@PopupShopsTO

A community renewal project to fill empty stores and to create vital #mainstreets. Danforth East? Check. So now we focus on system-level impacts.

 Toronto, Canada
pop-upshops.ca
Joined July 2014
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Pop-up shops work! See how one Toronto neighbourhood helped lower commercial vacancy rates from 17% to 9% youtu.be/pRKSCtHfISc?list=PL…
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Today, for #NationalIndigenousHistoryMonth, I will read the Youth Guide to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People: buff.ly/3HecZrX
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The City of Toronto's work with BIAs on Pop-Up Shops continues, report staff at #TObudget meeting. Thanks @shelleycarroll for checking! @BradMBradford asks for evidence of its impact. #TOpoli #TOcouncil
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Call for Proposals: #NookFEST Art Installations & Activations! Take part in this community arts + music festival by @TheNooks. Apply by June 8. eastendarts.ca/nookfest-rfp/
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Pop-up Shops retweeted
CBC Toronto
@CBCToronto19 Apr 2018
Union Station offers commuters, online retailers 'cheeky' twist on pop-up shops ift.tt/2JTMn1D
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Restaurant owner refuses to leave Queen St. W. neighbourhood thestar.com/news/gta/2018/03… via @torontostar

Restaurant owner refuses to leave Queen St. W. neighbourhood

The Drake Hotel is expanding. Next door is a small Vietnamese restaurant and it does not want to be part of the plan.

thestar.com
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Lambton County is zeroing in on a tax rebate for commercial properties with vacant space. Council decides whether to scrap it April 4 theobserver.ca/2018/03/12/co…

Commercial vacancy rebate results in double-dip tax breaks for commercial property owners, Lambton...

Lambton County council is considering scrapping a rebate that gives owners with empty commercial space a double-dip break on property taxes. "The one

theobserver.ca
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New award to recognize best community engagement strategies by Canadian individuals, organizations + governments. niceawards.ca/
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The deadline to apply for the Vacant Unit Tax Rebate program is approaching. Commercial/industrial property owners must apply before Feb. 28, 2018 for vacancies that occurred in 2017. This program will be discontinued as of July 1, 2018. Info: bit.ly/2EYRdIJ #CityofTO
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.@TOToolLibrary needs your help; Financial challenges force nonprofit to launch $35,000 crowdfunding campaign - bit.ly/2Ei0zC9 @TheSharingDepot #Toronto #EastTO #DanforthEast #Parkdale #Hillcrest
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Pop-up Bar created with 1,000,000 Lego blocks coming to Vancouver this summer ow.ly/2lW630idAt4
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Pop-up Shops retweeted
Janet Davis@Janet_Davis23 Jan 2018
Site Selection for a New 54/55 Police Station is going to Exec Committee tomorrow, read the report here: app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAge… There's still time to sign up to make a deputation or you can write in your comments directly - email [email protected] for more info or call 416 392 4666
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The Pop-Up Shop toolkit is still available at woodgreen.org/OurSuccesses/P…
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Our newly re-developed website, in partnership with @Ryerson_Retail has launched! See pop-upshops.ca/ for case studies and resource materials
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MT @JimRichardsonNG: Renting-a-Wetland during migration. Farm it the rest of the year -Sunday @nytimes nytimes.com/2017/12/29/busin… #PopUpNature
Happening Tomorrow at @TheStopCFC!
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Pop-up Shops retweeted
deray
@deray24 Dec 2017
New York's vanishing shops and storefronts: 'It's not Amazon, it's rent' theguardian.com/business/201…

New York's vanishing shops and storefronts: 'It's not Amazon, it's rent'

Vacant storefronts are becoming more noticeable in the capital of consumption, as small retailers are being pushed out by wealthy investors

theguardian.com
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Fundraiser underway to pay for funeral of #eastTO murder victim, Kwsie Blair - bit.ly/2BHfl3f #upperbeach
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How #Toronto's neighbourhoods have polarized: More rich and poor, goodbye middle income. Report unitedwaytyr.com/file/2017_O… #NeighbourhoodChange
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