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The Punjabi Market, also known as Little India, [1] is a commercial district and ethnic enclave in Vancouver, British Columbia.Officially recognized by the city as being primarily a major South Asian, Indo-Canadian and Punjabi population business community and cultural area, the Punjabi District is roughly a six block section of Main Street around 49th Avenue in the Sunset neighbourhood.
Freedom Village (Halkomelem: Chi'ckem) was a historic village founded by the former slaves (Halkomelem: skw'iyeth) of the Stó:lō, Chawathil First Nation who lived near present-day Hope, British Columbia.
This is a list of intentional communities.An intentional community is a planned residential community designed from the start to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork.
Tent City, also called Freedom Village, was an encampment outside of Memphis in Fayette County, Tennessee for African Americans who were evicted from their homes and blacklisted from buying amenities as retaliation for registering to vote during the Civil Rights Movement. It began in 1960 and lasted about two years.
The area is also home to elderly residents who primarily rent in the low rise rental blocks that characterize the north central section of the community. Projected average 2008 household income: $131,769 as compared with $75,854 and $79,798 for Vancouver and Metro Vancouver respectively.
Freedom Village came under fire when it was revealed to be paying workers less than minimum wage, and for the punishment practiced on students, and for allegedly abusing child labor laws [3] Brothers had to sell the Lakemont property to cover his millions of dollars in debt after he was denied the ability to file for bankruptcy.
The agency branded itself as "C-Tran" and took over the Vancouver Transit System on July 6, 1981. [7] The Vancouver system was originally established in May 1969 and was supplemented by Tri-Met express service from Portland that began in 1976. [6] [8] The Tri-Met service continued under contract after C-Tran was established and gradually phased ...