Post War II – Italian and Greeks build the water and sewage infrastructure for the city * 1943 – The Vancouver Foundation is created * 1946 – Recommendation by City of Vancouver planners to form a regional planning board * 1946 – The Vancouver Savings & Credit Union (Vancity), a cooperative credit union, is created; its objectives are grounded in social sustainability * 1948 – Fraser River flood * 1949 – June 21, creation of Lower Mainland Regional Planning Board * 1949 – September 15, first meeting emphasizes seamless lines to a natural landscape, view corridors, connection to nature