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Hello
Welcome to the Mount Pleasant neighbourhood. Voted by locals as having Vancouver's "coolest street" and as a "favourite shopping destination", Mount Pleasant is a vibrant community for visitors as well as a favourite place to call home. Famous for its creativity and culture, Mount Pleasant is abundant with unique
boutiques, fashion forward shopping and the hottest restaurants in town. A neighbourhood full of young and artistic professionals as well as a growing number of families, the area boasts some of the best public facilities, including our new community centre and public library.
Known for its sense of social consciousness, the neighbourhood hosts many festivals, art shows and community events throughout the year, including The Main Event, Drift Weekend Art Tour, Main Street Car Free Days, Summer Spaces and Celebrate Mount Pleasant Days.
Mount Pleasant is a lively and inviting area with a tremendous selection of cafes, bistros and restaurants to choose from. Choices range from ethnic to upscale, comfort food to the best burgers in town - you'll be warmly welcomed wherever you go!
Increasingly recognized as the up and coming area to find trendy fashion, Main Street has a cosmopolitan feel that invites you to stroll in search of the next perfect gem. You will find designer fashion, vintage wear and the latest in menswear and haberdashery.
Mount Pleasant's origins stem from historical community development around a former stream which attracted a number of breweries from 1888 to 1912. The area was fondly nicknamed "Brewery Creek". In 1890 after the first street cars arrived, the area became a central commercial district and the ability to travel to the city made Mount Pleasant Vancouver's "first suburb". Currently, turn of the century architecture, including the ornate Beaux-Arts Heritage Hall (1915) with its elegant clock tower and the Edwardian Commercial style Lee Building (1912) which was once the tallest building south of downtown Vancouver, rubs shoulders with upscale condos while the community thrives with a vibrant creative energy.
The Mount Pleasant BIA (Business Improvement Area) is a non-profit community based organization that focuses on improving and growing the neighbourhood in a healthy, cultural and sustainable way.
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Christmas Tree Chipping for Charity 2011
|  | Tree Chipping for Charity, held on January 8, 2012, was a roaring success for the Mount Pleasant Elementary School and the Mount Pleasant Business Improvement Area (MPBIA)!
198 donated trees were chipped and almost $1,700 was raised for the Mount Pleasant Elementary School in this remarkable annual event. A huge thank you to Arbutus Tree Service, Dane Baspaly from LARK, Kingsgate Mall, the Mount Pleasant Elementary School, and all our generous tree donors for their enthusiastic participation.
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| Wreath Decorating Contest Winners
| Thank you to all of our member businesses who participated in our annual wreath decorating contest. Thanks for helping to make Mount Pleasant one of Vancouver's most desirable neighbourhoods! We hope to see your creativity displayed again next year.
The 2011 winners are:
The Archetype in First Place with a cash prize of $500
F as in Frank in Second Place with a cash prize of $250
Ramsay Warden Architects in Third Place with a cash prize of $100
Happy Holidays to all...
P.S. Remember to chip your Christmas tree for charity at our next event on January 8, 2012 from 10-4 in the Kingsgate Mall parking lot!
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| First Place: The Archetype
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| Second Place: F as in Frank
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| Third Place: Ramsay Warden Architects
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| O Christmas Tree Light Up Ceremony
|  | December 9, 2011
5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
South-West corner of Kingsway and Broadway
Light up your holiday season at the Mount Pleasant BIA’s FREE, family-friendly O Christmas Tree Light Up Ceremony featuring:
* A Christmas tree light up!
* Free hot chocolate and candy canes courtesy of the Mount Pleasant BIA!
* A magical visit from Santa!
* Awesome entertainment by Kids Sing Chorus and J.J. Sunshine!
FYI:
Christmas Tree Chipping for Charity
Sunday, January 8, 2012
10am to 4pm Kingsgate Mall
(lower east side parking lot)
Bring your Christmas tree to be chipped
by donation, with all proceeds going to
the Mount Pleasant Elementary School.
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| Mount Pleasant Business Winners: Georgia Straight Best of Vancouver Guide
| Congratulations to our member businesses selected as Best of Vancouver in The Georgia Straight 16th Annual Guide to Canada`s West Coast Metropolis. The 2011 issue came out September 22nd.
BEST CITY LIFE
Mount Pleasant Community Centre - 2nd
Neighbourhood - Mount Pleasant - 3rd
BEST LIFESTYLE
Pet Supply Store - Tisol Pet Nutrition and Supply Store - 1st
Sustainable Goods Gift Store - Bird on a wire creations - 2nd
Local Bookstore - Pulpfiction Books - 3rd
Cellphone Store - Fido - 2nd (tied)
Cellphone Store - Telus - 2nd (tied)
BEST MIND BODY AND SOUL
Yoga Studio - Open Door Yoga - 3rd
BEST SPORTS AND RECREATION
Skateboard Shop - Antisocial Skateboard Shop - 2nd
BEST TRAVEL
Local Travel Agency - Flight Centre - 1st
BEST STYLE
Salon for a Pedicure/Manicure - Pure Nail Bar - 1st
Place for a Beach Ready Tan - Banana Tans - 2nd
Place to Buy Cosmetics - Shoppers Drug Mart - 3rd
Men`s Clothing Store(Independent) - Lark - 3rd
BEST FOOD AND DRINK
Wine Store - BC Liquor Stores - 2nd
Bar – Cascade Room - 3rd
Bakery(Pastries) - Cobs Bread - 3rd
Restaurant/Cafe with Free Wifi - Waves Coffee House - 1st
Restaurant/Cafe with Free Wifi - Starbucks Coffee - 2nd
Restaurant/Cafe with Free Wifi - Blenz Coffee - 3rd
Bakery(Breads) - Cobs Bread - 2nd
Veggie Restaurant - The Foundation - 2nd
Coffee Shop(Local Chain) - JJ Bean Coffee Roasters - 1st
Coffee Shop(Local Chain) - Bean Around The World - 3rd
Coffee Shop (National Chain) – Starbucks Coffee - 1st
Coffee Shop (National Chain) – Tim Hortons - 3rd
Fair Trade Coffee Shop - JJ Bean Coffee Roasters - 2nd
Restaurant for Cheap Eats - The Foundation - 3rd
BEST MEDIA ARTS AND CULTURE
Local Dance Company - Goh Ballet Youth Company Canada - 2nd
Local Classical Vocal Ensemble - Musica Intima - 1st (tied)
Local Classical Vocal Ensemble - Vancouver Bach Choir - 2nd
Local Street/Community Festival - Car Free Days - 1st
Fantacity – Mount Pleasant Legion - 2nd
Live Music Venue – Biltmore Cabaret - 2nd
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| 2nd Annual Autumn Shift Festival |  | Autumn Shift Street Festival on Main Street
Mount Pleasant BIA Hosts the Last Street Festival of the Summer
Saturday, September 17, 2011 from 12 pm to 6 pm
Shift into a more sustainable lifestyle with Mount Pleasant BIA's Autumn Shift Festival! This free, family friendly event will celebrate the shift in season and the growing shift in attitude towards sustainability, eating local and urban gardening. This popular annual event will feature great music, lots of fun activities for kids, a merchant market, BLIM, gardening booths and enthusiastic community participation. Come out on Saturday, September 17th 2011 from 12 pm to 6 pm on Main Street between 12TH Avenue and Broadway.
Mount Pleasant's resident radio station, Shore 104.3 FM (www.shore104.com), is providing a musical line-up with performers discovered during their Song Search 2011 Competition. This year's winner Randy Ponzio will be headlining as well as 2010's Song Search Winner Zaac Pick.
12:00pm Zaac Pick Song Search Winner 2010
1:00pm Watusun
2:00pm No Sinner
3:00pm Don Moxon
4:00pm The Belle Game
5:00pm Randy Ponzio Song Search Winner 2011
A second stage, hosted by Beaumont Studios, will showcase the talent of local DJ's and Pacey's Pianos will be sponsoring an amazing dueling grand piano performance. There will be free popcorn and cotton candy, as well as a chance for the little ones to "go fishing" for gifts at the prize pond booth. Families can enjoy arts and crafts, including button making courtesy of the Mount Pleasant Community Centre and the VPL. BC Hydro and Fortis BC will be on site to make learning about power conservation fun for all, while Kingsway Honda will be sponsoring a balloon artist. Some other participants in the festival include the UBC Botanical Garden, Langley Community Farmer's Market and Zipcar.
Inspired by the increasing dedication to sustainability in our neighborhood, the Autumn Shift Festival is about engaging the community, sharing ideas and providing options on how to incorporate sustainable choices into daily living. From die hard sustainability advocates to those looking for inspiration, everyone will be sure to find new options and great tips from a variety of local vendors, community networks and gardening organizations. The City of Vancouver, Backyard Bounty Collective, Vancouver Fruit Tree Project, Fair Trade Vancouver and Environmental Youth Alliance, among many other community organizations, will be offering ideas on how to incorporate sustainable choices into everyday life.
Shift into Autumn on Vancouver's coolest street while taking in great entertainment, interesting booths and a fabulous festival atmosphere.
HOW TO BECOME INVOLVED:
If you wish to become involved in the event itself or would like to VOLUNTEER, please contact us at autumnshift.mpbia@gmail.com. Mount Pleasant BIA members wishing to participate can send us the following form: Member Participation Form.
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| Participant List and Site Plan | |
| MPBIA’s SMOKING SAUSAGE BBQ COOK-OFF! |  | THE WINNER IS HYDE RESTAURANT!!!
As part of the VIVA Vancouver summer events, Liveable Laneways and Vancouver Design Nerds transformed the laneway located just west of Main Street between Broadway and 8th Avenue on the last 3 Saturdays in July, 2011 into a pedestrian friendly night market.
This lane has never looked so alive!
The Mount Pleasant BIA sponsored a very popular foodie night and invited our local restaurants to participate in a Sausage BBQ Cook-off on Saturday, July 30th from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm.
Those vying for bragging rights and the trophy to prove it were:
• Burgoo Bistro
• Eight ½ Restaurant Lounge
• Hyde Restaurant
• The Cascade Room
• The Rumpus Room
Drews from D-Original Sausage Company, Inc. our local jewel of a master sausage maker, made the sausages in accordance with the specifications requested by each participating restaurant. Zienul, owner of Cobs Bread, donated all of the buns. Cuppa Joe Coffee and Starbucks gave away coffee.
Each Foodie who wished to sample the creations being offered and judge the winner made a $3.00 donation, to go to the Vancouver Food Bank. We raised $1,232.40 for this worthy cause!!
The amount of free publicity as well as free advertising courtesy of the City of Vancouver we received for this event was amazing.
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| WE Best of City Reader |
Congratulations to all the member business who were recognized in the "WE Best of the City Reader's Choice Awards 2011"!
And congratulations to Main Street for being named Vancouver's 2nd favorite shopping street!
And the awards go to:
DINING OUT
New Restaurant (Opened in 2010)
3. Cafeteria (2702 Main, cafeteriavancouver.ca)
Japanese
Honorable Mention: Toshi Sushi (181 E. 16th)
Indian
2. Nirvana (2313 Main, nirvanarestaurant.ca)
Burgers
1. Vera’s (various locations, verasburgershack.com)
Late-Night Dining
2. Lucy’s Eastside Diner (2708 Main, lucyseastsidediner.com)
Old-School Diner
2. Lucy’s Eastside Diner (see Late-Night Dining)
Vegetarian
2. The Foundation (2301 Main)
Bread Bakery
2. COBS Bread (various locations, cobsbread.com)
Coffee Shop (Chain)
1. Starbucks (various locations, starbucks.ca)
2. JJ Bean (various locations, jjbeancoffee.com)
DINING IN
Home Delivery
1. Panago (various locations, panago.com)
Grocery Store (Chain)
3. Marketplace IGA (various locations, marketplaceiga.com)
Specialty Beer Store
1. Brewery Creek (3045 Main, brewerycreekliquorstore.com)
AFTER DARK
Bar (Casual)
3. The Five Point (3124 Main, thefivepoint.com)
Live Music Venue
2. Biltmore Cabaret (2755 Prince Edward, biltmorecabaret.com)
Post-Bar/Pre-Hangover Eats
3. Lucy’s Eastside Diner (2708 Main, lucyseastsidediner.com)
Place to Meet New People
1. Biltmore Cabaret (See Live Music Venue)
SHOPPING FOR THE HOME
Home Appliances
Honorable Mention: Midland Appliance (210-188 Kingsway, midlandappliance.com)
SHOPPING FOR THE SELF
Books (Second-Hand)
1. Pulpfiction (2422 Main, pulpfictionbooksvancouver.com)
SERVICES
Travel Agency
1. Flight Centre (various locations, flightcentre.ca)
LOOKING GOOD
Manicure/Pedicure
1. Pure Nail Bar (various locations, purenailbar.com)
LIFESTYLE
DVD Rentals
2. Blockbuster (various locations, blockbuster.ca)
DVD Rentals (Independent)
3. Happy Bats Cinema (2830 Main, happybatscinema.com)
Pet Supplies
1. Tisol (various locations, tisol.ca)
CULTURE
Visual Arts Festival
1. The Drift (thedrift.ca)
Dance Company
2. Goh Ballet (gohballet.com)
Choral Group
2. Vancouver Bach Choir (vancouverbachchoir.com) [tie]
2. musica intima (musicaintima.org) [tie] |
| STARS OF VANCOUVER - 2011 READERS CHOICE AWARDS | Congratulations to our member businesses selected as Stars of Vancouver (Eastside) in The Vancouver Courier 2011 Readers Choice Awards:
ENTERTAINMENT
PUB
Three Lion’s Cafe - 3rd
FOOD AND DRINK
BAKERY
Cobs Bread - 2nd
BURGER HOUSE
Vera’s Burger Shack - 1st
COFFEE BAR
JJ Bean - 2nd
FISH & CHIPS
The Windjammer - 1st
Three Lion’s Cafe - 2nd
SERVICES
HEALTH/FITNESS CLUB
MP Community Centre - 1st
YOGA / PILATES
Open Door Yoga Inc - 1st
SHOPPING
BOOK STORE
Pulpfiction Books - 3rd
FLORIST
Brownie’s Florist - 3rd
JEWELLERY STORE
J & M Coin & Jewellery - 1st
PET STORE
Tisol Pet Nutrition - 1st
SHOPPING MALL
Kingsgate Mall - 1st
Centrepoint Mall - 2nd |
| 2nd Annual Christmas Tree Chipping for Charity |  | Over $1,200 was raised at this MPBIA sponsored event,which was held on January 2, 2011 at Kingsgate Mall. All proceeds go to the Mount Pleasant Elementary School to purchase much needed computer equipment.
Thanks to Arbutus Tree Services who donated the equipment and volunteered their time to chip the trees. |
| O Christmas Tree |  | We had a great turn-out on December 3, 2010 for the light up ceremony for the 18 foot Christmas tree installed at Kingsway and Broadway.
The entertainment, Santa Claus and hot chocolate were enjoyed by one and all.
Thank you to Rize Alliance Properties for the improvement made to the site to accommodate the tree and to Urban Source for designing the decorations. Special thanks goes to the students of our 3 elementary schools who hand crafted the decorations. |
| |  | | Members of the Cambrian Choir entertained those gathered. |
| |  | | Everyone enjoyed free hot chocolate! |
| |  | | Santa handed out candy canes. |
| |  | | The Kids Sing Choir and the Cambrian Choir joined together to sing "O Christmas Tree." |
| |  | | The 18 foot tree sparkled with the decorations of local elementary school children. |
| Christmas Wreath Decorating Contest | Thank you and congratulations to all our members who were incredibly creative in decorating the MPBIA wreaths and their businesses for Christmas.
The choices ranged from beautiful to whimsical, making it a very difficult decision for the judges.
The winners were: |
| |  | | 1st Place: The Archetype - 2549 Main Street |
| |  | | 2nd Place: Mine: Salon - 177 East Broadway |
| |  | | 3rd Place: Banana Tans - 148 East Broadway |
| MPBIA 22nd Annual General Meeting |  |
We had an excellent turnout for our 22nd Annual General Meeting on September 14, 2010.
Our thanks to those who joined us and gave their approval of the budget and goals as presented. We hope you enjoyed the opportunity to socialize with fellow business people and to interact with your Board of Directors.
A very strong volunteer Board of Directors were elected to spearhead all the activities and initiatives planned for 2010-2011. Welcome to Clive Braude (Pallucci Furniture), Mary McKay (The LBD Store), Jesse Nakatsuru (G&F Financial Group), and Erv Salvador (Lucy's Eastside Diner), all newly elected to the Board. They bring to the Board exceptional business acumen, great enthusiasm, and a vision for new initiatives and progressive improvements that will benefit our entire business community.
Your President, John Boychuk, summarized the accomplishments and activities over the past year and reviewed plans for moving forward. He noted that although our community was impacted by the two fires as well as the economic climate, our area is benefiting from the recognition as a desirable place to do business, naming the approximately 20 new businesses that had opened in the past year.
Peter Burch, Guest Speaker and Planner with the City of Vancouver, provided an excellent synopsis of the Mount Pleasant Community Plan, a document which will have significant impact on the direction of the future development of our business district. |
| Autumn Shift Festival on Main Street |  | Our end of summer community festival on Saturday, September 25th was a resounding success. We lucked out with perfect weather and the community came out in droves to enjoy the festivities.
The entertainment was great, thanks to sponsorship by Shore 104.3 FM and the Vancouver International Improv Festival. Thanks also to GVC Credit Union, Mighty Riders and On The Rivet for co-sponsoring our bike valet.
The response from the Visitors' Survey was very positive, with absolutely everyone asking us to hold this type of event in the future. Eighty-seven percent of the member businesses who responded to our survey felt it was beneficial to our business community (with 7% saying it was not). Vendors advised they had a very positive experience and 57% reported selling more product than expected.
Overall, the Autumn Shift Festival did a wonderful job of showcasing the urban vitality of Main Street to thousands of people. The event contributed to Mount Pleasant's already strong sense of community, and projected a positive image to those who were less familiar with the neighbourhood. |
| Cycling Towards a Sustainable City | The City of Vancouver is taking strides to make our community more sustainable, more healthy, and more livable. Vancouver emphasizes the importance of cycling as a sustainable choice for personal transport, and places high priority on expanding the City’s cycling infrastructure and supporting initiatives. And we are seeing results from the City’s efforts!
For information on getting around on bicycles:
| | For more information please visit: Bicycle route planner |
| Main Street / Mount Pleasant Wins Best of the City |  | Main Street was voted "Coolest Street" in WE Magazine's 11th and 12th Annual Best of the City Award.
Main Street also placed second in "Best Shopping Street" in this survey of Vancouver residents. |
| Best Shopping Destination! |  | | February 2009 - Main Street was selected as one of the three "Best Shopping Destination" Award winners in WE Magazine Annual Best of the City. |
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