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Addressing Parallel Systems
Recommendation 1: Identify the needs of different community members to be better able to serve across parallel systems; leaving it solely to the free market will continue to gentrify the area and exacerbate existing cohesion problems.-
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Recommendation 2: Encourage greater participation and engagement from all businesses with Chinatown-wide events & festivities-
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Recommendation 3: Appoint a business ambassador to support the relationship building process between traditional & non-traditional businesses, and to work directly with businesses on local procurement.-
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Recommendation 4: Implement cross-cultural marketing that is specific to programs and workshops, and engage across socio economic and cultural lines.-
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Recommendation 5: Establish cultural knowledge/skills sharing hub that works off of UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003) Article 14(a), where each State Party shall endeavour, by all appropriate means, to: ensure recognition of, respect for, and enhancement of the intangible cultural heritage in society, in particular through: (i) educational, awareness-raising and information programmes, aimed at the general public, in particular young people; (ii) specific educational and training programmes within the communities and groups concerned; (iii) capacity-building activities for the safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage, in particular management and scientific research; and (iv)non-formal means of transmitting knowledge.-
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Recommendation 6: Improve multilevel accessibility in both traditional and non-traditional businesses, based on the definitions of accessibility provided in Appendix A. One example of language accessibility issues can be found in Appendix B: Other themes – Signage Accessibility.-
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Recommendation 7: Incorporate an Assets-Based Community Development framework into policy. In particular, recognizing Chinatown’s established social infrastructure and social economy as assets. Direct external investments to strengthen and grow from these existing baseline assets.-
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Recommendation 8: Work with stakeholders (e.g. BIA) on setting measurable goals towards the actions of the Vancouver Chinatown Economic Revitalization Plan after incorporating elements of intangible heritage and asset-based community development framework.-
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Recommendation 9: Implement policies to reduce speculation & dampen property value inflation or other measures to improve tenureship of lease.-
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Recommendation 10: Support traditional businesses in upgrades to physical infrastructure and technology. For example, credit/debit card machines, and takeout delivery services, or similar programs to past beautification grants.-
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