WHO IS SEED?
WHAT IS SEED
Join SEED and be part of a cooperative of neighbours who decide together on how we want our neighbourhood to look and feel, and then who work making it happen! Our boundaries lie within 5th and 7th street, Park Ave and Victoria Rd. As a cooperative we work with the city, Snuneymuxw Nation, the school district, and other stakeholders. We are based on the principles of caring for the land, caring for those who live here, and sharing the benefits of working together.
BENEFITS
As a cooperative we have sway in the decisions affecting our neighborhood at different government levels. We can apply for grants, organize ourselves to improve community resilience, infra-structures for emergency preparedness, food security, communication all to create a stronger sense of safety and care. We work with the city, Snuneymuxw Nation, the school district, and other stakeholders.
PRINCIPLES & VALUES
We are based on the principles of caring for the land, caring for those who live here, and sharing the benefits of working together.
SEED Board Visioning Workshop 2025
THE BEGINNINGS OF SEED
The beginnings of S.E.E.D started when seeds were sown throughout the neighborhood, literally.
And from them, big sunflowers bloomed.
Fruit trees began sprouting up along the rail road tracks.
MyCDC Cooperative helped plant a food forest around Bayview School. Then, a special birthday boy celebrated his 65th birthday and planted 9 fruit trees along the street, followed by the Khalsa Aid Society donating another 22 fruit trees to create another food forest.
Neighbors began talking; talking around fires, around kitchen tables, in the school field. They wanted more!
Bigger dreams started to seed, which seeded the need to start S.E.E.D. the South End Ecological Development. We are now on our way to forming a formal Cooperative, to provide structure for our visions to materialize. We like to say we are becoming a legitimate Agrihood – a food abundant neighborhood. We are striving to become an Urban Ecovillage within the next decade. For now, we are tending food forests, caring for the Catstream, organizing community events, and making our neighborhood a rocking place to live!
SEED Neighbourhood Cooperative
In November 2023 we started a not-for-profit community service cooperative to enhance our ways of organizing neighbourhood activities.
WHO IS ON THE BOARD IN 2025
Grace Boutilier, Les Melborn, Tracy Vandermolt, Michael Geselbracht, Becky Thiessen (resigned), Shelby Drope,
Jenni (pronounced Yenni) Ottilie Keppler, Cait Lepla.
Board term goes until November.
WHAT ARE THE COMMITTEES /
WORKING GROUPS &
THEIR COORDINATORS
Land Care Committee |
Shelby, Michael, Les, Grace
Education / Indigenization |
Les, Michael
Communications / Neighbour Relations |
Jenni, Cait
Library of Things (LoT) / Tool Share |
Cait, Tracy
Culture / Events/Art |
Grace, Michael
Grants / Governance / Planning / Finance |
Tracy, Cait
Treasurer
Tracy
GET IN CONTACT
BECOME A CO-OP MEMBER!
To sign up as a member please fill in this Membership Signup Form. The membership fee is 5–15$/year and can be paid through E-transfer to seedncoop@gmail.com or talk to Tracy.
Donations outside of memberships are also always welcome!