Hastings Crossing BIA is Canada's first Social Innovation Business Improvement Area. The 2014 Executive Director's Report highlights the programming and advocacy of the organization from 2011-2014 and showcases the various Community Economic Development focused projects of the organization.
Place roles: Section 6 of Introduction to PlacemakingPlacefocus
This PPT explains key roles in making quality urban places. More information available at http://www.placefocus.com/Place-Roles/place-focus.html
You can buy a copy of our manual or enrol in an on-line course at http://placefocus.com/Shop/placefocus-shop.html
Historic West End Initiative - November 2017 Community Meeting Alysia Osborne, AICP
The Historic West End Initiative seeks to leverage investments and community partnerships to expand economic opportunities in Charlotte, North Carolina's Historic West End neighborhoods.
Twice-as-Nice 2013, Corporate Social Involvement OpportunityJosine Overdevest
Sponsorship proposal for Twice-as-Nice 2013, the 9th instalment of the successful childrens' fun event in Kliptown, Soweto. Corporates bring engaged employees and funds to contribute to a great day.
Place roles: Section 6 of Introduction to PlacemakingPlacefocus
This PPT explains key roles in making quality urban places. More information available at http://www.placefocus.com/Place-Roles/place-focus.html
You can buy a copy of our manual or enrol in an on-line course at http://placefocus.com/Shop/placefocus-shop.html
Historic West End Initiative - November 2017 Community Meeting Alysia Osborne, AICP
The Historic West End Initiative seeks to leverage investments and community partnerships to expand economic opportunities in Charlotte, North Carolina's Historic West End neighborhoods.
Twice-as-Nice 2013, Corporate Social Involvement OpportunityJosine Overdevest
Sponsorship proposal for Twice-as-Nice 2013, the 9th instalment of the successful childrens' fun event in Kliptown, Soweto. Corporates bring engaged employees and funds to contribute to a great day.
Urban Farming is an emerging sector filled with great potential and many barriers. Policy makers and staff at the municipal level contribute to both the realization of this potential, through aspirational/activist policy making and risk-management rooted barriers that urban farming actors confront as their various forms of ventures challenge traditional land use and planning in western cities such as Vancouver, Canada. This presentation was given to students at the University of British Columbia's School of Community and Regional Planning in September of 2014 by Wes Regan, founding Director of the Vancouver Urban Farming Society and Co-Founder of Urban Stream Innovation, a food systems technology firm in Vancouver.
Hastings Crossing BIA - Social Innovation, Social Inclusion and the Tensions ...Wes Regan
Forming a new Business Improvement Area in a low-income community (that's in the midst of developmental pressures and change) takes careful consideration, collaboration and a unique approach to program development. Concerns of gentrification and displacement are valid as new businesses and new forms of development change the makeup of the retail mix and cultural experience of these urban communities. The arrival of new businesses, the growth of social enterprise and renewed interest in these areas can also be leveraged though. This presentation examines the creation and early programming focus of the Hastings Crossing BIA (formed in 2011) as it considered how best to go about supporting businesses and property owners, but in a way where culturally appropriate and socially inclusive programming would not further alienate or discriminate against low-income residents who showed concern for such things as policing of public spaces, criminalization of poverty, displacement and loss of local community assets.
Creative City Networks Review: their role supporting creative talent in Scotland’s cities. An event focused on the Ekos review findings of the 3 city networks: Creative Dundee, Creative Edinburgh and Creative Stirling at Creative Scotland's office.
Find out more about the work of the networks and read the Review report: http://www.creativescotland.com/explore/read/stories/creative-city-networks/2014/creative-city-networks-review
Twist is a lean, agile, relationship-rich campaign development + influencer relations + creative powerhouse specializing in getting your company noticed. Not overburdened with unnecessary overhead and big egos, we flow nicely into your team dynamic and help drive off-the-chart results.
Historic West End Initiative - February 2018 Community MeetingAlysia Osborne, AICP
Presentation from the February 2018 Historic West End Initiative community meeting. HWEI seeks to leverage investments and community partnerships to expand economic opportunities in Charlotte, North Carolina's Historic West End neighborhoods.
Check out our sponsorship deck for exciting ways to connect your brand with DC Ideas Fest, the first truly inclusive celebration of the cultural capital of DC residents!
Our Fall 2014 edition featuring articles on the importance of voting in the upcoming civic election, youth happenings in the ‘hood, reflections on the teachers strike, the new Mandela project gracing the neighbourhood and more.
Urban Farming is an emerging sector filled with great potential and many barriers. Policy makers and staff at the municipal level contribute to both the realization of this potential, through aspirational/activist policy making and risk-management rooted barriers that urban farming actors confront as their various forms of ventures challenge traditional land use and planning in western cities such as Vancouver, Canada. This presentation was given to students at the University of British Columbia's School of Community and Regional Planning in September of 2014 by Wes Regan, founding Director of the Vancouver Urban Farming Society and Co-Founder of Urban Stream Innovation, a food systems technology firm in Vancouver.
Hastings Crossing BIA - Social Innovation, Social Inclusion and the Tensions ...Wes Regan
Forming a new Business Improvement Area in a low-income community (that's in the midst of developmental pressures and change) takes careful consideration, collaboration and a unique approach to program development. Concerns of gentrification and displacement are valid as new businesses and new forms of development change the makeup of the retail mix and cultural experience of these urban communities. The arrival of new businesses, the growth of social enterprise and renewed interest in these areas can also be leveraged though. This presentation examines the creation and early programming focus of the Hastings Crossing BIA (formed in 2011) as it considered how best to go about supporting businesses and property owners, but in a way where culturally appropriate and socially inclusive programming would not further alienate or discriminate against low-income residents who showed concern for such things as policing of public spaces, criminalization of poverty, displacement and loss of local community assets.
Creative City Networks Review: their role supporting creative talent in Scotland’s cities. An event focused on the Ekos review findings of the 3 city networks: Creative Dundee, Creative Edinburgh and Creative Stirling at Creative Scotland's office.
Find out more about the work of the networks and read the Review report: http://www.creativescotland.com/explore/read/stories/creative-city-networks/2014/creative-city-networks-review
Twist is a lean, agile, relationship-rich campaign development + influencer relations + creative powerhouse specializing in getting your company noticed. Not overburdened with unnecessary overhead and big egos, we flow nicely into your team dynamic and help drive off-the-chart results.
Historic West End Initiative - February 2018 Community MeetingAlysia Osborne, AICP
Presentation from the February 2018 Historic West End Initiative community meeting. HWEI seeks to leverage investments and community partnerships to expand economic opportunities in Charlotte, North Carolina's Historic West End neighborhoods.
Check out our sponsorship deck for exciting ways to connect your brand with DC Ideas Fest, the first truly inclusive celebration of the cultural capital of DC residents!
Our Fall 2014 edition featuring articles on the importance of voting in the upcoming civic election, youth happenings in the ‘hood, reflections on the teachers strike, the new Mandela project gracing the neighbourhood and more.
Spotify: the largest on-demand music service in the world, and growing fast. They offer a “freemium” as well as a paid premium model, allowing users the option to avoid advertisements and listen offline.
Tens of millions of daily Spotify users generates data that gives Spotify a unique opportunity to develop their products and services based on user behavior.
This report will provide some background on Spotify and explore their Customer Value Proposition using our CVP Canvas.
We will identify the brand initiatives surrounding product innovation, added-value services, shopping experience, and communication that contributed to a new success.
A guest lecture presented to students at Simon Fraser University's School of Communications regarding emerging policy issues in the social innovation space, government downloading, trends and practices in social enterprise and typologies of social purpose ventures.
The Rise and Implications of Social Enterprise in East Vancouver Wes Regan
Social Enterprise has become an increasingly high profile concept in community economic development, but as government downloading and privatization continues to change the nature of service delivery and accountability in communities how do we best measure the full range of impacts social enterprise are increasingly expected to bring, mitigate potential externalities or negative impacts, and sort through the ambiguity that exists in the social economy space as they continue to proliferate? Social enterprise, social purpose business, social impact business, enterprising non profits, community interest company, community contribution company, for-profit social venture, non-profit social enterprise, the typologies alone are diverse and often interchangeable. This presentation was given to Groundswell Economic Alternatives School in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside in January 2015 and builds on soon to be published research conducted by graduate students Wes Regan (SFU, Urban Studies) and Jeremy Stone (UBC SCARP) for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. It also builds on Regan's work over the past 6 years in community economic development and the trends he has seen in community micro-finance, social enterprise and business development and gentrification.
A presentation to new undergraduate students at Simon Fraser University considering a major in the Faculty of Environment from an alumnus of the university working in sustainable community economic development.
Affordability, Gentrification and Adaptation in Vancouver, CanadaWes Regan
Vancouver is one of a handful of global cities where real estate values have grown exponentially as investors from within North America and around the world continue to seek safe and attractive investment options. However, as home prices have continued to rise, Vancouver's average income levels have remained stagnant. The local housing market has become de-coupled from the local "real economy". This, along with increasing costs of child care, food and drinks, post secondary tuition, fuel, insurance and other factors have contributed to a crisis of affordability in the city.
The debate in Vancouver has been heated, with many framing the issue in terms of wealthy mainland Chinese often being the assumed cause of the housing price inflation, but at the same time the discourse in Vancouver has cautioned the city to not lay the blame for its un-affordability crisis one any one single group of people, particularly on basis of race or nationality. As this discourse is unfolding there is evidence of adaptation and innovation happening in both the property development sector, in local government, and in the local populations particularly affected by cost of living challenges, mainly younger adults choosing to remain in Vancouver. These are evidenced through such things as innovation in land use and planning, built form, social enterprise and the sharing economy.
Due to the nature of Vancouver's geography and the temporal pattern of development over the past few decades there is speculation, and early evidence, that developers and even the City of Vancouver itself are now focusing on Vancouver's Eastern neighbourhoods to absorb new housing as the downtown core and western neighbourhoods are believed to be nearly fully developed. This has caused concerns about displacement and gentrification and has resulted in numerous forms of activism. This blend of resistance, adaptation, innovation and speculation is examined through a discourse analysis of local media in Vancouver and numerous case studies highlighting examples of innovation, adaptation and resistance in the city. It was shared by Wes Regan, Executive Director of the Hastings Crossing Business Improvement Association and Graduate Student at Simon Fraser University's Urban Studies Program, at the Urban Land Institute Cascadia Young Leaders Conference in Portland Oregon, July 2014.
Community consultation on Green Collar Job creation in the inner-cityWes Regan
A brief presentation on the potential job creation role of Green Roofs, Solar Thermal Installations and Elastomeric roof painting (white roofs) in Vancouver's inner city.
What is the point of small housing associations.pptxPaul Smith
Given the small scale of housing associations and their relative high cost per home what is the point of them and how do we justify their continued existance
ZGB - The Role of Generative AI in Government transformation.pdfSaeed Al Dhaheri
This keynote was presented during the the 7th edition of the UAE Hackathon 2024. It highlights the role of AI and Generative AI in addressing government transformation to achieve zero government bureaucracy
Many ways to support street children.pptxSERUDS INDIA
By raising awareness, providing support, advocating for change, and offering assistance to children in need, individuals can play a crucial role in improving the lives of street children and helping them realize their full potential
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https://serudsindia.org/how-individuals-can-support-street-children-in-india/
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Presentation by Jared Jageler, David Adler, Noelia Duchovny, and Evan Herrnstadt, analysts in CBO’s Microeconomic Studies and Health Analysis Divisions, at the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Summer Conference.
Russian anarchist and anti-war movement in the third year of full-scale warAntti Rautiainen
Anarchist group ANA Regensburg hosted my online-presentation on 16th of May 2024, in which I discussed tactics of anti-war activism in Russia, and reasons why the anti-war movement has not been able to make an impact to change the course of events yet. Cases of anarchists repressed for anti-war activities are presented, as well as strategies of support for political prisoners, and modest successes in supporting their struggles.
Thumbnail picture is by MediaZona, you may read their report on anti-war arson attacks in Russia here: https://en.zona.media/article/2022/10/13/burn-map
Links:
Autonomous Action
http://Avtonom.org
Anarchist Black Cross Moscow
http://Avtonom.org/abc
Solidarity Zone
https://t.me/solidarity_zone
Memorial
https://memopzk.org/, https://t.me/pzk_memorial
OVD-Info
https://en.ovdinfo.org/antiwar-ovd-info-guide
RosUznik
https://rosuznik.org/
Uznik Online
http://uznikonline.tilda.ws/
Russian Reader
https://therussianreader.com/
ABC Irkutsk
https://abc38.noblogs.org/
Send mail to prisoners from abroad:
http://Prisonmail.online
YouTube: https://youtu.be/c5nSOdU48O8
Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/libertarianlifecoach/episodes/Russian-anarchist-and-anti-war-movement-in-the-third-year-of-full-scale-war-e2k8ai4
2. Lay the organizational foundation for the BIA
Develop board and staff competency
Committees, strategic planning, work plan, internal systems, manage
and guide the ED
Create HxBIA brand, voice, identity
Website, logo, communications strategy
Position HxBIA accordingly - Canada’s social innovation BIA
Create programming in accordance with brand and position
Experimentation, partnership building, collaboration, grant
applications to try new things, prove the value of programming areas
and testing assumptions
Take a leadership role for Community Economic Development in
the DTES (advocacy, convening etc.)
3. 450 businesses (retail, office/services, non-profit and social
enterprise, post secondary, creative, web, design etc.)
150+ properties with total value of nearly $400 million
4. $103,000 starting budget
Leveraged this through numerous grants and
sponsorship
40 cents per $1000 taxable assessed value
(class 5 and 6)
Based on the impact of our programming
thus far we hope we can increase this levy in
2016 to keep the area even cleaner, safer and
more active with events, public art etc.
5. Sheer magnitude of street disorder and street debris
along Hastings
Mental health and addiction and other public health
challenges
Keeping parks and other public spaces clean
Tagging, vandalism, acid sketching etc.
Current tax policies towards SMEs, particularly retail
Rapidly rising values (and leases)
Retention of existing businesses
Decaying heritage properties
Managing tensions and creating equitable
opportunities
6. Young and energetic entrepreneurial community
DTES Local Area Planning Process
Amazing cluster of heritage buildings and
affordable spaces with real character
Already a good cluster of F&B and Cafes
Newly renovated retail spaces along Hastings
and Pender
Major post-secondary institutions
Incredibly innovative non-profit sector
Proximity to other BIAs and transit nodes
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12. MP Neighbours Community Patrols -
Crime prevention, street debris removal,
business and property owner support.
Social Impact Employment.
13. Sep 2012- Sept 2014 (MP Neighbours)
Needles and street debris removed – 10,000+
items
Illegal dumpings reported to COV – 1,000+ cases
De-escalated hostile situations – 196 incidents
9 Part-Time flexible jobs created for residents
with barriers
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18. The Lowdown – SFU Fine Arts Student Submission (FOUND Spaces Collective)
19. CommunityWise
North America’s first social inclusion strategy for a
Business Improvement Area. Decal recognition
program for participating businesses.
Living History Series
Innovative signature BIA event that seeks to activate
numerous venues by screening a documentary on a
person, place or event of significance in our area’s
history. Integrated crowdfunding, marketing and
promotions.
20. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eZgysMa4
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This past year we have been working on the launch of what we envision as our signature yearly event., unlike many BIAs
this event will be focused on activating spaces within businesses, as opposed to street closures. The event is called the
Living History Series, and it is a multimedia celebration of the history of our area through the examination of a person,
place or event of historical significance. Over the past year we have worked with a film production company to unearth the
fascinating history of a long gone notoriously famous venue, the Smilin’ Buddha Cabaret, a venue that went through
dramatic changes from the 1950s to early 1980s. It started as a supper club and ended as a punk rock dive, and in that time
countless stories and lore were generated, including Jimi Hendrix’s connection to the Buddha along with Tommy Chong
and other Vancouver artists who grew to great acclaim. With original never before seen performances by Joe Keithley of
DOA and Neil Osborn of 54-40 and with dozens of interviews with people who performed, worked at or frequented the
Smilin’ Buddha we uncover the story of one of Vancouver’s most legendary lost venues.
Now comes the truly innovative part of this. We have raised several thousand dollars in sponsorship to hire the production
team who have done outstanding work thus far but we still need $5000 more to finish this project and provide some seed
funding for the next Living History topic. In so doing we are turning to crowdfunding to both raise awareness of the project
but also to reward our contributors with local swag that will market our member businesses.
This is our first foray into utilizing crowdfunding not only as a means to complete a project but to also mobilize marketing
for our members, gift certificates, experiences, products etc. When the documentary is complete we will be screening it in
several small venues throughout the neighbourhood, and will be working with businesses to activate their spaces if they
wish to host a screening of their own. We are truly excited about this project as it is very close to completion. The Museum
of Vancouver has also expressed interest in screening the documentary and assisting us with getting word out about the
crowdfunding campaign. The combination of built in marketing for our members through the contribution system of the
crowdfunding platform, the platform as a means to bring in revenue to complete the project, and the potential to activate
multiple locations in our BIA catchment area make this a very innovative and well integrated signature event.
21. Sunday, October 5th:
2pm - 5pm
Thursday, October 9th:
4pm - 8pm
Friday, October 10th:
730 am - 1030 am
Wednesday, October 15th:
8am - 11am
A chance for you as
small business
owners to influence
policy, we lobbied
hard for this…
22. RENEWAL
Now that we have developed foundational
programming and demonstrated what this
BIA is capable of doing we want to increase
the levy to really have a more substantial
impact.
We would love for you to be more involved on
our committees, special events etc.
THANK YOU
Editor's Notes
Trained by Justice Institute of BC and other bodies
September 2012 to September (6 month pilot from Sept extended)
Needles removed : 4201
Garbage and illegal dumpings reported : 568
De-escalated hostile situations : 78
Provides a friendly service on the street for visitors, businesses and residents
Good Neighbours Charter, safety banners