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LETTERS

ARGYLE AVE. FACILITIES

Artists called for support

OPEN LETTER TO THE
MEMBERS OF THE WEST
VANCOUVER COMMUNITY
ARTS COUNCIL ASSOCIATION
GROUPS AND ARTISTS OF
WEST VANCOUVER:

At the present time the West
Vancouver Parks and Recreation
Department has made a proposal
to municipal council for the tem-
porary provision of space for use
of the arts groups of West Van-
couver.

This proposal is in response to
needs which have been
documented by the arts council
and which the present facility at
Klee Wyck does not adequately
provide.

The proposed major arts facility
associated with the existing recre-
ation centre is several years from
completion and cannot be seen to
fulfil the. current pressing de-
mands. .

The proposal is associated with
an expansion of John Lawson
Park on the Ambleside waterfront
and the current development at the
foot of 14th and 15th Streets.

Three houses which are owned
by the municipality between 15th
and 16th Streets are to be made
available for conversion to space
suitable for pedestrian drop-in ex-
hibitions of an artistic nature and
space to serve as a production fa-
cility for the West Vancouver Lit-
tle Theatre group.

The grounds which the houses
Presently occupy would be open to
the public and the buildings would

be maintained and administered by

the municipality.

The Board of Directors of the
West Vancouver Community Arts
Council strongly urge both indi-
vidual members of the arts com-
munity to support this proposal as
well as the various member groups.

This initiative is felt to be a ma-
jor step in heightening the profile
of the arts in the community as
well as enriching the beachside at-
mosphere of the Ambleside by the
Sea plan.

Resistance to this proposal has
been voiced by existing tenants of
the properties to be affected.

Support of this proposal from
the larger community is required
or write your elected representative
or municipal staff at the following
address:

West Vancouver Municipal Hall
750 - 17th St., West Vancouver,B.C.

Attn: Mayor and Council

Let us not !ose this opportunity . §
to bring the arts front and centre’
in our community and provide i irn-’

petus for the future.

Lee Gavel, architect :
Chairman, Building Committee
West Vancouver Community Arts
Council :

Resident clarifies objections

Dear Editor: _.

I was upset that such a small
part of my letter to the West Van
Council showed up in the Feb. 12
. edition of the Villager (Argyle
Ave. residents unwilling to make
room for cultaral facilities).

I would have preferred to have
had none of it printed rather than
have the important items omitted.

My objective was not to criticize
amateur actors and actresses, but
rather to emphasize the following
points I hoped council would con-

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sider before replacing good tenants
with transient groups. -

Our neighborhood on Argyle
Avenue is made up of family-
oriented people in homes occupied
day and night.

We neither need nor want tran-
sient people, whoever they may be,
occupying these homes a few hours
of some days.

We try to help cach other main-
tain a watch over our area in order

to discourage break-ins, drifters’.

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