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  • After grassroots victories, Vancouver, B.C. Chinatown turns toward revitalization

    Amy Zimmer Chetanya Robinson

    November 11, 2018 |

    International Examiner |

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    Response Location: Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia

    Grassroots organizations, like the Vancouver Chinatown Foundation, seek to preserve Chinatown’s heritage and fight the displacement of old-time residents by gentrification. The organizations bought an historic hotel to prevent displacement of 100 low-income residents, revitalized commercial spaces such as restaurants to preserve the neighborhood’s heritage and history, and funded programs to support social connections with events such as Majhong socials that bring together over 100 people. While the organizations agree on the goal to preserve Vancouver’s Chinatown, they sometimes disagree on how to get there

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  • With “people power,” Vancouver, B.C. activists stopped a condo in the heart of chinatown

    Chetanya Robinson

    November 10, 2018 |

    International Examiner |

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    Response Location: Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia

    Residents in Vancouver, B.C.'s Chinatown have banded together to protect their neighborhood from gentrification. With collaboration and crowd-sourced activism ideas, young students and senior residents repeatedly knock down initiatives that would destroy the historic preservation and affordable housing in their community.

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