Residents celebrate Vancouver’s Strathcona Park with community festival
In celebration, a small community festival was held.Union Gospel Mission alumni gathered at the park as well.“We’re just out here, a bunch of guys in recovery, we got Strathcona back and it’s all cleaned up.”By “back,” Parsons means the restoration of Strathcona to a functioning park for all.
Strathcona Residents Association’s vice president, Katie Lewis, is one of the locals who helped put it together. The festival was a hit, according to community members, a giant melting pot of diverse groups, something only a city like Vancouver can achieve, Lewis said.
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