Media Advisory - Financing Future Communities: a Public Dialogue Session on Urban Spaces and Places
VANCOUVER, Nov. 17, 2014 /CNW/ - On Friday, November 21, five Fellows in the Action Canada leadership development program will host a public dialogue session about urban spaces and places, such as parks, bike paths and public squares. The dialogue will discuss the role of municipalities in engaging with innovative finance tools that are emerging, such as crowdfunding, which may help fund the development of these important urban areas.
Presenters include Andrew Pask, founder of the Vancouver Public Space Network and an urban planner with the City of Vancouver, and Rodrigo Davies, a doctoral researcher at Stanford who studies civic crowdfunding. They will be available for interviews.
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Friday, November 21, 2014 |
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11:00am – 12:15pm PST |
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Wosk Centre for Dialogue, 580 W. Hastings St., Vancouver |
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This session is one of three public dialogues being held on November 21, organized as part of the Action Canada Fellowship (www.actioncanada.ca).
SOURCE: Financing Future Communities
Sarah Robinson (English), [email protected], 250-726-3794; Louis-Francois Brodeur (French), [email protected], 514-318-9614
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