Achievements

NPA elected officials have been making a positive impact in Vancouver communities for more than 60 years. While in government, the NPA has been responsible for these accomplishments and more:

• Developed a network of greenways and bikeways throughout the city
• Created one of the first Blue Box recycling programs in Canada
• Developed 136 acres of new parks and 166,000 square feet of new community centre space
• Developed and promoted the Four Pillars Drug Policy to deal with drug addiction as a health issue
• Approved character zoning to protect neighbourhoods
• Ensured that Vancouverites had one of the lowest residential property tax rates in the Lower Mainland
• Championed Vancouver's Olympic 2010 bid
• Helped secure pilot Vancouver drug court to get treatment for addicts who commit crimes
• Made Vancouver the only city in Canada to achieve a Triple-A credit rating from all three rating agencies
• Championed the creation of the Vancouver Agreement partnership between the federal, provincial and city governments to revitalize the Downtown Eastside
• Initiated zoning to attract high-tech industries to Vancouver
• Introduced an anti-smoking bylaw for public places
• Created Green Yard waste pick-up, separate from regular trash collection
• Worked to create a Transportation Plan for Vancouver as well as a Downtown Transportation Plan
• Championed more buses, bus shelters and the replacement of the city's trolleys to make public transit more efficient and more appealing as a transportation choice
• Approved funding for the new downtown Main Public Library and the Emergency Communications Centre
• Developed a child care policy
• Created the Granville Entertainment Zone and supported the revitalization of Granville Street
• Created an Economic Development Commission for Vancouver
• Promoted the development of city lands on South East False Creek as a model sustainable community and site for the future Olympic Village
• Achieved the best social housing track record in Canada
• Helped to save the annual fireworks festival in English Bay
• Required major developments to contribute more than $250 million worth of parks, school sites, daycares, community centres and seawalls to new communities in the downtown so they were built at no cost to taxpayers