ANC in BC selects Bridgeview : Action for neighborhood change in British Columbia selects Bridgeview

This Westminster, The Langley’s, Coquitlam, Port series of stories presents each of the five Coquitlam, Maple Ridge and the North Shore ANC neighbourhoods as they existed at communities of North Vancouver, West Vancouver the start of the initiative. [...] In 1995, UW LM staff one of the cities to be included in Action for Neigh- members attended a conference in the US where bourhood Change (ANC), UW LM was well- they learned of the various ways United Way positioned to identify several likely sites for the organizations in that country were building com- project and work with the community. [...] Says Linda: “We kept the criteria and the values of the pro- Over a two-month, four-meeting period, a ject in front of us throughout the process. [...] One of the key indicators was the levels of resident activism and readiness, and report on school readiness of kindergarten the presence and interest of outside partners. [...] Staff members at the local ele- members of the selection process committee and mentary school have suggested that Bridgeview’s some of their managers and members of the status as a forgotten, isolated neighbourhood media came to the event.