Kelly McCloskey with Frank Archer

The Floating Homes Champion Award—a new award initiated last year—recognizes individuals or organizations who have been significant advocates for, and have advanced the mission of the association – which is to promote and protect the sustainability of floating homes, our communities and our lifestyle. 

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As you will recall, the first recipient of FHA’s Floating Homes Champion Award went to Delta’s MLA (at-the-time) Vicki Huntington for her more than two-decades of advocacy on our behalf. 

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Not to be outdone, the second recipient of our highest Award goes back even further but like Vicki, he is someone who is no stranger to you. (He may be strange, but he hasn’t got any stranger). Kidding aside: A long-time Ladner resident, this Floating Homes Champion first got on board back in the mid-1980’s (more than 30 years ago) and was instrumental in resurrecting and maturing—what was then a somewhat informal entity—into the official, registered, non-profit association we are today. 

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All you have to do is google his name + Floating Homes and you can find ample evidence of his dedication to our cause, whether it's:

• Petitioning Delta to keep Floating Homes in its Community Plan in 1993; 

• Pushing back on the astronomical rate increases proposed by the Fraser River Port Authority in 1996;  and again in 2012 by Port Metro Vancouver

• Ensuring BC’s Floating Home Standard didn’t over-regulate us in 2003 (effectively grandfathering existing homes)

• Or whether its: Promoting our lifestyle in dozens of articles and videos over the years… including a story in The Times of London.

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A past president of the association and current treasurer,  I’m talking about the retired CEO of the BC Pharmacy Association, who along with his wife Marchien, is a Ladner Reach Marina resident and marina co-owner. Please join me in thanking and congratulating this year’s recipient of the Floating Homes Champion Award – Frank Archer.