Happy Birthday DVA!

Peter Rukavina

The Daniel J. MacDonald Building turned 20 years old this week.

It’s hard to be anything but positive about having the Veterans Affairs Canada as a neighbour (if I squint and angle myself just right, I can see the building out my front window).

DVA employs thousands of Islanders (and pays them well). Their mission of supporting veterans is hard to argue with. And having DVA as a major presence in Charlottetown’s downtown is perhaps the primary reason the neighbourhood retains the retail and restaurant community it does.

So, happy birthday DVA. Thanks.

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Submitted by Derek on

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>The Daniel J. MacDonald Building turned 25 years old this >week.

Actually, it’s only a spring chicken at 20!
> Happy Birthday DVA!
(The DVA itself has been around much longer).
As someone who has been working for the DVA longer than the building has, I feel really old!

BTW, look for a shiny new building across from the ATC in the next three years or so, to replace the venerable Dominion Bldg where I and many others work. I had a chance to see the concept drawings this week. They have done a great job making it fit into the “streetscape” with a combination of bricks and stone, and lots of greenery at street level. There are a number of “townies” sitting on a committee to ensure that it fits in with the community, and I think everyone will be very pleased with it.

Submitted by Derek on

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Re: DVA employs thousands of Islanders

Actually, there are only 1100 DVA employees in PEI (and some of them Came From Away!)

Submitted by Steven Garrity on

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Derek, you’re info on the promising development of the new fed building is very encouraging. I’ve been dreading seeing a new monolith on that corner. Thanks.

Submitted by Andrew Chisholm on

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Yeah the new GOCB is going to look very good on that corner. It Will definitely make Charlottetown feel more urban downtown. For as long as I’ve been around the land was home to an Esso and recently a vacant lot. Seeing a well designed building there will be great.

Submitted by Derek on

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I think that Andrew’s assessment is on the money. Once the project gets Treasury Board approval, senior bureaucrats will descend on the Island (usually during lobster season or just before a federal election call), make a big announcement, and show off pretty drawings. After that happens, I understand it may take six to eight months to develop detailed plans, and two to three years after that before move-in.

Submitted by hannah on

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the launch with the pretty drawings is at Memorial Hall this afternoon (Monday June 23) at 2 pm. Inside info!

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