We are proud to introduce 2 new listings that have just come on the market - 2802-455 Beach and 606-212 Davie.  Both of these homes will truly impress the fussiest buyer.  2802-455 Beach offers stunning water views located on the seawall and 602-212 Davie offers incredible renovations.  Check them out in our "featured homes" section.

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We are happy to offer our newest section of Yaletown Open Houses. Here you will find all the upcoming open houses that are in the neighborhood.  No need for sorting through the other web sites just to find the Yaletown ones.  We have simplified it for you.  Check it out! 

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New rules for food scraps in garbage collection

Metro Vancouver is changing the way we manage our waste. 

As of January 1, 2015 food waste must be separated from other garbage. 

Already, 95% of Metro Vancouver residents living in detached homes separate food scraps from garbage using the Green Can program for curbside collection. 

Now, businesses and multi-family residential buildings must develop a plan to separate food scraps from garbage by June 30, 2015. 

Business owners

Talk to your private garbage collector about setting up an organics collection service. Metro Vancouver has many useful tips for business owners. 

Property managers

Managers of multi-family residential buildings, condos and stratas or mixed-use (commercial and residential) buildings already receiving municipal garbage and yard waste collection service may also be suited for municipal food scraps collection. Talk to your municipal or private garbage hauler. 

Condominium owners

Condominium owners should contact their strata council, property manager, or municipal government for more information on the local organics collection program. 

Learn more about food scraps collection for multi-unit buildings (in Metro Vancouver). 

Watch a video on how to set up your green bin. 

Why is this necessary? We waste too much food

The level of food we waste is unacceptable. 

“Almost a third of the food we buy ends up in the garbage, according to Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie, who also chairs Metro Vancouver’s Zero Waste Committee. 

“Reducing the amount of food we waste and recycling our scraps we can keep tonnes of food out of the landfill,” said Mayor Brodie. 

In the City of Vancouver alone, if every resident recycled food scraps for just one year, a total of 5,500 trucks worth of food scraps would not go to the landfill. 

Note: each municipality is dealing with how the food waste ban is implemented. For information contact your local municipality. 

Put these items in your green bin

Detached homes – put all your food scraps, plate scrapings and food-soiled paper in your Green Bin for weekly collection.

 

Do not put these items in your green bin 

 

Source of Graphics: City of Vancouver

 

Enforcement

The rules are enforced when waste haulers deliver garbage to regional facilities for inspection. 

For the first six months, penalties will not be charged to give residents and businesses time to implement effective plans for separating food waste from the garbage. 

Information

Watch this video (available in five languages) about the organics disposal ban. 

For general information about Metro Vancouver’s Organics Ban. You can also phone the Recycling Council of BC hotline at 604-RECYCLE or 604-732-9253. 

Resources

Information about other Metro Vancouver disposal bans. 

Note: each municipality is dealing with how they implement Metro Vancouver’s new rules. For information contact your local municipality. 

For the City of Vancouver

Learn what can go in the garbage.

Learn what can go in the recycling bin.

In the City of Vancouver get a larger Green Bin

Drop off extra year yard waste (no food scraps) at the transfer station or landfill for a fee

Get bins, boxes, bags and stickers. 

For information, go to http://www.google.ca/ and in the search box type Green Can Program and the name of your municipality, for example, Green Can Program North Vancouver.

 

March 9, 2015 - Metro Vancouver is changing the way we manage our waste. As of January 1, 2015 food waste must be separated from other garbage. 

Here are some brunch ideas in Yaletown on this beautiful Sunday

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Here is the complete stats package from the Greater Vancouver Real Estate Board for February 2015.  Market is staying strong

http://www.rebgv.org/sites/default/files/February%202015%20Stats%20Package.pdf

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Whether you are downsizing, upsizing, got kids or pups or just like to entertain... We have the perfect Yaletown 1 of 3 boutique town homes in excellent buildingl Over 1000 sq ft of indoor space and almost 600 sq ft of outdoor space amongst THREE patios..2 bed 2 bath 2 levels..plenty of storage & walk in closet, s/s appliances, granite counters, hardwood floors, open layout..and the best part? Your very own HUGE 450 sqft bright & private patio adjoining to the courtyard and playground and access to the amenities, some of the finest in the neighbourhood! It's like you have your very own back yard that leads you right to your own entrance to the pool and gym. Storage locker and parking included. Are you ready to start living your Yaletown life?

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We are pleased to announce our newest feature to the Youryaletownlife web site - Open House Section!  This section will showcase all the open houses happening in Yaletown for the upcoming weekend.  Opens are updated on Fridays.  No need to search cumbersome web sites sorting out opens in all areas across Vancouver.  This one stop tool allows you to focus just on Yaletown!  Open house times vary so please contact for days and times.

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Yaletown warehouse will host pop-up Warhol exhibit

From the Factory in New York to a warehouse in Yaletown, 80 prints and paintings from Andy Warhol will be on display at a pop-up exhibition in Vancouver next month. Works in the “WARHOL – A Different Idea of Love” exhibition, which will include 18 pieces on canvas, come from the private collection of Los Angeles businessman Ron Rivlin and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.

The exhibit will be staged, Monday to Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., in a warehouse at 1280 Homer Street from March 1 to 30. Admission will be free.

 “The 80 pieces, as a collection have never been exhibited together under one roof,” Christopher Dohm of Maison AI, the show’s co-presenter along with Rivlin’s Revolver Gallery Beverly Hills, said in a release. “It is a rare opportunity to experience the master of the pop art movement … We will screen a movie; showcase coveted works, and for 30 days exhibit the largest collection of (Warhol) prints and paintings in Canada.”

 Along with the art, the exhibit will also feature private Polaroids from Warhol’s collection, featuring some of the most famous people of the 20th century.

 Andy Warhol asks Elizabeth Taylor for permission to take a picture of her, at the opening of designer Halston’s new salon in New York on Feb. 13, 1978.

 Warhol died 28 years ago but, according to New York-researcher Artnet, he remains the top-selling artist in the world.

 Bloomberg News reported on Dec. 30 that collectors paid $653.2 million for 1,295 works at auction in 2014.

 Picasso, the second-biggest selling artist last year, had 2,820 of his works sold for $448. 7 million.

For full article and photos visit 

http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2015/02/17/yaletown-warehouse-will-host-pop-up-warhol-exhibit/