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Burnaby Chamber of Commerce 1990 Fee-For-Service Contracts
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport11988
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 12242
- Meeting Date
- 22-May-1990
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 36
- Item No.
- 5
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 12242
- Meeting Date
- 22-May-1990
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 36
- Item No.
- 5
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Burnaby Chamber of Commerce 1991 Fee-For-Service Contract
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport11125
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 7217
- Meeting Date
- 24-Jun-1991
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 41
- Item No.
- 10
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 7217
- Meeting Date
- 24-Jun-1991
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 41
- Item No.
- 10
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Burnaby Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Fee for Service and Tourist InfoCentre - Sprott Street
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport9614
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 12784
- Meeting Date
- 25-May-1993
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 12784
- Meeting Date
- 25-May-1993
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Burnaby Chamber of Commerce Tourist InfoCentre - Sprott Street
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport8721
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 13047
- Meeting Date
- 30-May-1994
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 13047
- Meeting Date
- 30-May-1994
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Centennial Committee: 1) Contribution to Burnaby Calendar 2) Occupation of Office Space - Chamber of Commerce Building
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport10898
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 7409
- Meeting Date
- 7-Oct-1991
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 56
- Item No.
- 22
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 7409
- Meeting Date
- 7-Oct-1991
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 56
- Item No.
- 22
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Commerce and Industry series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription168
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1951-1990
- Collection/Fonds
- Planning Department fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records related to the development of commercial and industrial sites in the City of Burnaby. These records include: maps, plans, architectural and technical material, reports, surveys, studies, applications, correspondence, and memoranda.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1951-1990
- Collection/Fonds
- Planning Department fonds
- Series
- Commerce and Industry series
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records related to the development of commercial and industrial sites in the City of Burnaby. These records include: maps, plans, architectural and technical material, reports, surveys, studies, applications, correspondence, and memoranda.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Economic Development Program - Burnaby Chamber of Commerce
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport5308
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 61832
- Meeting Date
- 23-Nov-1998
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 61832
- Meeting Date
- 23-Nov-1998
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Economic Development Program - Burnaby Chamber of Commerce
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport6887
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 25698
- Meeting Date
- 30-Sep-1996
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 25698
- Meeting Date
- 30-Sep-1996
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Economic Development Program - Burnaby Chamber of Commerce
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport8418
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 13143
- Meeting Date
- 24-Oct-1994
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 13143
- Meeting Date
- 24-Oct-1994
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Economic Development Program - Burnaby Chamber of Commerce
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport5933
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 61207
- Meeting Date
- 12-Jan-1998
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 61207
- Meeting Date
- 12-Jan-1998
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Economic Development Program - Burnaby Chamber of Commerce
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport6125
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 61036
- Meeting Date
- 6-Oct-1997
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 61036
- Meeting Date
- 6-Oct-1997
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Economic Development - Proposal from Burnaby Chamber of Commerce
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport8483
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 13125
- Meeting Date
- 26-Sep-1994
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 13125
- Meeting Date
- 26-Sep-1994
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Parking Lot Lease - 6278 McMurray Avenue, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Lot 5, Block 7, DL 32, Grp 1, NWD, Plan 1229
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport10665
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 3497
- Meeting Date
- 3-Feb-1992
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 8
- Item No.
- 8
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 3497
- Meeting Date
- 3-Feb-1992
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 8
- Item No.
- 8
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Parking Lot Lease - Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce - Lot 5 Block 7 DL 32 Group 1 NWD Plan 1229 (6278 McMurray Avenue)
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport11673
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 8504
- Meeting Date
- 15-Oct-1990
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 63
- Item No.
- 8
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 8504
- Meeting Date
- 15-Oct-1990
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 63
- Item No.
- 8
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Parking Lot Lease - Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Lot 5, Block 7, DL 32, Grp. 1, NWD, Plan 1229 6278 McMurray Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport9767
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 5474
- Meeting Date
- 22-Mar-1993
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 17
- Item No.
- 6
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 5474
- Meeting Date
- 22-Mar-1993
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 17
- Item No.
- 6
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Parking Lot Lease - Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Lot 5, Block 7, DL 32, Plan 1229 6278 McMurray Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport7697
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 5065
- Meeting Date
- 28-Aug-1995
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 39
- Item No.
- 25
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 5065
- Meeting Date
- 28-Aug-1995
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 39
- Item No.
- 25
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Burnaby centennial anthology : stories of early Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5472
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Publication Date
- 1994
- Call Number
- 971.133 BUR COPY 3
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282826
- Call Number
- 971.133 BUR COPY 3
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 1994
- Physical Description
- 531 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Burnaby (B.C.)
- Biography
- Notes
- Includes index.
- 3 copies held: copy 3.
Digital Books
Dick Spring, Dorothy Williams and Bill Lewis
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription80025
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 2, 1997
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 17 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of New Westminster Chamber of Commerce members Dick Spring, Dorothy Williams, and Bill Lewis standing by Chevrolet van to be auctioned for charity.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 2, 1997
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 17 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-0613
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2012-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of New Westminster Chamber of Commerce members Dick Spring, Dorothy Williams, and Bill Lewis standing by Chevrolet van to be auctioned for charity.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black and blue ink on recto of photograph reads: "NW 417 / Bby p. 26 03/02 50%"
- Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
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Interview with Merrill M. Gordon by Rod Fowler March 19, 1990 - Track 6
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory477
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1956-1990
- Length
- 00:13:27
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about the circumstances behind Merrill Gordon’s founding of the Cliff Avenue United Football Club in 1956, his subsequent involvement and role as President of the club for 15 years, and the growth and history of soccer clubs in Burnaby. He also talks about his frien…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about the circumstances behind Merrill Gordon’s founding of the Cliff Avenue United Football Club in 1956, his subsequent involvement and role as President of the club for 15 years, and the growth and history of soccer clubs in Burnaby. He also talks about his friend Mark Stockdale who was second president of the club for 16 years and creator of the rose garden on Burnaby Mountain.
- Date Range
- 1956-1990
- Photo Info
- Burnaby Alderman Merrill Gordon (second from right) following a candidates' meeting, 1973. Item no. 480-263
- Length
- 00:13:27
- Subjects
- Persons - Volunteers
- Sports - Soccer
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- March 19, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Merrill Gordon, conducted by Rod Fowler.Gordon Merrill was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is about Merrill Gordon’s childhood in the Depression, including his story about the family’s difficult trek to Burnaby from Alberta; his education, teachers and first volunteer activities at Grandview High School; his career at Fleck Brothers and the start of his own company Blaze Industries and later work in India; and his many volunteer activities in Burnaby. He describes how he started the Cliff Avenue United Football Club, the soccer club's subsequent growth and development, some of the people involved, and the founding of the youth soccer exchange. He also describes his work on the Parks Board and in the arts community, including the 1987 arts centre referendum, and involvement with the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society (1988- ), and mentions his work for other groups including the New Vista Society, library board, and Burnaby Mental Health Committee. He also talks about his political career with the Better Burnaby Committee and Burnaby Voters Association, resulting in his 1972 election to Burnaby’s 1973 council. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Merrill M. Gordon was born in Saskatchewan in 1929 to parents farming north of North Battleford. After a fifth year of crop failure the family of four left the farm in 1934 to join relatives living near the corner of Union and Sperling in Burnaby. With little resources the family adapted as well as possible in the Depression years, moving often in the East Vancouver/North Burnaby area in an attempt to better their situation. Merrill’s father obtained work at sawmills including Kapoor’s Sawmill at Barnet, walking to work over Burnaby Mountain. After attending numerous public schools, Merrill Gordon eventually spent three years at Templeton School and then completed his education at Grandview High School of Commerce, majoring in accounting and commercial law. He worked a few years at Canadian Industries Ltd., then joined Fleck Brothers. In 1965 Merrill Gordon and his wife started their own company Blaze Industries of Canada that manufactured wood burning fireplaces, selling the company to AB Electrolux in 1980. After a short retirement, Merrill Gordon went back to work in 1981 for a company manufacturing solar panels, one project taking him and his wife intermittently to India over a four year period. Merrill Gordon helped found the political group Better Burnaby Committee, later the Burnaby Voters Association, with Alan Emmott and Bill Lewarne, ran for Burnaby Municipal Council and served one year as councillor in 1973. Merrill Gordon is well known for his over 40 years of volunteer work in Burnaby, particularly as founder in 1956 and director of the Cliff Avenue United Football Club, one of the largest soccer clubs in BC. He was also the founder of Burnaby Youth Soccer and the first youth soccer exchange with Washington State. His other volunteer work includes library trustee, Parks Commissioner (1987-1992), Director of New Vista Home for Seniors, Chair of campaign raising funds for building Shadbolt Arts Centre, and Chair of the Burnaby Mental Health Committee. In 1988 Merrill Gordon, Betty Gordon, Dean Lamont and several others formed the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society, which advocated for the return of unused land to Burnaby from SFU and the subsequent creation of Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area. Merrill Gordon and Elizabeth Balfour (nee Leitch) (1926-2012) married in 1953 and had two children.
- Total Tracks
- 11
- Total Length
- 1:31:44
- Interviewee Name
- Gordon, Merrill
- Interview Location
- unknown
- Interviewer Bio
- Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- Transcript Available
- Transcript available
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Images
Audio Tracks
Track six of interview with Merrill Gordon
Track six of interview with Merrill Gordon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-020/MSS187-020_Track_6.mp3
Interview with Merrill M. Gordon by Rod Fowler March 19, 1990 - Track 7
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory478
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1956-1990
- Length
- 00:07:05
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Merrill Gordon’s political career and his volunteer work with Cliff Avenue soccer, the Burnaby Mental Health Association, the library board, and the New Vista Society. He talks about his association with Alan Emmott and the founding of the Better Burnaby Commi…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Merrill Gordon’s political career and his volunteer work with Cliff Avenue soccer, the Burnaby Mental Health Association, the library board, and the New Vista Society. He talks about his association with Alan Emmott and the founding of the Better Burnaby Committee (BBC), his election to Burnaby Council in 1972 with BVA, and his membership in and work for the federal NDP
- Date Range
- 1956-1990
- Photo Info
- Burnaby Alderman Merrill Gordon (second from right) following a candidates' meeting, 1973. Item no. 480-263
- Length
- 00:07:05
- Names
- Emmott, Alan H
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- March 19, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Merrill Gordon, conducted by Rod Fowler.Gordon Merrill was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is about Merrill Gordon’s childhood in the Depression, including his story about the family’s difficult trek to Burnaby from Alberta; his education, teachers and first volunteer activities at Grandview High School; his career at Fleck Brothers and the start of his own company Blaze Industries and later work in India; and his many volunteer activities in Burnaby. He describes how he started the Cliff Avenue United Football Club, the soccer club's subsequent growth and development, some of the people involved, and the founding of the youth soccer exchange. He also describes his work on the Parks Board and in the arts community, including the 1987 arts centre referendum, and involvement with the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society (1988- ), and mentions his work for other groups including the New Vista Society, library board, and Burnaby Mental Health Committee. He also talks about his political career with the Better Burnaby Committee and Burnaby Voters Association, resulting in his 1972 election to Burnaby’s 1973 council. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Merrill M. Gordon was born in Saskatchewan in 1929 to parents farming north of North Battleford. After a fifth year of crop failure the family of four left the farm in 1934 to join relatives living near the corner of Union and Sperling in Burnaby. With little resources the family adapted as well as possible in the Depression years, moving often in the East Vancouver/North Burnaby area in an attempt to better their situation. Merrill’s father obtained work at sawmills including Kapoor’s Sawmill at Barnet, walking to work over Burnaby Mountain. After attending numerous public schools, Merrill Gordon eventually spent three years at Templeton School and then completed his education at Grandview High School of Commerce, majoring in accounting and commercial law. He worked a few years at Canadian Industries Ltd., then joined Fleck Brothers. In 1965 Merrill Gordon and his wife started their own company Blaze Industries of Canada that manufactured wood burning fireplaces, selling the company to AB Electrolux in 1980. After a short retirement, Merrill Gordon went back to work in 1981 for a company manufacturing solar panels, one project taking him and his wife intermittently to India over a four year period. Merrill Gordon helped found the political group Better Burnaby Committee, later the Burnaby Voters Association, with Alan Emmott and Bill Lewarne, ran for Burnaby Municipal Council and served one year as councillor in 1973. Merrill Gordon is well known for his over 40 years of volunteer work in Burnaby, particularly as founder in 1956 and director of the Cliff Avenue United Football Club, one of the largest soccer clubs in BC. He was also the founder of Burnaby Youth Soccer and the first youth soccer exchange with Washington State. His other volunteer work includes library trustee, Parks Commissioner (1987-1992), Director of New Vista Home for Seniors, Chair of campaign raising funds for building Shadbolt Arts Centre, and Chair of the Burnaby Mental Health Committee. In 1988 Merrill Gordon, Betty Gordon, Dean Lamont and several others formed the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society, which advocated for the return of unused land to Burnaby from SFU and the subsequent creation of Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area. Merrill Gordon and Elizabeth Balfour (nee Leitch) (1926-2012) married in 1953 and had two children.
- Total Tracks
- 11
- Total Length
- 1:31:44
- Interviewee Name
- Gordon, Merrill
- Interview Location
- unknown
- Interviewer Bio
- Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- Transcript Available
- Transcript available
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Images
Audio Tracks
Track seven of interview with Merrill Gordon
Track seven of interview with Merrill Gordon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-020/MSS187-020_Track_7.mp3