Throughout its long history, the North Vancouver Community Arts Council has initiated and assisted in the development and success of many projects:
- established the first Heritage Committee in North Vancouver
- preserved the former City Hall of North Vancouver, a 1902 heritage building, originally the North Vancouver School, which was rededicated as the Presentation House Arts Centre in 1976
- created and produced the first North Shore arts promotional vehicles: Arts Access Magazine and Arts Access Television Show, forerunner to the Arts Alive Magazine and Arts Alive monthly fresh sheet in the North Shore News
- instrumental in creating a tri-municipal Arts Commission designed to assist local governments in the development and promotion of arts and culture in their communities
- organized, fundraised for and installed a number of community public art pieces including:
Cathedral, by Douglas Senft, steel sculpture at Waterfront Park (1986)
Bugs, by Jacqui Berglund, meandering mosaics along the waterfront walkway (1998)
Friendship Gate, by Chilian Ceramic Group, a community garden gateway, East 2nd Street (2004)
Centennial - Imagine Our Future City Overpass, by youth contestants, etched granite slabs (2007) - instrumental in saving and preserving the Fred Amess Art Collection
- instrumental in producing three community murals created by local youth
- created a scholarship fund for art students at Capilano University
- created a Youth Cultural Development Endowment Fund
- sponsored the million dollar regional millennium project Visions of the North Shore (click here to visit the gallery)
- recipient of the 2009 Business Excellence Award in Arts & Culture, North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce
- instrumental in the creation of CityScape Community Art Space, an interactive community art gallery and cultural administration offices