Reasons We Love New Westminster

05/09/2017

With many future developments coming to the Sapperton area and the east side of New West, this is great news for the businesses and those who love the walk along the river. Do you plan to go to this meeting?

https://www.newwestcity.ca/2017/05/02/pier-to-landing-public-open-house.php

Please join staff and consultants working with the City of New Westminster, TransLink and Metro Vancouver to review and provide feedback on the conceptual design for the Pier to Landing Connection, the proposed pedestrian and bicycle connection between Westminster Pier Park and Sapperton Landing Par...

02/21/2017

Just came across a large stack of these postcards of the Pattullo Bridge at our HQ. DM me your address if you want one sent to you with a personal message (who doesn't like getting mail) or let me know if you'd like some to send to other friends or family.

02/16/2017

How does your Ultimate New West Shop Hop passport look??? One more weekend left to complete your passport for a chance to win some prizes!!

02/16/2017

We're loving our next 'Rundown' participant's answers, the loveable Stephen Carl O'shea (https://www.facebook.com/stephencarloshea/) gives us his rundown responses.

Bass player for YOU SAY PARTY, Executive Director of The Arts Council of New Westminster, extreme NewWestie, and may be found hugging concrete.

INSTAGRAM: Fulfilling my love of architecture, modernism, and lots of concrete, I follow Socialist Modernism (http://www.instagram.com/socialistmodernism) for their unique perspective on

TWITTER: For all things local , the go-to source remains (twitter.com/pjnewwest). Model Councillor, provocative rabble-rouser aka Patrick Johnstone

HEALTH HACK: Drink more water, you're likely not drinking enough. And neither am I.

FAVOURITE THINK ABOUT MY NEIGHBOURHOOD: Old Crow Coffee Co. (http://oldcrowcoffeeco.com/), perfect hole-in-the-wall coffee shop on Front Street. My favourite place for meetings or just on my own.

MUSIC: I'm always recommending this album. One of my favourite bands is Do Make Say Think (official). Their album Goodbye Enemy Airship, The Landlord Is Dead (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWAGmn50m04) is a perfect slap of instrumental post-rock. Canadian too!

WHAT I'M READING: Amity by Nasreen Pejvak (https://www.inanna.ca/catalog/amity/), President of Royal City Literary Arts Society (https://rclas.com/) and Finalist for the 2016 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize.

FAVORITE LOCAL EATS: Can't stop going back to Re-Up BBQ for their breakfast sandwich. I order my egg "Over Hard" to avoid the hot yolk splash and go with the sausage. Delicious any time of day....AND THAT BISCUIT!

NETFLIX: Tired of listening to all those Western scales? Get out of your normal and explore "Sufi Soul: The Mystic Music of Islam" (https://www.netflix.com/watch/70105236)

WHAT I'M DOING: Busy working with Arts Council of New Westminster (www.acnw.ca) coming up with new and exciting ways to bring the arts to New Westminster. Want to do something different? Let's collaborate!

HIDDEN SPOT IN MY NEIGHBOURHOOD: It won't be there for much longer but don't miss the pop-up outdoor art gallery along the fence between the train tracks and the parking lot near Begbie Street. (https://goo.gl/maps/yGrLw7kDSnS2)

02/08/2017

There is always something going on in the Great City of New Westminster! Sometimes we wonder if local residents even know half the things that are going on during the week.......

If you love locally hand made items, you've gots to check out this weeks New West Craft market at the River Market in the Quay. Lots of local food and drinks too! Re-Up BBQ Mid-Century Modern HOME bunches & blooms Canteen & Supply Shnoo and the Pachooch

New West Craft is back at River Market on Saturday, Feb 18 from 11am to 4pm

02/01/2017

Have you ever been to a show by Vagabond Players at The Bernie Legge Theatre ?? If not, it might be because the Legge theatre/building is almost hidden in Queens Park.

If you've been before, tell us what you saw!

Classic mystery fans, take note: The Vagabond Players are offering up a dramatic treasure by Agatha Christie. Towards Zero, a gripping murder mystery from the noted Queen of Crime, is onstage at . . .

01/16/2017

Did you know that New Westminster has a electric car company that sells its cars worldwide?

They're located just steps from the Braid/Brunette intersection

Jerry Kroll has been in the racing car business for years. He used his knowledge of designing those driving experiences to come up with a single seat commuter car for the mainstream buyer. The company is now taking orders and hopes to make and sell 200,000 of them in 2017.

01/13/2017

Our friends at El Santo continue to get recognized outside of the city of New Westminster

Hungry for fresh Mexican fare but don’t have the time to board a plane bound down South?

01/11/2017

There a lot of hard working creative individuals living amongst the tight community of new west. Always willing to try or start something new.

We hope they reach their goals! Along with a few others we know of who are trying to bring more creative groups to new west.

A New West couple has started up a new recital society with a goal to bring professional musical performances to local audiences. Up Close Recital Society is a newly formed organization founded . . .

01/09/2017

New West has a ton of history, so much so, we can often glaze over it when we see it or hear about it.

Taking the time to learn about the history, of any city, can teach you a lot about why a city is made up the way it is. New wests long history has clearly contributed to the community it is today.

Here's a read on a time when the Fraser River was skateable.

12/15/2016

We are live at the Hive City grand opening! 😀

12/14/2016

The Rundown Project - We ask residents to give us their current favourites and current recommendations for their community. The first up is the Sapperton Resident, Editor of Tenth to the Fraser and recently declared New Westminster Citizen of the Year - Jen Arbo

INSTAGRAM: I spend time looking at terrariums online and usually follow a variety of hashtags to find those like

FAVOURITE BEER: There is no way on this earth I can pick only one. Currently, I’m loving sour beers and am so pleased to see so many breweries get on board to make one. I like pretty much everything Driftwood Brewery(Victoria), Dageraad Brewing (Burnaby), and Four Winds Brewing Co. (Delta) produce and I think the beers and staff at New West’s own Steel & Oak Brewing Co. are amazing.

FAVOURITE THING ABOUT YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD: I love that my neighbourhood is right beside Hume Park, which is what I’d rank as the best park in New West. I know splashy Queen’s Park gets a lot of love, and the Westminster Pier Park is award winning and a great place to take your tourist friends, but Hume Park is a gem. It features walking trails, bike paths, activity fields, lacrosse boxes, tennis courts, a fairly new playground and water park, geocaching, direct access to the Brunette River for tossing rocks, a treat hut, a summertime pool…. you name it. On weekends it is packed with people from other communities—I swear New Westers don’t realize how great this park is.

MANTRA: Fake it till you make it.

HEALTH HACK: Go to the gym even when the idea makes you want to curl into a ball. You’ll feel so good afterward. Water. Supplements. Go the eff to bed. Turn off your phone.

NETFLIX: Loving Stranger Things, The Crown, and Black Mirror right now.

PODCAST: Revisionist History, Someone Knows Something, Serial.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP ADVICE: TL;DR: Give ‘er. Long version: get the support of your loved ones, take risks, plan.

DOCUMENTARY: Just started watching “Africa” on Netflix with my son. Loving it so far.

NEW DISCOVERY: Deadlifting is awesome. I joined Strong Side Conditioning Gym a few months ago and have enjoyed learning how to lift. Never done it before in my life, but feel strong and capable now.

HIDDEN SPOT IN NEIGHBOURHOOD: The Sapperton Parklet! These temporary park like places are a lovely place to rest and relax. Sapperton is fortunate enough to have one, right outside some of the key businesses creating change in this hood: Fratelli Bakery, Cadeaux Boutique & Day Spa, The Bloom Bloom Room Flower Studio, Barley's Homebrewing Supplies, Banana Lab., Kids In Motion Dance Studio…. Sapperton is becoming a more robust shopping area, finally.

Make Sure to Follow Jen and Tenth to the Fraser on twitter and Facebook and

12/12/2016

A great read from Tenth to the Fraser regarding Kat Davidson's take on New West's community, including the reasons why it's so unique. Things that other cities can only dream of.

Something Honest Finding community in unexpected places by Kat Davidson in Business and Community • 1st December 2016 Photography by Andrés Markwart | Steel & Oak Photo by Andrés MarkwartTogether we are better; together we are stronger. Sometimes the question that we are faced with is, how can we ma...

12/12/2016

Affordability seems to make New Westminster a perfect place for a lot of new businesses to call home. So it's not uncommon to stumble across some pretty unique stores or business ideas.

Which brings me to a new business on Front st. Hive City is a unique business that has a couple of things going for it. The Location is one of my favourites. They have coffee. And they have some machinery that works with D-board, a sustainable cardboard product. Check their site out for more info. http://www.hive.city

They are also community focused. "100% of our profits will be given back to New West and beyond in social, non-profit, and start-up funding and disbursements. The more successful we are as a business, the more we have to give and to build up the community. This is what excites us."

This only contributes to an amazing city.

Join their Launch Party this Wednesday.

12/06/2016

Add another restaurant to the list that is unique to new west!

Piva Modern Italian Restaurant and Wine Bar will be serving up food and vino in Anvil Centre in 2017. The city has given notice that it intends to lease a 3,500 square foot portion of Anvil . . .

12/05/2016

❤️ many opportunities to have a part in a community with tons of history!

Massey Theatre Society is embarking on plans to equip the theatre for the future. In June, the city and school district announced that the City of New Westminster would assume ownership of the . . .