The document provides an introduction to the Strathcona and Hastings Crossing Business Improvement Areas (BIAs) in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. It discusses the history and mandates of BIAs, and provides details about the specific makeup and goals of the Strathcona and Hastings Crossing BIAs. Both BIAs aim to create healthy, sustainable, socially inclusive communities through supporting local businesses and partnerships.
A presentation given to the Downtown Utica Development Association on the benefits of the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Main Street approach. (Some content courtesy of NTHP. Copyright retained.)
A presentation given to the Downtown Utica Development Association on the benefits of the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Main Street approach. (Some content courtesy of NTHP. Copyright retained.)
Rh newsletter print final for print ls 2 2 16Renew Hempstead
Renew Hempstead is an initiative to ensure that the future of the Village of Hempstead downtown is vibrant, inspiring and representative of its people's aspirations.
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.
Welcome to the Spring 2010 issue of the Mobius Strip, a newsletter for coaches, consultants, facilitators and interventionists interested in transformational approaches to organizational behavior work. With this issue we continue to fulfill our aspiration to provide thought provoking articles on topics of shared interest, thought pieces on pedagogy or change models, and highlight contributions to the field of executive education.
Mobius is a premier coaching, training and leadership development company. We bring the best in class offerings in transformational learning to senior level audiences. The programs we offer synthesize organizational systems thinking, mindset and capabilities knowledge and personal character development. They are highly customized to each client context and tailored to maximize specific strategic impact.
This brochure overviews our transformational offerings, including: Personal Insight Workshops, Beyond Yes, Personal Mastery Intensive, Women\'s Leadership Program and Facilitator Development Program.
This presentation was part of the Growing Entrepreneurial Communities Summit, a practitioner-focused summit designed to help economic development and small business practitioners effectively create economic growth through entrepreneurship in local communities. The 2018 Summit, subtitled Entrepreneurship on the Edges, focused on providing information and practitioner insight in how to effectively develop disadvantaged urban and rural communities using entrepreneurship-led development strategies.
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.
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.
Rh newsletter print final for print ls 2 2 16Renew Hempstead
Renew Hempstead is an initiative to ensure that the future of the Village of Hempstead downtown is vibrant, inspiring and representative of its people's aspirations.
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.
Welcome to the Spring 2010 issue of the Mobius Strip, a newsletter for coaches, consultants, facilitators and interventionists interested in transformational approaches to organizational behavior work. With this issue we continue to fulfill our aspiration to provide thought provoking articles on topics of shared interest, thought pieces on pedagogy or change models, and highlight contributions to the field of executive education.
Mobius is a premier coaching, training and leadership development company. We bring the best in class offerings in transformational learning to senior level audiences. The programs we offer synthesize organizational systems thinking, mindset and capabilities knowledge and personal character development. They are highly customized to each client context and tailored to maximize specific strategic impact.
This brochure overviews our transformational offerings, including: Personal Insight Workshops, Beyond Yes, Personal Mastery Intensive, Women\'s Leadership Program and Facilitator Development Program.
This presentation was part of the Growing Entrepreneurial Communities Summit, a practitioner-focused summit designed to help economic development and small business practitioners effectively create economic growth through entrepreneurship in local communities. The 2018 Summit, subtitled Entrepreneurship on the Edges, focused on providing information and practitioner insight in how to effectively develop disadvantaged urban and rural communities using entrepreneurship-led development strategies.
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.
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.
First annual economic inclusion update 031716 final (2)Harry Black
Progress report on the operationalization of the City's Department of Economic Inclusion and the recommendations of the Economic Inclusion Advisory Council.
Responsible Business Week Event at Langstone Technology Park -Melanie Parker-...Meon Valley Travel
Responsible Business Week Event at Langstone Technology Park- Business in the Community (BITC)
A movement for change in business. BITC is an influential Network... Global, National, Local...
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The business benefits of volunteering
As a retired councillor, I have witnessed firsthand the critical role small businesses and entrepreneurship play within our community. These establishments are the backbone of our local economy, providing a significant number of employment opportunities and adding to the unique character and vibrancy of our area.
As ICA continues to fulfill its vision of building thriving inner city communities, we are excited to announce the release of our 2010 Impact Report!
In 2010, ICA delivered more impact than any previous year, growing 66 innovative businesses, creating and retaining 1,945 jobs and yielding $77 million dollars of inner city wealth. This increased performance is made possible by our unparalleled network of funders, partners and advisors, and we are grateful for your support.
As exemplified by our findings, this Impact Report provides evidence that ICA has an effective model for growing inner city businesses and creating sustainable jobs for inner city residents.
Thank you for your continued support of ICA.
Sincerely,
Jose Corona
Executive Director
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.
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.
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.
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.
1. BIAs in the Downtown Eastside An introduction to Strathcona and Hastings Crossing Business Improvement Areas Joji Kumagai, Executive Director, SBIA Wes Regan, Executive Coordinator, HXBIA
Wes: neighbourhood was vibrant, iconic shops, neon signs – a destination. Seeing a return to that but with a social awareness that has helped to drive innovative business.
Labour movement, Strathcona residents fighting the freeway Plan 200, Oppenheimer Park – soapbox, the only place where protests could be held
Wes: example – Save On Meats. Woodward’s – mix of housing, socially inclusive; return of two anchor businesses, return of a major Canadian bank, relocation of a major post secondary institution
Wes: artistically driven and creative neighbourhood. One of the highest concentration of artists in Canada.
Wes: SoleFood Farms – food security; bridges economic and social inclusivity; employs locals; healthier community, economy and local food system Joji: in SBIA area, parking lot of Astoria Hotel – aesthetically unpleasing, now a greenspace that generates green jobs, economic activity