[Wamvan] Fwd: [dnc-board] You're invited: CCAP Gentrification Borderlands walking tour this Saturday - Heart of the City Festival!

[Tami Starlight]

FYI



Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival
***CCAP EVENT THIS SATURDAY***
http://www.heartofthecityfestival.com/2012-festival/saturday-october-27/

GENTRIFICATION BORDERLANDS WALKING TOUR
with Carnegie Community Action Project

Saturday October 27
11:30am (approx. 2 hours)
Meet at steps of Carnegie Community Centre, 401 Main

Join CCAP on a walking tour of “gentrification borderlands” to
highlight new pressures upon the DTES Oppenheimer District (DEOD) that
threaten displacement of low-income housing in the area.

High end condos and shops are part of a gentrification drive that is
causing increased rent and food costs and changing the culture of the
neighbourhood in a way that can feel overwhelming for low-income local
residents walking through the Victory Square and Gastown areas.

But residents are strong and want to protect their homes and
neighbourhood in the DTES Oppenheimer District where it is still
possible to slow gentrification, preserve good things about our
community, and work for more social housing.

Learn for yourself how gentrification contributes to homelessness in
the Downtown Eastside; chalk the existing zoning borderlands of
gentrification and see what could be lost and what is still possible.

$10 for non-residents, free for local residents

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Carnegie Community Action Project
http://ccapvancouver.wordpress.com
info: 604-781-7346
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