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Spotlight on GWCPC New Windows in Courier and 24
Let there be light.
By Sandra Thomas, The Vancouver Courier
Friday, May 8, 2009
After months of working behind boarded-up windows, the Woodlands Policing Centre on Commercial Drive can enjoy natural sunlight again.
The
centre hasn't had windows for ages because
vandals smashed them three times in as many
months.
In fact the centre owed money on the second set of windows before they were broken. The non-profit group couldn't afford to replace them again and had been working with no windows, which was a safety concern because the volunteers who staff the office couldn't see who was entering.
Their office also wasn't visible to the street in case of attack.
But now thanks to a donation from Bayer Materials Science, the centre has windows once more, this time made of indestructible polycarbonate. Standard Aluminum donated the frames and Speedy Glass installed the windows at no charge.
Eileen Mosca, a board member with the centre who's been fundraising like mad to buy new windows, tells me she's "thrilled" with the donations.
Glass is strong on Drive.
By Dharm Makwana, 24 Hours Vancouver
Friday, May 8, 2009
The view is fine from the Grandview Woodland Community Policing Centre on Commercial Drive.
The storefront centre recently replaced its broken windows with polycarbonate panes after a string of glass-shattering attacks by vandals forced the operation behind plywood sheets for close to four months.
"I hope this simple installation will end the nightmare of a revolving door of breakage and those kinds of attacks," said Grandview Woodland CPC board member Eileen Mosca. "Maybe this ends the physical conflict between them and us but maybe it has also been educational for the other side."
In February, posters appeared on the Drive asked residents to "openly denounce" the CPC by any means.
Instead, community awareness of the volunteer-run centre grew when a campaign to cover outstanding costs of the old glass windows raised $4,000.
The message reached Washington State where Seattle-based Sheffield Plastics Inc. reached out and donated a supply of Makrolon 15. The tough-to-break polycarbonate is often used in prison settings and at hockey rinks.
Speedy Glass and Standard Aluminium handled the installation.
"Everybody and their dog was commenting and coming," Mosca said . "People were high-fiving. It was a really positive happy day for us.
"All we can hope now is that the voices of the community were heard. Maybe that's as important as the Makrolon 15."
Spotlight on GWCPC New Windows in Courier and 24
Let there be light.
By Sandra Thomas, The Vancouver Courier
Friday, May 8, 2009
After months of working behind boarded-up windows, the Woodlands Policing Centre on Commercial Drive can enjoy natural sunlight again.
In fact the centre owed money on the second set of windows before they were broken. The non-profit group couldn't afford to replace them again and had been working with no windows, which was a safety concern because the volunteers who staff the office couldn't see who was entering.
Their office also wasn't visible to the street in case of attack.
But now thanks to a donation from Bayer Materials Science, the centre has windows once more, this time made of indestructible polycarbonate. Standard Aluminum donated the frames and Speedy Glass installed the windows at no charge.
Eileen Mosca, a board member with the centre who's been fundraising like mad to buy new windows, tells me she's "thrilled" with the donations.
Glass is strong on Drive.
By Dharm Makwana, 24 Hours Vancouver
Friday, May 8, 2009
The view is fine from the Grandview Woodland Community Policing Centre on Commercial Drive.
The storefront centre recently replaced its broken windows with polycarbonate panes after a string of glass-shattering attacks by vandals forced the operation behind plywood sheets for close to four months.
"I hope this simple installation will end the nightmare of a revolving door of breakage and those kinds of attacks," said Grandview Woodland CPC board member Eileen Mosca. "Maybe this ends the physical conflict between them and us but maybe it has also been educational for the other side."
In February, posters appeared on the Drive asked residents to "openly denounce" the CPC by any means.
Instead, community awareness of the volunteer-run centre grew when a campaign to cover outstanding costs of the old glass windows raised $4,000.
The message reached Washington State where Seattle-based Sheffield Plastics Inc. reached out and donated a supply of Makrolon 15. The tough-to-break polycarbonate is often used in prison settings and at hockey rinks.
Speedy Glass and Standard Aluminium handled the installation.
"Everybody and their dog was commenting and coming," Mosca said . "People were high-fiving. It was a really positive happy day for us.
"All we can hope now is that the voices of the community were heard. Maybe that's as important as the Makrolon 15."