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UFV in the news: Abbotsford U District

UFV in the news: Abbotsford U District

The City of Abbotsford has big plans for the area adjacent to UFV’s campus on King Road. Read the media coverage on the U District here.

Planning a university district in Abbotsford
Abbotsford News – September 1, 2011
In future years, back to school will not only bring the University …

Something to like in new U-district idea
Abbotsford Times
– March 11, 2011
…Times: It’s ever so nice to have a politician say something I can agree with. Well, almost. In the article New U-district could serve as urban anchor (Times, March 8), Mayor Peary states that the development “would be largely fuelled…

Creating a vision for ‘university district’
Abbotsford News
– March 9, 2011
Students from the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV), local property owners, residents and businesses will be asked to contribute to a new conceptual vision of the area…

New U-district could serve as UFV’s urban anchor for Abbotsford
Abbotsford Times
– March 08, 2011
…the new neighbourhood, titled the UDistrict. The new plan will act as an “urban…The transformation of the U-District into an mixed-use neighbourhood…said Toews. The idea behind the U-District is to establish a “university heights…