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Flack Block restoration kick-starts Hastings Street revitalization

April 15, 2008

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"Eastern Promise": Business in Vancouver highlights the Tides Renewal Centre
May 2008

Laura Campobasso

Laura founded Progressive Strategies (PS), of which she remains Principal. PS provides senior level management consulting and training to corporations, non-profit organizations and foundations, bridging the private and public sectors and building the effectiveness of both.

The Great Bear Rainforest is an ecosystem of global importance and a vital, natural, cultural and economic resource for First Nations, coastal communities and British Columbia. Success here means protecting the ecological integrity of the land while respecting indigenous cultures and strengthening local economies.

Tides Renewal Centre, located in the newly renovated Flack Block, stands at the intersection of Cambie and Hastings: kitty corner from Victory Square, across from the Dominion Building, and adjacent to the Woodward’s redevelopment.

Play BIG hosts invitational events for people with large capital reserves who are seeking to align their wealth with their values and to activate their whole portfolios towards positive impact on the issues they care about.

Renewal creates relationships between many agents of social change, initiating and incubating networks of organizations and leaders to enable them to make the greatest possible positive impact on society.