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'''Gordon Price''' is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[urban planner]] and a former politician, who was an [[Non-Partisan Association|NPA]] member of [[Vancouver City Council]], serving six terms from 1986 to 2002.<ref name=neighbourhoods>"Mr. Price's neighbourhoods: City Councillor Gordon Price has been a driving force behind several Vancouver development success stories". ''[[Vancouver Sun]]'', September 14, 2002.</ref> He was the first openly [[gay]] member of Vancouver City Council.<ref>[http://www.xtra.ca/public/Vancouver/New_queer_candidate_seeks_NPA_nomination-5415.aspx "New queer candidate seeks NPA nomination"], ''[[Xtra! West]]'', September 7, 2008.</ref> Since retiring from politics, Price writes, teaches and consults on urban development and planning issues. |
'''Gordon Price''' is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[urban planner]] and a former politician, who was an [[Non-Partisan Association|NPA]] member of [[Vancouver City Council]], serving six terms from 1986 to 2002.<ref name=neighbourhoods>"Mr. Price's neighbourhoods: City Councillor Gordon Price has been a driving force behind several Vancouver development success stories". ''[[Vancouver Sun]]'', September 14, 2002.</ref> He was the first openly [[gay]] member of Vancouver City Council.<ref>[http://www.xtra.ca/public/Vancouver/New_queer_candidate_seeks_NPA_nomination-5415.aspx "New queer candidate seeks NPA nomination"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108052901/http://www.xtra.ca/public/Vancouver/New_queer_candidate_seeks_NPA_nomination-5415.aspx |date=2009-01-08 }}, ''[[Xtra! West]]'', September 7, 2008.</ref> Since retiring from politics, Price writes, teaches and consults on urban development and planning issues. |
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Price first became prominent when he organized a campaign involving citizen street patrols against street prostitution in his [[West End, Vancouver|West End]] Vancouver neighbourhood.<ref name=neighbourhoods/> As a politician, he also served on the board of the [[Greater Vancouver Regional District]] ([[Metro Vancouver]]) and the board of [[TransLink (British Columbia)|TransLink]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pricetags.wordpress.com/about/ |title=About |author=Gordon Price |year=2007 |work=Price Tags |publisher=Wordpress |accessdate=23 January 2012}}</ref> |
Price first became prominent when he organized a campaign involving citizen street patrols against street prostitution in his [[West End, Vancouver|West End]] Vancouver neighbourhood.<ref name=neighbourhoods/> As a politician, he also served on the board of the [[Greater Vancouver Regional District]] ([[Metro Vancouver]]) and the board of [[TransLink (British Columbia)|TransLink]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pricetags.wordpress.com/about/ |title=About |author=Gordon Price |year=2007 |work=Price Tags |publisher=Wordpress |accessdate=23 January 2012}}</ref> |
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Gordon Price is a Canadian urban planner and a former politician, who was an NPA member of Vancouver City Council, serving six terms from 1986 to 2002.[1] He was the first openly gay member of Vancouver City Council.[2] Since retiring from politics, Price writes, teaches and consults on urban development and planning issues.
Price first became prominent when he organized a campaign involving citizen street patrols against street prostitution in his West End Vancouver neighbourhood.[1] As a politician, he also served on the board of the Greater Vancouver Regional District (Metro Vancouver) and the board of TransLink.[3]
After retiring from politics, Price became a writer and public lecturer on urban renewal and transportation planning issues. He writes a column for the magazine Business in Vancouver. He is currently director of the CITY Program, a continuing education program in urban planning and sustainable community development at Simon Fraser University.[4] In 2009, he was appointed by Gregor Robertson, the Mayor of Vancouver, to the city's "Greenest City Action Team".[5]
References
- ^ a b "Mr. Price's neighbourhoods: City Councillor Gordon Price has been a driving force behind several Vancouver development success stories". Vancouver Sun, September 14, 2002.
- ^ "New queer candidate seeks NPA nomination" Archived 2009-01-08 at the Wayback Machine, Xtra! West, September 7, 2008.
- ^ Gordon Price (2007). "About". Price Tags. Wordpress. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
- ^ Simon Fraser University School of Continuing Studies
- ^ Canadian Association of Planning Students (2012). "CAPS 2012 National Conference" (PDF). Planning Horizons Conference Schedule. CAPS-ASCEAU. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
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