EAST VANCOUVER — A project to create a native plant oasis in Vancouver’s Riveridge neighborhood began Aug. 29 with volunteer Tom Denman clearing an area with a 3-ton excavator. It was the first step in a three-step process that Good Neighbor Committee Chair Gary Zacny is voluntarily managing for the neighborhood association, according to neighborhood volunteer Ellen Zacny.
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