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Hazardous Areas Development Permit Area
Development in hazardous areas: what do you think? Bowen Island Municipality is considering regulating development in hazardous areas on Bowen Island and is considering a future Hazardous Development Permit Area. The establishment of a new Development Permit Area would require…
Building permits on hold until capacity of Snug Cove Wastewater Treatment Plant is upgraded
Watch below: Mayor Gary Ander speaks about the current Snug Cove Sewer Capacity issue. A moratorium on new Building Permits requiring a connection to the Snug Cove Sewer System is in place until upgrades to improve the capacity of the…
BIM to welcome back Kristen Watson as Chief Financial Officer
News ReleaseJanuary 25, 2022 BOWEN ISLAND – Bowen Island Municipality (BIM) is pleased to announce the hiring of a new Chief Financial Officer, Kristen Watson. Kristen has lived on Bowen for more than twenty years, and is returning to BIM…
BIM moving forward with construction of Community Centre
News ReleaseDecember 2, 2021 Bowen Island Municipality has issued a letter of intent to award the construction contract for the Community Centre to Golden Globe Construction Ltd. for $14.4 million, bringing the total project budget to $18.7 million. BIM released…
Community Centre Update December 17 2021
It’s happening! You’ve probably heard the fantastic news that we’ll soon be breaking ground to build the long-awaited Community Centre. The Bowen Island Municipality will be awarding a construction contract to Golden Globe Construction Ltd., with the project slated to…
Community Centre Update December 1 2021
BIM moving forward with construction of the Community Centre; Project budget updated to $18.7 m. Bowen Island Municipality has issued a letter of intent to award the construction contract for the Community Centre to Golden Globe Construction Ltd. for $14.4…
Notice of a CLOSED Council meeting on November 8, 2021
Read MoreNotice of a CLOSED Council meeting on November 8, 2021Notice of Intent – Tunstall Bay water reservoir tank
This is a public notice under sections 213 and 217 of the Community Charter. Bowen Island Municipality intends to install a new treated water reservoir tank to service the users of the Tunstall Bay Water System. This tank will make the…
DVP-2021-2043 – 1673 Evergreen Lane
SEEKING PUBLIC COMMENTfor DVP-2021-0243 (1673 Evergreen Lane) PROJECT DESCRIPTION: A Development Variance Permit application has been submitted for 1673 Evergreen Lane (shown on map) to reassign side and rear lot line setbacks. The proposed variance would assign the western property…
Expressions of Interest for housing development on Community Lands
Last year, as part of Council’s commitment to improve housing diversity on Bowen Island, a request for Expressions of Interest (EOI) was issued for the development of a housing project on Lot 1, Area 2 of the Community Lands. Intended…
Átl’ka7tsem/Howe Sound has become Canada’s 19th UNESCO Biosphere Region
September 15, 2021News Release New Atl’ka7tsem/Howe Sound UNESCO Biosphere Region a Centrepiece for Conservation and Sustainable Development The community-managed Biosphere Region—home to ancient glass sponge reefs and two million-year-old volcanoes—champions local solutions to global environmental challenges. Squamish, BC (Skwxwu7mesh…
Community Centre Update September 2021
BIM receives promising results of Community Centre construction bidding After the close of a five-week competitive tendering process, the Community Centre project team is optimistic to have received three bids. While all three bids propose construction costs exceeding the project…