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    • Our Approach
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    • Values
    • Partnerships
    • Lab Team
    • Graduate Student Interns
    • Contact

local economic development lab

PUBLICATIONS

Access to information is a fundamental starting point to shared design and solution-building. View our original publications and reports.

APPROACH

Intentional, reflective and always striving for deeper impact. Read about our methodology and guiding principles.

BLOG ARCHIVES

Read stories and news from our 3.5 years of on the ground solution-building in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.

LEDlab

The Local Economic Development Lab, initiated and closely supported by Ecotrust Canada and RADIUS SFU, partnered with community organizations to explore innovative ways to build a more vibrant and inclusive local economy in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.

LEDlab was a 3.5-year, place-based and action-focused initiative. Through it, we built, tested and scaled solutions that put money in the pockets of DTES residents; enhanced the capacity of individuals, organizations and networks; and shifted traditional patterns of power and resource use in the community. LEDlab closed in June 2018 with a planned sunset event and celebration.

We hope that our policy, practice and enterprise solutions have application beyond the specific geography of Vancouver’s inner city, and might inform work being done on similar challenges in other jurisdictions.

Archived Projects

Handmade Downtown Eastside

Handmade Downtown Eastside

Building a Sales Pipeline for Social Enterprise

Building a Sales Pipeline for Social Enterprise

Social Procurement Value Proposition

Social Procurement Value Proposition

EMBERS Eastside Works

EMBERS Eastside Works

Low Income Entrepreneur Needs Assessment

Low Income Entrepreneur Needs Assessment

Hives for Humanity

Hives for Humanity

ReBuild

ReBuild

DTES Street Market

DTES Street Market

Knack

Knack

The Binners’ Project

The Binners’ Project

Latest Blog Stories

Final Note from the Lab Team

Final Note from the Lab Team

June 25, 2018 /
LEDlab’s 3 Year Impact Report

LEDlab’s 3 Year Impact Report

June 19, 2018 /
LEDlab Sunsets and Celebrates with Our Community Partners

LEDlab Sunsets and Celebrates with Our Community Partners

June 15, 2018 /


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