2020 Citizens Report

YEAR IN REVIEW

July 23, 2020 Nineteen-year-old Melissa Powell is dealing with Cystic Fibrosis and wanted to show some appreciation to her younger sister, Amy, for her support and understanding. Melissa arranged for a visit from the ‘Project Driven’ group of exotic car owners who took their convoy on the road from Vancouver into the Fraser Valley to visit a number of special people and bring some smiles. The exotic car owners normally invite young guests for a drive in these expensive autos, but COVID has made that impossible. Instead, they showed up in force in the Albion neighbourhood and Amy had the chance to pose for photos in front of these incredible cars. According to those in attendance the normally shy Amy was thrilled with the special show and grateful to her big sister for this tribute. For those of us in the community, the exotic car parade was a wonderful surprize for the community.

August 6, 2020 In the summer of 2020 there was a slight modification of the health measures in BC allowing an opportunity for the Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festival to innovate with a ‘drive-thru’ approach. This allowed entrepreneurs and culinary wizards who own food trucks to get back to business and serve an eager public. Normally, this is a one-day event with up to 22 trucks participating. By operating the event over two days there was an opportunity for 14 trucks to participate, seven per day, and this created a great car outing for families who were eager to get out after months of staying home. Businesses did an incredible job adjusting to the circumstances.

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