Vancouver plans community park

City has finally signed a purchase agreement for a 14-acre undeveloped site at the VIC to create a new community park. The site (formerly owned by HP) has meadows ringed by huge trees. Parks director said recently that the city usually asks, “How do we fit nature into this park?” but with this site it’s more like, “How do we fit a park into nature?” The city is looking for a consultant to begin design work and public outreach in early 2026. Contributed photo from city of meadow/trees. File illustrations of VIC

A meadow sits inside a forested tract of land at the Vancouver Innovation Center site in east Vancouver. The city of Vancouver has purchased the 14.3-acre site for $4.3 million and plans to turn it into the city’s next park. (Contributed photo)

The Vancouver Innovation Center is a planned, mixed-use development in east Vancouver that will have a mix of residential, commercial, retail and light industrial uses, as well as parks, an elementary school and green spaces, connected by a network of multimodal roads and paths. (Contributed by SHoP Architects)

The 179-acre Vancouver Innovation Center is a planned, mixed-use development in east Vancouver that will have a mix of residential, commercial, retail and light industrial uses, as well as parks, an elementary school and green spaces, connected by a network of multimodal roads and paths. (Contributed by SHoP Architects)

Parks leaders are celebrating the city of Vancouver’s official acquisition of a 14.3-acre parcel of undeveloped, forested land in east Vancouver set to become the city’s newest community park.

City councilors approved the $4.3 million purchase agreement in July. On Nov. 21, the city made it official and took possession of the future park site.

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