Vancouver’s Chinatown to get $2.2 million from province to reshape, revitalize
Global News
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.
Vancouver’s historic Chinatown neighbourhood is receiving $2.2 million in provincial funds to reshape and revitalize its shops, streets, décor and infrastructure.
The Vancouver Chinatown Foundation revealed the news ahead of a Friday funding announcement with B.C. Premier David Eby and Lana Popham, minister of tourism, arts, culture and sport.
The cash will go towards new lighting and storefronts, an upgrade to the façade of the Chinese Cultural Centre, the preservation of the neighbourhood’s culture, and more.
“The businesses in Chinatown have experienced many economic booms and busts, but this period has been one of the toughest in our history,” Jordan Eng, president of the Vancouver Chinatown Business Improvement Association, said in a news release.
“We are thankful for the leadership and vision of Premier David Eby and Carol Lee in their efforts to revitalize our neighbourhood.”
Lee is chair of the Vancouver Chinatown Foundation, which works to preserve and honour more than a century of Chinese Canadian history in the region.
It spearheaded the 2021 opening of the Chinatown Storytelling Centre, the first permanent exhibition space dedicated to sharing the Chinese Canadian journey, and is working to renovate the May Wah hotel, which provides safe housing to low-income residents.
The foundation is also developing a 231-home project at 58 West Hastings that will have an integrated health centre accessible to the entire community.
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