MEDIA ADVISORY: Half Billion-Dollar Community Unveiling at Port Coquitlam's Riverside Today

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - April 24, 2013) - After beating out nearly 40 British Columbian municipalities in Canada's Best Places to Live survey, Port Coquitlam, once again, has something to brag about. In an announcement on Wednesday, April 24, details regarding a half billion-dollar investment into the Fremont neighbourhood in Port Coquitlam will be unveiled.

In an address by the City of Port Coquitlam's Mayor, Greg Moore and residential homebuilder, MOSAIC, members of the media are invited to learn how Fremont is now the most significant new neighbourhood currently under development in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland.

Time:	11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Location:	2332 Ranger Lane, Fremont, Port Coquitlam
	(Dominion Avenue + Fremont Connector, near Lougheed Hwy + Pitt River)

Participants:

• City of Port Coquitlam's Mayor, Greg Moore
• City Councilor & Chair of Smart Growth Committee, Brad West
• MOSAIC's Geoff Duyker

Announcement Highlights:

• Number of new trade position created in 2013
• Economic impact to Metro Vancouver
• Direct and indirect jobs numbers
• Affordable housing impact to Metro Vancouver

Located in the bough of Pitt River and Lougheed, Fremont in Port Coquitlam will feature new roads, new parks, new jobs, and the latest in building green. Wide pedestrian boulevards, designated cycle lanes, park reserve, and access to a 25km riverside trail offering an increasingly unparallel opportunity to live, work and play in a single community.