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Global News BC 

Chinatown celebrates the 'Year of the Dragon'

Vancouver's Chinatown is getting ready to hold its 50th Lunar New Year Parade. Jordan Eng, Chinatown Business Improvement Association President, explains the significance of the event for the area

February 8, 2024

Vancouver Magazine 

Introducing Vanmag's Power 2024 Power 50 List

Jordan Eng, Executive Director of the Chinatown BIA, received the award alongside Lorraine Lowe, the Director of the Dr. Sun Yat- Sen Classical Chinese Garden, for their work in mobilizing the Chinatown community.

February 1, 2024

Daily Hive 

New neon dragon signs on lamp posts brighten up Vancouver's Chinatown

Just in time for Lunar New Year, a total of 16 neon signs are in the process of being installed over a two block stretch in Vancouver's Chinatown

January 25, 2024

Vancouver Chinatown Foundation Gala 

Bronze sponsor

Success Realty & Insurance Ltd. was proud to be a bronze sponsor for the 2023 Vancouver Chinatown Foundation Gala raising money for the new 10-storey innovative health and social housing project in the Downtown Eastside.

November 9, 2023

Inside Vancouver 

Revitalizing Vancouver's Chinatown: A Cultural, Retail, and Dining Destination

Vancouver's Chinatown has a rich history and continues to be an extremely important neighbourhood within the city.

August 23, 2023

Vancouver Chinatown Festival

Sponsor

Success Realty & Insurance Ltd. was proud to once again be a sponsor for the 21st annual Chinatown Festival

July 15-16, 2023

Chinese Canadian Museum

Founding Patrons

Success Realty & Insurance Ltd. is proud to be a founding patron of the newly opened Chinese Canadian Museum in Vancouver's Historic Chinatown

July 1, 2023

Business in Vancouver

Vancouver parking economics spark discussion about value of space in urban areas

Chinatown pilot program aims to balance parking prices with optimal visits to local businesses

May 19, 2023

Global News

Vancouver's Chinatown gets $2.2 million from province to reshape, revitalize

The Vancouver Chinatown Foundation revealed the news ahead of a Friday funding announcement with B.C. premier David Eby and Lana Popham, minister of tourism, arts, culture, and sport 

May 12, 2023

Global News

Vancouver Council BIA on council potentially slashing street parking fees

Global News Morning speaks with Vancouver Chinatown BIA president Jordan Eng about the initiative to help revitalize Chinatown 

April 26, 2023

Richmond News

How Chinatown's in BC are evolving, both within and outside tradition

Vancouver's Chinatown has lost at least 20 per cent of its heritage businesses over the past five years, says advocacy group

March 31, 2023

Vancouver Sun

Vancouver's Chinatown celebrates Lunar New Year parade for first time in three years

Day's celebration tempered with sadness in wake of a deadly mass shooting in California on Saturday

Jan 22, 2023

Daily Hive Vancouver

Over 500 applications to live at new Vancouver rental building with 52 suites

A modestly sized rental building in East Vancouver with rents that are at the low end of market rates has reached completion and opened

Jan 20, 2023

CTV News Vancouver

Vancouver's new city council expected to fast-track measures to 'uplift' Chinatown

Vancouver's new mayor and council held their first meeting this week and addressed one of the items on their agenda: helping the embattled Chinatown neighbourhood

Nov 14, 2022

Canuck Place Gift of Time

Caring Contributor

Success Realty & Insurance Ltd. is proud to be a caring contributor of the Canuck Place Gift of Time Gala taking place on Oct 29, 2022 to raise money for pediatric palliative care.

Oct 29, 2022

Vancouver Chinatown Foundation

Light Up Chinatown Celebration

Success Realty & Insurance Ltd. is a proud sponsor of the 2022 Light Up Chinatown! festival celebrating the mid-Autumn festival.

Sept 10-11, 2022

Global News BC

'Anything is possible:' Vancouver delegation shares takeaways on San Francisco Chinatown Tour

A delegation of Vancouver Police and business leaders headed south to examine the revitalization of San Francisco's Chinatown

Sept 9, 2022

Vancouver Chinatown Festival

Diamond Sponsor

Success Realty & Insurance Ltd. is a proud diamond sponsor of the annual Vancouver Chinatown Festival which invites families and friends to Vancouver's Historic Chinatown to celebrate Chinese culture, performances, and food.

July 16-17, 2022

Vancouver Sun

Chinatown needs to end 'racist' vandalism before city applies for world heritage status

"These are targeted racist acts. The culprits are sending a direct, intentional message to us. It is their attempt of cultural erasure"

June 3, 2022

CBC News

Cleaning up Vancouver's Chinatown: Annual event aims to restore neighbourhood

Around 100 people with garbage bags and tongs in hand walked around Vancouver's Chinatown on Saturday afternoon in an effort to clean up the neighbourhood.

May 14, 2022

VPL Uplift Asian Program

Chinatown Today and Tomorrow

A conversation hosted by the Vancouver Public Library in collaboration with the Vancouver Chinatown Foundation about the present and future of Vancouver's Chinatown.

March 29, 2022

Global News BC

"That Threat is Real": Half of Vancouver Chinatown BIA's budget spent on security

Ongoing safety fears in Vancouver's Chinatown have prompted business leaders to ask for more police support to help the heritage community combat anti-Asian racism, social disorder, garbage and graffiti vandalism.

February 27, 2022

Global News BC

Vancouver’s Chinatown continues to be plagued by vandalism

Just weeks before Lunar New Year Vancouver’s historic Chinatown neighbourhood is seeing an increase in graffiti and vandalism. Jordan Eng of the Chinatown Business Improvement Association talks about how its impacted the community.

January 19, 2022

Global News BC

Vancouver’s Chinatown gets some love in annual Cleaning Campaign

An army of volunteers came together in Vancouver’s Chinatown to show some love for a neighbourhood hit hard by the pandemic

August 7, 2021

Global News BC

‘We’ve really reached a tipping point’

Scarred by COVID, Chinatown leaders want city to remember its commitment

July 27, 2021

Western Investor

Chinatown Businesses Battle Back

Resilient Vancouver community aims to clean up and pivot from a pandemic-induced ‘tipping point’

July 7, 2021

Business Intelligence for BC

Gastown, Chinatown Re-emerging from COVID Economic Malaise

Optimism for merchants, businesses in Vancouver's hard-hit historic neighbourhoods

July 7, 2021

CityNews Vancouver

Improving Chinatown after the Pandemic

Vancouver city councillors met with community leaders in Chinatown to discuss the revitalization of the historic neighbourhood, post-COVID and beyond

June 16, 2021

Canuck Place Gift of Time

Caring Contributor

As a company that has been operating in Vancouver for over 60 years, giving back to the community is something that is very important to us

May 26, 2021

Business in Vancouver Newspaper

Lunar New Year organizers forced to make the best of a pandemic situation

February 16, 2021

CBC News

Spike in graffiti leaves Vancouver businesses counting another cost of the pandemic

City rules say property owners must remove graffiti in 10 days or the city will do it and forward the bill

October 4, 2020

CBC News

Changing Chinatown

'The physical legacy of struggle and sacrifice': How Chinatown is part of Vancouver's past — and its future

February 12, 2020

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