C I T Y O F B U R N A B Y
S p e c i a l F e a t u r e
participates in and supports a wide range of
community initiatives, as well
as partners with charities
and organizations.
As for companies within the
Alternative enery/environmental
technoloy/services sector, Ballard
Power Systems Inc. is acknowledged
as a world leader in proton exchange
membrane ("
PEM") fuel cell development
and commercialization (Ballard's principal
business is the design, development,
manufacturing and sale of fuel cell
products for a variety of applications).
Other groundbreaking alternative
enery/environmental technoloy
rms include General Fusion, which
is enabling a transformation of the
world's enery supply by developing
the fastest, most practical, and lowest cost
path to commercial fusion power; and
Schneider Electric, which is singularly
focused on making enery safe, reliable
and e¦cient.
The innovative and progressive
businesses operating within Burnaby are
too numerous to list in total, but they beg
the question: How has the city been able to
attract such a kaleidoscope of activity? The
Burnaby Board of Trade credits ve factors:
Access
As the geographical center of Metro
Vancouver, the city is easily accessible
from all major highways, Vancouver
International Airport, Port of Vancouver
and the U.S. border. The Coast Mountain
Bus Company Fleet and SkyTrain are also
key components of access within the city.
Education
Burnaby is internationally recognized
as an education hub thanks to Simon
Fraser University, one of Canada's top
comprehensive universities, and
BCIT,
the province's premier career training
facility. Many other respected institutions
ožer a wide variety of post-secondary
and open-format educational
opportunities.
The town centre of
Metrotown hits the mark
in every way with its wide
range of services and
busineses, and proximity
to rapid transit
FAST
FACTS
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Burnaby's Official Community
Plan (OCP)
is a comprehensive
document that provides direction
for the management of growth. The
OCP contains six major goals that
provide direction and serve as a policy
framework, defining the city's land use
and growth management strategy.
The goals are: a more complete
community; an environmentally
aware community; a community of
economic opportunity; a community
with increased transportation choice;
an involved community; a community
within a livable region.
