Your vote can help create gardens in Vancouver’s Strathcona neighbourhood

The Strathcona Business Improvement Association is hoping to be awarded $80,000 to build microgardens, planted with vegetables and native plants, throughout Vancouver’s downtown eastside. They hope their project will expand the neighourhood’s ability to produce local food, create jobs for people trying to rise above homelessness, and soften the streetscapes, making them safer and healthier places for everyone who lives and works there.

The contest is being run by Aviva Insurance, and to win the BIA needs the most votes in their category.

To find out more about the Strathcona garden project click here.

Casting your vote is pretty simple - and you can vote every day - but you do have to register first. Here’s how:

1. Go to the Aviva site and register. You will receive an email confirmation.
2. Click on the first hyperlink in the email they send. This will activate your account.
3. Sign in using your email address and password.
4. Navigate back to the Strathcona garden project page. (The easiest way to do that is to paste the link right into your browser. The link is http://www.avivacommunityfund.org/ideas/acf5454 ).
6. Click on Vote Now.
7. Repeat everyday until October 15 when the contest closes.