

TreeFest -- slideshow