News & Updates
NEW - Case Studies in Social Purpose Real Estate
SPRE is proud to share seven new case studies in social purpose real estate and 30+ profiles on spre projects from around BC. Digging deep into topics of partnerships/people, steps to realization, funding/financing, operations/tenanting and impact/lessons learned, the studies cover a diversity of projects from across all sectors. Check them out on the "Case Studies" pages, Social Purpose Real Estate Colaborative.
Real Estate Foundation Grants to Help Sustainable Land Use in BC
Union Gospel Mission to Provide New Social Housing and Recovery Centre
Solutions to Nonprofit Displacement, from Northern California Grantmakers
SPRE goes Social with Twitter and Instagram
Check out the SPRE feeds on Twitter and Instagram @space4community
Tackling the Question of "pop-up" versus "permanent" -- We want both, right?
Community Land Trusts Take Aim at Rising Rents
Canada Cultural Spaces Fund: Creative Hubs
Providing funding for cultural spaces including arts, hertitage, culture and creative innovation through renovation, construction, specialized equipment and feasiblity studies, with "... an additional $300 million over a ten year period, starting in 2018-2019, to further support creative hubs and other cultural spaces."
New Westminster Housing for Homeless Women with added Social Purpose Services/Spaces
Physical Gets Social with Infrastructure
With encouragement to go beyond engagement and co-design, to real partnerships with non profits and social enterprises that truely deliver social value on infrastructure projects!