According to Mayor Sullivan, the City of Vancouver will allocate its funds to help revitalize Vancouver's four most historic neighborhoods: Gastown, Japantown, Chinatown and Strathcona to mark the province's 150th birthday celebrations.
The city will concentrate on making improvements to public and private property, arts and culture, community living and civic pride. The budget for the first round of projects is over $1.5 million and include employing local residents in easy-to-enter jobs.
First round initiatives are: on:
- Lighting & Signage - retro-style new neon signs at the Pennsylvania Hotel & the Chinatown Plaza Parkade
- Clean Streets Project - expanded street and lane cleaning to 40 blocks within the Downtown Eastside in partnership with United We Can and the Coast Foundation
- Graffiti Removal & Art Project - expanded mural program & removal of graffiti
- Community Gardens - convert vacant lots in targeted neighbourhoods into food production spaces and/or artist-designed community gardens
- Building Improvements & Awning Replacements - restoration funding for alcoves and worn awnings on select heritage & non-heritage buildings
- Princess Avenue - interpretive walk for children will includes murals, community markers and a structural children's silhouette sign
- Heart of the City Festival - expanded capacity with a focus on the 150 year anniversary and the vibrancy of traditional founding urban communities
- Blood Alley community greening in Gastown
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