MARPOLE-OAKRIDGE
COMMUNITY CENTRE
IT'S TIME FOR RENEWAL
IT'S TIME FOR RENEWAL
DID YOU KNOW?
THE CITY HAS RECONFIRMED THEIR COMMITMENT
TO MOCC RENEWAL,
EITHER AT ITS CURRENT LOCATION
(WHERE ITS BEEN SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1949),
OR
A BRAND NEW LOCATION ON GRANVILLE STREET
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SUMMARY
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The majority of Marpole residents surveyed
want MOCC to remain in Oak Park
Adequate funding to rebuild and renew
amenities is being generated by the
development within Marpole
A new facility at the current location could be a
showcase of urban planning at the south
entrance of the city
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MOCA & MOCC – THE EARLY YEARS
1944
Marpole Community Association formed
1947
Fund raising begins for facility
1949
MOCC opens its doors to become the 1st
purpose-built community centre in
Vancouver
1951
Outdoor swimming pool added
1952
Theatre added
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MOCC – HISTORY
1977
1st Marpole Community Plan begins (75
residents meet weekly for 1 1/2 years to
consult with City officials)
1979
MOCC swimming pool heavily used
1983
MOCC stage blocked off
1988
MOCC swimming pool filled in
2002
Main kitchen converted to snack bar
2011
Feasibility study for new CC suggests best
location in Oak Park (12.6 acres)
2011
$10m capital funding allocated for new CC
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MOCC – CURRENT COMMUNITY PLAN
2013
City suggests co-locating MOCC with library
2014
City buys land on Granville Street at 67 Ave (near library)
2014
After about 15 years, MOCC is no longer on a list for renewal and is no
longer specifically identified as a new capital project in the 2015-18 Capital
Plan
2014
$10M formerly allocated for MOCC renewal is not identified in the 2015
Capital Budget
2014
Park Board (CoV) Commissioner Trevor Loke declares City's intent to
demolish MOCC in Oak Park and revert site to park land
2014
Soil tests begin for construction at Granville Street at 67th Ave (near library)
2015
Vancouver Park Board confirms two locations are being considered and that
co-location will happen.
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NEIGHBOURHOODS SERVED BY MOCC
24 Community
Centres serve 22
neighbourhoods
MOCC serves:
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Marpole
Oakridge
1/3 of
Shaughnessy
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COMMUNITY CENTRE CATCHMENTS
22 Neighbourhoods
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
served by 24 Community Centres
Downtown
Renfrew-Collingwood
Kensington-Cedar Cottage
West End
Kitislano
Sunset
Hastings-Sunrise
Fairview
Victoria-Fraserview
Killarney
Grandview-Woodland
Mount Pleasant
Marpole
Riley Park
Dunbar-Southlands
Arbutus-Ridge
Kerrisdale
West Point Grey
Oakridge
Strathcona
Shaughnessy
South Cambie
54,690
50,495
47,471
44,543
41,371
36,286
33,992
31,432
30,711
28,458
27,297
26,400
23,832
21,794
21,754
15,908
14,732
12,803
12,443
12,170
8,807
7,682
Total Population Served
605,071
Roundhouse
Renfrew Park
Kensington
Coal Harbour
Kitsilano
Sunset
Hastings
Douglas Park
Killarney
Killarney
Britannia
Creekside
Marpole-Oakridge
Hillcrest
Dunbar
Kerrisdale
Kerrisdale
West Point Grey
Marpole-Oakridge
Strathcona
Douglas Park
Hillcrest
Trout Lake
West End
Ray-Cam
False Creek
Thunderbird
Strathcona
Champlain Heights
Douglas Park
Mount Pleasant
Douglas Park
Kitsilano
Kerrisdale
Marpole-Oakridge
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COMMUNITY CENTRE CATCHMENTS
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MOCC serves the 5th largest population, with
none of the amenities that attract clients: pool,
ice rink, seniors' facility or performing arts
With the expected population growth, MOCC
will have the largest catchment
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COMMUNITY CENTRE CATCHMENTS
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current community
centre location
Granville & 67th
(current library
location)
• 75% of
the
growth is
expected
along the
Cambie
Corridor
Total Population Growth for Marpole = 20,616 (as of Jan 2015)
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FUNDS GENERATED BY THESE REZONINGS
ADDED POPULATION
ADDED POPULATION
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FUNDING STRATEGIES – SUMMARY
(MARPOLE DEVELOPMENT ONLY)
Category
($ million)
Developer
Contribution
Cost (incld
CAC/DCL)
($ million)
Partnership
Contribution
(incld other gov’t
& non-profits)
($ million)
($ million)
$27-33
$33-38
$11-13
$71-84
Parks & Open
Spaces
$3
$24
$0
$27
Housing
$10
$180
$160
$350
Transportation
$42
$23
$10
$75
Utilities
$122
$24
$0
$146
$0
$11
$0
$11
$204-210
$295-300
$181-183
$680-693
Community
Facilities
Heritage
TOTAL
City
Contribution
Cost
Where is
this money
coming from?
TOTAL
Not all of these funds will stay in Marpole
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Shannon Estate
(1,323 more people;
100% CAC $ to Kerrisdale)
POPULATION GROWTH
Pearson
Dogwood
(5,000)
Add 8,000
more people
Langara
Gardens
(3,000)
City paid $11-million for land on
SW Marine Drive, using $ generated
from rezonings along Cambie Street,
to build 125 units of low-cost housing.
Granville &67h:
proposed community
centre location?
Granville at 70th: 642
Marine Gardens 800
NorthWest: 630
(completion date: 2017)
MC2: 797
Marine Gateway: 747
(sold out in 1 day)
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PEARSON DOGWOOD &
LANGARA GARDENS
Two “neighbourhood
nodes” planned for Cambie
and 57th with the similar
population:
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Pearson-Dogwood
lands (22 acres)
Langara Gardens
(20.8 acres)
Pearson sold. Development
begins 2018 for:
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3,000 units with towers
up to 28 or more
storeys
More than 4,500
people expected
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MARINE LANDING
(CAMBIE AND MARINE)
A new pedestrian plaza what the City calls a new “social hub” for Marpole...
... along with new Retail Tenants including:
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Cineplex VIP Theatre (11 screens)
T&T supermarket
Subway
Banks (BMO, TD)
Dental offices
Irish pub
liquor store
Shoppers Drug Mart
Sleep Country
Winners ... and more
Representing a minimum 81% increase in jobs (from 11,800 to 21,300).
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MOVEMENT WITHIN
THE COMMUNITY –
WALKABILITY
MOCC
PROXIMITY TO LARGE
DEVELOPMENTS
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MOVEMENT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY - WALKABILITY –
FROM RESIDENCES
400 metre walking circle =
5 minute walk
800 metre walking circle =
10 minute walk
City Standard for Public
Benefits / Amenities:
1.2 ft 2/ person and a 1200 m
distance to a community centre
for all residents
MOCC
Approx. 800
m
“Catchment areas are defined by
a 20 minute walking radius from
each Centre.*”
* Cambie Corridor Plan
Appendix B: Draft Public Benefits Analysis
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MOVEMENT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY – WALKABILITY
FROM SCHOOLS
School
th
Granville & 67 :
proposed new location
for community centre?
Population
Walking
Distance
(metres)
Walking
Time
(minutes)
Ideal School
120
190 m
3
Laurier
Elementary
293
350 m
5
Churchill
Secondary
2114
700 m
10
Laurier Annex
66
1.3 km
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David Lloyd
George
Elementary
427
1.4 km
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Sexsmith
Elementary
404
1.6 km
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City Standard for Public Benefits / Amenities:
1200 metre distance to a community centre for all residents
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MOVEMENT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY
Oak
Street,
more than
ever,
becomes
the centre
of the
community
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MOCA SURVEY – JUNE 2014
Our first 'test' of the community. Over one month, from a possible 338 respondents:
206 (60% of people) responded to an open-ended question about what they wanted
most at a community centre:
Want
# of respondents
% of respondents
1.
Swimming Pool
105
51%
2.
Theatre
31
15%
3.
Ice Rink
16
8%
4.
Festival Area
14
7%
5.
Music / Arts
14
7%
6.
Library
10
5%
7.
Activity Rooms
5
2%
8.
Senior Centre
4
2%
9.
Infant / Baby Activities
3
1%
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MOCA RENEWAL COMMITTEE – NEEDS AND WANTS
Arts and Culture
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Community
Gathering Space
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Activity Rooms
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Recreation
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Administration
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Sports & Fields
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exhibition hall for arts and cultural displays (especially 1st Nations)
music and performance arts partnerships (Studio 58?)
theatre arts / stage indoor/ outdoor; amphitheatre or gazebo
inviting open main foyer for residents to gather & socialize
commercial kitchen for events & social outreach
Park Board greenhouse or partnership opportunity
dedicated space for youth and senior activities
ample storage space
convertible rooms for large, med & small space needs
Aquatic facility for swim & dive clubs, water park for children
Ice rink
shared PB & MOCA office space and resources
conference rooms with technical connectivity
electronic bulletin board outside
Grass or turf playing fields for team sports
Bocce or Petanque court (for seniors)
green space for outdoor festivals and for children to run & play
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THE ARGUMENT FOR AMENITIES
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With a greater than 50% increase in population for Marpole alone, MOCC will have the
largest catchment area of any community centre
City Standard for Community Centre size: 1.2 ft 2 x 59,827 people = 71,792 ft 2 facility
(based on current catchment area including Oakridge & Shaughnessy + 20,616 growth for Marpole)
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City Standard for Community Centre size: 1.2 ft 2 x 36,500 people = 43,800 ft 2 facility
(based on anticipated growth to 2041 from Marpole Community Plan, April 2014 – Marpole only)
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City Standard for Community Centre size: 1.2 ft 2 x 44,448 people = 53.338 ft 2 facility
(based on revised anticipated population growth, January 2015 (slide 11) – Marpole only)
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MOCC has steadily lost amenities (pool, theatre, commercial kitchen) and today, has none
of the amenities that attract patrons
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New amenities have not been identified in the current Marpole Community Plan
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A $600M funding strategy exists to accommodate growth in Marpole
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CAC $ generated from development within Marpole is being used to fund projects across
the city . . .
Marpole doesn't mind sharing - but deserves its fair share
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THE ARGUMENT FOR CURRENT LOCATION OAK PARK (12.6 ACRES)
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Central east-west location in Marpole
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Good assembly point in event of natural disaster
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Central location for family daycare usage; easy drop-off access
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Walkable distance from 75% of anticipated population growth along Cambie Corridor
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10 minute walk from the largest secondary school in Vancouver (2,200 students)
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Because of it's location, MOCC has strong youth engagement and has become a de facto
“youth hub” with a full-time Community Youth Worker servicing after-hours secondary school
students
Co-located with:
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an outdoor children’s playground with water/spray park,
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a ball/roller hockey rink,
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a basketball court,
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3 soccer fields (including 1 with lights for play after dusk),
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2 baseball diamonds (including softball), and
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2 tennis courts.
The outdoor sports players will continue to need access to washrooms and change rooms
(even when community centre is not open.)
Oak Park, with 12.6 acres has plenty of land for expansion
Marpole is one of the city's oldest communities, and the one visitors see first when entering
from the south – there is a potential to showcase a facility at this south entrance of the City
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DISCUSSION OF ALTERNATIVES – GRANVILLE STREET
Why shouldn't the new community centre be re-located to Granville Street?
The Marpole Community Plan approved in April 2014 wants to “ensure continued youth programs
in schools and the community centre” but Churchill students have said that they will not walk to this
location to perform activities that they do at the current MOCC
It is said that this development might accommodate:
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an enlarged library,
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a relocated Marpole Place Neighbourhood House, and
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other CoV facilities.
The current MOCC has several heavily-used large meeting rooms. Will there be enough room for:
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Comparable meeting room facilities for all the organizations listed above, plus
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A fitness centre with full size strength- and cardo-training rooms, plus
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A gym as large as the current MOCC gym, plus
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Room for expansion as Marpole's population grows
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A 43,800 ft 2 or 53.338 ft 2 facility that would meet City standards?
Many Marpole residents living in the Granville Street area of Marpole consider Kerrisdale to be
their community centre, not MOCC. Without the same amenities as Kerrisdale (pool, rink, seniors
centre) they will most likely continue to frequent Kerrisdale.
Residents of south and west Marpole need ready access to good facilities but it does not follow
that facilities in north central Marpole must be reduced to achieve this. CoV can build new facilities
on Granville St and retain the current location of the community centre.
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CONCLUSION
A reasonable expectation would be to
rebuild MOCC
at it's current site
with sufficient amenities
to serve the expected growth in population.
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THE END
FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE:
2015-2010
Cambie Corridor Plan (Phase One and Two)
2015 Apr
Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation website:
http://vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture.aspx
2014 Oct
Greenest City 2020
2014 Apr
Marpole Community Plan
2014 Mar
Oakridge Centre Redevelopment
2014 Feb
Pearson Dogwood Policy Statement
2013 Jun
Langara Gardens Policy Planning Program
2012 Oct
Transportation Plan 2040
And other policy statements on the City of Vancouver website pertaining to
Marpole and surrounding neighbourhoods, for example:
http://vancouver.ca/home-property-development/marpole-community-plan.aspx
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NO FUNDS GENERATED BY THESE REZONINGS
More population
density without
development (CAC)
contributions.
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FUNDING STRATEGIES TO ACCOMMODATE GROWTH
Marpole Community Plan (April 2014)
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SHANNON ESTATE
A 10 acre site in Kerrisdale,
bordering Oakridge and
Marpole neighbourhoods
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From:
162 rental units in two-storey
townhomes (designed by
Arthur Erickson)
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To:
735 residential units - in 7 new
buildings & 3 heritage (existing
buildings) from 2 to 9 storeys
7 new buildings (indicated in brown)
0.60 FSR to 1.60 FSR
Rezoned in 2011 from RS-6 (one
family district) to CD-1
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DISCUSSION OF ALTERNATIVES - YMCA
If a new YMCA is built on the Pearson Dogwood Lands, why is there a need
for a community centre at Oak Park?
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Although there is some overlap, community centres offer programs and
services not available at YMCAs.
The YMCA tends to serve clientèle with a more athletic nature whereas
MOCC patrons tend to be primarily interested in arts and culture, socializing
and recreation, in addition to general lifestyle fitness.
The YMCA is already well used. With additional population moving to the
Cambie Corridor, the new YMCA will probably be at full capacity and unable
to accommodate additional users following closure of MOCC at its current
site.
Although the YMCA is a family facility, it is unlikely to be able to
accommodate the influx of a multitude of energetic teens at the end of
every Churchill school daty, and have facilites to enable them to play
basketball for free.
The YMCA can be more expensive. For example, the drop-in fee to use
strength-and cardio-training equipment (as at April 2014) is $8 at the YMCA
and $5.67 at MOCC
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DISCUSSION OF ALTERNATIVES - OAKRIDGE
What about the new community centre being planned at Oakridge?
The policy statements influencing the Oakridge development do not consider the the Marpole-Oakridge Community Plan. It takes into
account "Riley Park / South Cambie Community Vision 2005" which extends from 41st to 16th although "the Oakridge Centre site at 41st
and Cambie is officially within the catchment area of the Marpole-Oakridge Community Centre (located at Oak & 59th) about 2 km away.
(Riley Park is 1.5 km away; Kerrisdale is 3 km; Sunset is 2 km. There are indoor pools at Kerrisdale and Riley Park. There are ice rinks
at Kerrisdale, Riley Park and Sunset." (Oakridge Policy Statement approved by council March 15, 2007).
Even if the catchment of Oakridge is removed from the Marpole-Oakridge Community Centre mandate, the growth in population of
Marpole alone will exceed it's current catchment keeping it well within the top five catchment areas.
The Oakridge Mall development application (approved May 2014) reinforces efforts on MOCC renewal be maintained considering that
the community centre facilities (proposed for) Oakridge redevelopment raises the following concerns:
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The loose language and dates around delivery (or non-delivery) of the “civic centre”;
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lack of input from Park Board, proposal says: “enter into one or more agreements with ... General Manager Parks and
Recreation ... to secure applicant's obligation to design, build and deliver to the City a turn-key 70,000 sq. foot civic centre which
will include a library, community centre (which will include a senior's centre) and childcare facility ....”
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When should we expect Oakridge Community Centre – 2019? “Civic Centre will be delivered as early as possible ... for the
first 1,200 residential units in the development or June 30, 2019, whichever occurs first”, or
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maybe Oakridge will hopefully come by 2028? “if the applicant has not delivered the Civic Centre by December 31, 2028 then the
City may elect to construct the Civic Centre at the applicant's cost:
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even with the City receiving CAC payment, funding has potential to be get clawed back by $2M, “upon acceptance of the Civic
Centre and transfer of air-space parcel to the City, the City will pay its contribution of $2M (source of funds if the Childcare DCL
fund)”
Sources: (page 8); and; item "3. REZONING: Oakridge Centre and Related Rezonings"
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For more information:
1. visit our website at:
www.marpoleoakridge.org
2. subscribe to the long-term MOCA mailing list here:
http://marpoleoakridge.org/newsletter.htm
3. email us at: [email protected]
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