Chinatown Revitalization

• Edmonton to invest $480,000 in continued Chinatown revitalization efforts

  Edmonton is extending the Chinatown Vibrancy Fund into 2026. Despite continued concerns of social disorder in the area, the city funded projects are seeing success. 

  Canada

  Jan 13
  
• Vancouver’s Chinatown to get $2.2 million from province to reshape, revitalize

  The cash will go toward new lighting and storefronts, an upgrade to the façade of the Chinese Cultural Centre, the preservation of the neighbourhood's culture, and more.

  Canada

  May 12, 2023
  
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• Vancouver approves plan for flat $2/hr parking in Chinatown

  If council moves ahead with lowering parking costs to a flat $2 per hour, it would roughly cost the city around $355,000 in revenue within the city’s 2023 operating budget.

  Canada

  Apr 26, 2023
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• Vancouver to look at setting Chinatown street parking at $2 per hour

  Street parking rates in the neighbourhood currently range from $1 per hour to $5 per hour during the day, and from $1 to $ 3 per hour in the evenings.

  Economy

  Apr 19, 2023
• Vancouver’s Chinatown seeing change 6 months after new mayor elected on revitalization pledge

  “There’s a lot less chaos on our streets,” said Tracy To, a second generation owner-operator of Forum Home Appliances.

  Canada

  Apr 18, 2023
• ‘My heart is in Chinatown’: Business owners optimistic as crowds return for Lunar New Year parade

  There were long lineups at New Town Bakery, where the dining room was packed and Susanna Ng and her staff got a taste of the hustle and bustle of the area’s former glory days.

  Economy

  Jan 23, 2023
• ‘Change Chinatown’: What investments are coming in 2023 to the historic Edmonton neighbourhood

  Funding approved for a handful of initiatives may have a chance at revitalizing the neighbourhood, said Hon Leong of the Chinatown Transformation Collaborative.

  Crime

  Jan 4, 2023
• ‘It feels like a homecoming’: Vancouver businesses open in Chinatown to help revitalize area

  The storefront at 83 East Pender Street had been vacant for more than seven years when Dustin Grant and Perry Lam relocated to the area in late June.

  Features

  Jul 17, 2022
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• Chinatown businesses push for revitalization

  Business owners and residents in Edmonton's Chinatown are pushing for changes to improve the area they say has seen an increase in social disorder.

  Canada

  Aug 26, 2019