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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:- educational, awareness-raising and information programmes, aimed at the general public, in particular young people;
- specific educational and training programmes within the communities and groups concerned;
- capacity-building activities for the safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage, in particular management and scientific research; and
- 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 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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Recommendation 11: Streamline/improve processes for permitting & inspection (including language accessibility).-
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Recommendation 12: Establish a food-focused business incubator space (e.g. test/pop-up kitchen) to reduce barriers to small business startup.- Encourage and incentivize a focus on cultural specificity in kitchen set up and training programs.
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Recommendation 13: Provide assistance & resources to traditional businesses regarding succession planning. Explore opportunities for implementing long-term sustainable and community ownership models such as cooperatives.-
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