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Urban Development Agreements: A Poverty Prescription for Hamilton?

  • Date: Tuesday, March 08, 2011
  • Time: 7:00 p.m.
  • Location: Hamilton Spectator Auditorium
  • Address: 44 Frid St. (Google Maps)
  • Contact: Jennifer Dawson
  • Email: jen@plaidpencil.com
  • Phone: 905.522.4315

Urban development agreements bring together all levels of government with communities and businesses to make a difference in struggling neighbourhoods. University of Western Ontario researcher, Dr. Neil Bradford, explains what an urban development agreement could do for Hamilton...and who needs a seat at the table.

Doors open 6:30 p.m. Presentation at 7 p.m.

Let us know you're coming--send an email to coderedspeaker@yahoo.ca or phone 905.523.5600 ext. 248.

Bus tickets will be available at the event.

http://www.crunch.mcmaster.ca

Posted by jdawson@interlynx.net

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By Mahesh_P_Butani (registered) - website | Posted March 03, 2011 at 20:12:09

This paper: "Collaborative Partnerships for Urban Development: a Study of the Vancouver Agreement" -- "examines the Vancouver Agreement – an urban development compact between the governments of Canada, British Columbia and the City of Vancouver. Signed in March 2000 for a five-year term, and renewed in April 2005, the Vancouver Agreement has been widely acclaimed as an example of successful collaborative working addressed to the revitalisation of the city’s Downtown Eastside.

The origins of the agreement are explained in the context of an urban crisis ascribed to the Downtown Eastside, where established policies were seen to be failing. High-level political support for a new governance approach led to the adoption of an urban development partnership, and the article sets out its structure and strategic programmes of action."

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