LEDlab
The Local Economic Development Lab, initiated and supported by Ecotrust Canada and RADIUS SFU, partners with community organizations to explore innovative ways to build a more vibrant and inclusive local economy in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
LEDlab is a time-bound, place-based and action-focused initiative. Through it, we will build, test and scale solutions that put money in the pockets of DTES residents; enhance the capacity of individuals, organizations and networks; and disrupt traditional patterns of power and resource use in the community.
We hope that our policy, practice and enterprise solutions will ultimately have application beyond the specific geography of Vancouver’s inner city, and we will learn from and share with leading work being done on similar challenges in other jurisdictions.
