Save The Beacon Hill Children's Farm

The Beacon Hill Children's Farm (better known as the Beacon Hill Petting Zoo) was threatened earlier this month with lease changes that could close the facility. This should not be allowed to happen and, it appears, disaster has been averted or, at the very least, it has been brought to Facebook's attention. We all know what happens when Facebook gets involved. Governments quake! They fear the uprising! And private enterprise jumps in to save the day.

I can't believe the reaction I had when I heard this was a very real possibility of closure to one of the most memorable places I can think of in Beacon Hill Park. I wonder what Victoria City Hall has been thinking? Or not, as it seems. I grew up in Victoria and the petting zoo (like the Victoria Bug Zoo) is etched into my memory as one of the non-disappearing type of fixtures.

The park has a lot of memories in it that I am not willing to give up for anything - especially the park. Bunch of crazies over there in that hall of the city.

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Shane Birley is a blogger, huge geeky nerd, web developer, poet, and creative writer based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is a partner at Left Right Minds, a web development, arts management, business blogging and on line marketing company.

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