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title: "Vancouver council to vote on permanent park at 722 Gore Avenue in Strathcona"
description: "City staff recommend designating 0.286 hectares at Gore and Union as permanent public park at the November 17 council meeting, after the community pushed back against a 2024 firehall annex proposal."
canonical_url: "https://voche.me/news/gore-union-park-designation-strathcona-november-2026"
last_updated: "2026-11-14T03:22:35.039Z"
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Vancouver City Council will vote on November 17 to permanently designate the greenspace at 722 Gore Avenue and Union Street in Strathcona as public park, CityHallWatch reported on November 13 after reviewing the council agenda.

The site covers 0.286 hectares. In 2024, the City proposed using it as a temporary firehall annex, but Strathcona and Chinatown residents organized against the plan, and the Vancouver Park Board voted unanimously to support protecting the land as a park. City staff have since told council that "the Property is no longer needed for a firehall," citing an alternative location they found, according to CityHallWatch.

## What council will decide

Council will vote on Administrative Motion 1, using Vancouver Charter section 488(5) to close the street and formally designate the land as permanent public park. The meeting starts at 9:30 AM at Vancouver City Hall, Council Chamber, Third Floor, 453 West 12th Avenue.

Mayor [Pete Fry](/candidates/pete-fry) chairs the new council, which took office after the October 17 election.

## Also on the November 17 agenda

The same meeting includes 16 by-law enactments completing rezonings approved under the previous council term. Several of those rezonings involve rental buildings where existing tenants are being displaced, including a 25-unit building at 1125 West 10th Avenue being replaced by a 162-unit tower, and a 40-unit building at 2260-2266 West 2nd Avenue being replaced by a 176-unit tower, CityHallWatch reported.

The 852-872 Seymour Street hotel rezoning, which City staff recommended refusing because the proposed tower came 11.0 metres from neighboring residential buildings against a minimum of 18.3 metres, was withdrawn from the agenda on November 13.

## What residents can do

Anyone who wants to speak at the November 17 meeting on the Gore Avenue park item must register by 5:00 PM on Monday, November 16. Register at [vancouver.ca/speak-to-council](https://vancouver.ca/speak-to-council) or call 604-829-4323. Written comments can be sent at any time before the meeting through vancouver.ca/contact-council. The meeting can be watched live at vancouver.ca/council-video.

A second council meeting on November 18 will cover 11 member motions on tenant rights, transit, the Park Board's future and other topics.

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