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Heather Tremain

Heather Tremain is an entrepreneurial leader who has dedicated her career to advancing sustainability issues within the built environment.  Trained as an architect, Heather is a principal of Urban Fabric Group, a consulting practice that undertakes projects that have a positive impact of the social, environmental and economic vitality of communities.  She holds an undergraduate degree in Political Science, and a Masters degree in Architecture from the University of British Columbia. In 2009 Heather was Visiting Fellow at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy in Cambridge Massachusetts.

What would make Vancouver a better place to live?

I wish the civic election would focus on how we build a city that is inclusive for all, that strives to ensure that the people who work and contribute to our city get to live here too.
Heather TremainJul 8th, 2011