Virtual Engagement forums mark a major leap forward in the recent history of the “Paskins Site” The Edmonton Community Development Company recently held two online engagements to discuss development options for the Paskins site in McCauley. If you’re not familiar with the CDC’s work in this project, that sentence probably means very little to you;…
Fresh Routes, a social enterprise that provides mobile grocery delivery to communities lacking access to fresh food, has been operating in Calgary and Edmonton since October 2019. The Edmonton CDC is a proud partner and supporter of this organization, and in July 2020, we spoke with Morgan Allen, Team Lead for Fresh Routes Edmonton,…
Working with community residents, the Edmonton Community Development Company has been building a database of “properties with potential” for our new Project 10 initiative. The nature of these properties is such that, if they were purchased and torn down, there would be a potential for significant reduction in social disorder and crime in an otherwise…
Reprinted with permission from the IRP Team: The second round of the Investment Readiness Project (IRP) is opening on September 8th to October 9th, 2020. The first round of the IRP provided a number of important lessons for applicants that we hope will be a benefit in this round. These key lessons, listed below, should…
In 2010, the City of Edmonton put a great deal of work and consideration into the McCauley Revitalization Strategy. Though this report detailed a strong vision based on community recommendations, little development has occurred in McCauley since. When the Edmonton Community Development Company began its work in 2017, the City of Edmonton donated to the…
Social Enterprise Bootcamp is a lot like you might imagine: an intense training experience for social entrepreneurs to turn their dream of a socially-beneficial business into a workable plan to bring impact to their communities. We’re not going to lie: It’s hard work. But it ABSOLUTELY gets results. Is it worth your while to register…
This Month: Much Ado About Hub Life By Karen Gingras, Director of Neighbourhood Development at Edmonton CDC The second session in the Fraser Community Hub integrated design process (IPD) is now complete! Based on information gathered at the first design session, a digital 3D model was created so that Edmonton CDC, the Hub tenants, Chandos…
The Edmonton CDC is happy to play an ongoing role in the purchase and redevelopment of the Piazza strip mall by the McCauley Development Co-op. As you may have heard, the MDC formed in late 2019 and raised $1.1 million of community investments to purchase the Piazza in only 20 days. Today, the MDC is…
This Month: Hub in the time of COVID By Karen Gingras, Director of Neighbourhood Development at Edmonton CDC We are excited to announce that, in early July, the first session in the Fraser Community Hub integrated design process (IPD) was completed. As you might recall form last month’s HUBdate, IPD is a novel, collaborative approach…
This Month: Introducing the Integrated Design Process By Karen Gingras, Director of Neighbourhood Development at Edmonton CDC Welcome to the first edition of Fraser HUBdates, a blog series from the Edmonton Community Development Company aimed at keeping friends and neighbours of the Fraser Community Hub project updated on the latest stages of development. Projects like the Fraser Hub depend on the…
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