Bring the Tools to the Trees
A Home Base for Healing Everett Crowley Park
Community members like you are at the heart of Everett Crowley Park’s recovery. For over 40 years, this community has helped heal the park’s ecology, transforming a former landfill into a thriving urban wilderness.
Our volunteer park stewards are active and eager, but too much time is spent hauling tools back and forth from the community centre instead of planting and healing the park.
That could change with the Community Stewardship Basecamp: a permanent park headquarters created from a used shipping container. We have connected with a trade school to explore a collaboration on a custom-built, solar-powered, off-grid hub!
The Champlain Heights Community Association is spearheading this project, with support from the Vancouver Park Board. Community donations, in-kind contributions, CHCA funding, and grants we have applied for will help move this project forward in phases.
Our immediate goal is to raise $5,000 between Earth Day (April 22) and World Environment Day (June 5) to support next steps like planning, site preparation, and implementation.
Here are a few of the project costs:
$200 installs an exterior rain-capture system for cleaning tools.
$300 secures the site with industrial locks to protect specialized gear.
$2,000 prepares the site for safe placement of the Basecamp.
$2,500 covers delivery and placement into the park.
$25,000 helps outfit the unit with solar power, batteries, and weatherproof storage.
Your support is a one-time investment with long-term impact!
Please note that we cannot provide tax receipts because we are not a federally registered charity. All donations will support the Community Stewardship Basecamp project. If the project cannot proceed as planned, funds will be redirected to closely related stewardship and restoration work in Everett Crowley Park.
Phase 2 teaser: Creating the Social Heart of the Park
This project will be more than creating a basecamp; it is about creating a community hub. Once the container is in place, we will focus on turning the Stewardship Basecamp into a social landmark where neighbours can connect, share stories, and relax both before and after park events.
To celebrate the Basecamp as a permanent part of the park's landscape, we hope these final touches will include:
An exterior mural by a local First Nation artist. We will work with an artist to create a mural that reflects the cultural and ecological stories of this land.
A community bulletin board to be a central spot to learn about upcoming park events, recent nature sightings in the park, and more.
A pop-up learning space to connect and share our common love of the park.
The Everett Crowley Park Committee is a proud committee of the Champlain Heights Community Association.
The Everett Crowley Park Committee humbly acknowledges that we work and live on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Peoples.