How can an ancient Chinese text and the Local Area Plan (LAP) be connected? Well for starters, I read the book several times while I was co-chair of the LAP process. As I read the book, its teachings slowly entered my mind, and mixed in with my own wisdom and experience. The students of Sun Tzu call…
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DTES Local Area Plan – What did we get? What did we lose?
Vancouver has approved the DTES Local Area Plan. What will be its positive and negative effects? Was it worth the…
How a definition can displace a community – defining ‘social…
In terms of affordability, the citywide target in new social housing is 50% at income assistance or Household…
Consultation is not consent – reflecting on community participation in a…
(*See a point-by-point quick summary of the differences between the Low-Income Caucus's plan and the City's DTES…
Plans and Profiteers: The scoop on the draft DTES Local Area Plan
The City has finally released its draft Local Area Plan (LAP) for the DTES and the plan is under fire from all…
Condos flood into Oppenheimer area while City stalls on planning process
While the City stalls on the Local Area Planning Process (LAPP), the heart of the DTES community is being taken…
Storm Brewing – Local Area Plan and the Future of the DTES
The fight over the future of the DTES is heating up. A DTES Local Area Plan that could last up to thirty years will…
Do we want a Social Justice Zone in the Downtown Eastside?
All over the world, low income areas are being gentrified and low income and vulnerable people pushed out of their…
Emerging (Mis)Directions – Proposals for DTES Plan fails low-income…
850 homeless people. Four thousand living in crummy SROs. Over 400 rooms lost last year to rent increases at $425…