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The Greenway as an Economic Revitalization Catalyst
Downtown Eastside Economic Revitalization Plan
The Downtown Eastside Economic Revitalization Plan identified the Carrall Greenway as one of the key economic generators that will increase the demand for Downtown Eastside goods and services and provide jobs for local residents. It will attract more than 10,000 new visitors a week to the area by linking the heart of Gastown and Chinatown to the sea walls along Burrard Inlet and False Creek. The greenway will help spark economic activities by focusing both public and private investments along the corridor to support new and existing businesses and social enterprises in the area and increase employment opportunities for the local low-income residents. The greenway and the associated improvements to the public realm will also support ground floor commercial uses, such as retail businesses and outdoor café, to help enliven the public realm.
Greenway banners installation |
Recent public realm improvements
In order to achieve the goal of increasing the demand for Downtown Eastside products and services, the physical environment of the community must continue to be improved. With funding from the Vancouver Agreement partners in cooperation with community organizations, a number of public realm projects have already been completed, including:
- Greenway banners installation along Carrall Street
- Community mural arts painting at the Pennsylvania Hotel
- Graffiti removal, pole painting and street cleaning
- The Chinatown Millennium Gate
- Sun Yat-Sen Courtyard improvements and mosaic artwork
- Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Garden expansion
- Suzhou Alley landscaping
- Lighting improvements in Chinatown and Gastown
These projects help to make the area safer, more comfortable and more attractive to residents and visitors.
Development activities along the greenway
Europe Hotel |
In addition to these public realm improvements, the Carrall Street Greenway has also helped attract private investments in the properties along the corridor. In addition to new development projects such as the Van Horne and, many heritage buildings have been or are being processed through the Heritage Incentive Program. These projects include market housing, such as Van Horne, as well as low-income housing, such as Ranier and Pennsylvania Hotels.
Heritage Incentive Program
Attracting new development or active reuse of heritage buildings will help restore part of the area's important heritage assets, improve the physical environment, create new business opportunities and help bring more life and people into the area. These recent development projects have already begun to make a positive impact to the neighbourhood by bringing more residents, visitors and new businesses into the community.
Map of recent development activities 
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