DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE RESIDENTS LIKE THEIR COMMUNITY AND AGREE ON PRIORITIES

Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, July 28, 2008: A new report from the Carnegie Community Action Project (CCAP) shows that Downtown Eastside residents like their community and have a remarkable consensus on what is needed to improve their lives (click on the cover image below to download report).
“Nothing about us without us” is the name of the 20 [...]

Oppenheimer ticketing stalled

Sometime in May or June, police sweeps went into high gear in the DTES, likely as preparation for the Olympics. First we saw ‘no camping’ signs around the area. Then we heard the police would appear where people were sleeping outside, roust the ‘homeless’ sleepers, issue tickets and trash any possessions the sleepers couldn’t carry. [...]

NEIGHBOURS CAMP WITH THE HOMELESS TO PROTEST UNFAIR TICKETING

PRESS CONFERENCE
Where: Oppenheimer Park, 400 block Powell Street
When: Friday, July 18 6:00 a.m. – near the totem pole
July 17, 2008, Vancouver, BC:  Police continue to ticket and confiscate belongings of “homeless” campers at Oppenheimer Park in the Downtown Eastside every morning.  The sweeps typically happen between 5:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. and campers were threatened [...]

“Discovering” the Downtown Eastside

On July 5th, about 80 Downtown Eastside residents and friends marched from Pigeon Park to the site of Concord Pacific’s proposed condo development at 58 W. Hastings and then on to Concord’s glitzy Presentation Centre at the south end of Carrall St. At the Centre, the marchers chanted “Concord: Get Out!” over and over. [...]

City green-lights condo against community objections

by Jackie Wong
Despite 200 protest letters and 40 people speaking out against it at a development permit board hearing Monday (June 23), a 160-unDD condominium project at 58 West Hastings Street — in the heart of the Downtown Eastside — was given the green light by City staff.
The decision follows angry criticism from community [...]

Stop Condos in the DTES, says 46 citywide groups

CCAP Condo Moratorium Motion to City of Vancouver Council – 22nd May 2008
Proposed MOTION on Downtown Eastside redevelopment To Vancouver Mayor and City Council Prepared by the Carnegie Community Action Project (Phone 604 / 839-0379)

WHEREAS the Downtown Eastside is a vital and historic low income community with intelligent, creative, caring, volunteering residents who consider [...]