LIVING WATER SMART IN BRITISH COLUMBIA: “Not everyone gets to plan a brand-new community on top of a mountain as I did at Simon Fraser University,” stated Michael Geller, the man whose leadership took the vision for a sustainable community and created UniverCity
“In October 1999, I took on the job as President and CEO of the SFU Community Trust. Even before I started, I got a call from Don Stenson who was then Director of Planning at the City of Burnaby. We had never met before. He asked me to come to his office. We were having a chat and he said to me something that I have never forgotten. He said there is one thing that I want you to never forget… STORMWATER. Whatever you build on top of that mountain, the stormwater flows into Stoney Creek must be no worse than they are today,” recalled Michael Geller.