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Below are a collection of external resources recommended by Building Opportunities with Business for those looking to find more information on: the DTES, Vancouver Economic Development, Inner City Revitalization, Competitive Advantage of Clustering, Employment resources, and Social Purchasing Portals.
Downtown East Side
- Greening the Inner-city Bloghttp://greeningtheinnercity.ca/
- DTES Revitalizationhttp://vancouver.ca/commsvcs/planning/dtes/
- Fearless Cityhttp://www.fearlesscity.ca/
- DowntownEastSide.cahttp://www.dtes.ca
- DTES Revitalization Contactshttp://vancouver.ca/commsvcs/planning/dtes/contacts.htm
- EMBERShttp://embers-dtes.org/
Vancouver Community Economic Development
- Vancouver Economic Developmenthttp://www.vancouvereconomic.com/
- Chinatown BIAhttp://www.vancouver-chinatown.com/
- Gastown BIAhttp://www.gastown.org
- Change Everythinghttp://www.changeeverything.ca
- Tides Canadahttp://www.tidescanada.org
- Western Economic Deversificationhttp://www.wd.gc.ca
- Vancouver Board of Tradehttp://www.boardoftrade.com
- Mt. Pleasant BIAhttp://www.mountpleasantbia.com/
- Strathcona BIAhttp://www.strathconabia.com
- Renewal Partnershttp://www.renewalpartners.com
- Canadian CED Networkhttp://www.ccednet-rcdec.ca
- S.U.C.C.E.S.S. BChttp://www.successbc.ca/
Business and Social Enterprise Resources
- City of Vancouver Business Resourceshttp://vancouver.ca/business.htm
- Net Squaredhttp://www.netsquared.org/
- The Network Hubhttp://www.thenetworkhub.ca/
- Centre for Social Enterprisehttp://www.centreforsocialenterprise.com/f/The_fine_print.pdf
- Social Entrepreneurship @ Change.orghttp://socialentrepreneurship.change.org/
- Skoll Foundationhttp://www.skollfoundation.org
- Government of Canada Business Websitehttp://www.canadabusiness.ca/gol/cbec/site.nsf/en/index.html
- Business Planning Resourceshttp://enterprizecanada.org/node/73
- Workspacehttp://www.abetterplacetowork.com/
- Workplace Training for Innovation Pilot Programhttp://www.aved.gov.bc.ca/workplace_training_program/welcome.htm
- Enterprising Non-profitshttp://www.enterprisingnonprofits.ca/ask_an_expert/
- Ashoka.orghttp://www.ashoka.org
Inner-City Revitalization
- A Handbook for Vancouver Artists Seeking Affordable Studio Space: Mona Poon (UBC)http://www.buildingopportunities.org/downloads/bobics.40291.4084722222.24.pdf
- Iniative for a Competitive Inner Cityhttp://www.icic.org/
- The Competitive Inner Cityhttp://www.neweconomics.org/gen/uploads/MASTER%20DOCUMENT.pdf
- Downtown Redevelopment Paperhttp://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/reports/2005/03downtownredevelopment_leinberger/20050307_12steps.pdf
- Competitive Cities in a Global Economyhttp://www.oecd.org/document/2/0,3343,en_2649_34413_37801602_1_1_1_1,00.html
- The State of Inner City Economies (2003)http://www.winwinpartner.com/_downloads/112603ICICdeck.pdf
Competitive Advantage of Clustering
- HBS: Clusters and Cluster Developmenthttp://www.isc.hbs.edu/econ-clusters.htm
- The Competitiveness Institutehttp://www.competitiveness.org
- Wikipedia: Business Clusterhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_cluster
- UNC: Industry Clustershttp://www.planning.unc.edu/courses/261/leveen/
Employment
- Work Cabin: Green Jobs in Canadahttp://workcabin.ca/
- Craigslist Vancouverhttp://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/
- Work BChttp://www.workbc.ca/
SPP Resources
- Sustainability Purchasing Network (SPN)http://www.buysmartbc.com
- SPP Torontohttp://www.spptoronto.org
- SPP Surreyhttp://www.sppsurrey.org
- SPP Calgaryhttp://www.sppcalgary.org
- Community Economic Development Technical Assistance Programhttp://www.carleton.ca/cedtap
- SPP Winnipeghttp://www.sppwinnipeg.org
- SPP Fraser Valleyhttp://www.sppfraservalley.org
- SPP Waterloohttp://www.sppwaterlooregion.org