Verdun
- 66,155 people
- 3rd step in process
- $701,559 invested
About Verdun
Where everyone has a roof and a seat at the table
Like its neighbours, Verdun has been undergoing tremendous change due to gentrification, development, and the growing presence of immigrants. The landscape consists of three strongly contrasted sub-areas: a disadvantaged and populous sector (Wellington-De L’Église), a middle-class area (Desmarchais-Crawford), and a well-off community (Île-des-Soeurs). Concentrated for the most part in the most disadvantaged sector, agencies want to create conditions that will help keep vulnerable people in the neighbourhood. To do this, partners intend to work on both housing and food to make sure these are adapted to needs.
Discover the fruit of collective labour in Verdun
Timeline
EVEN DURING A PANDEMIC, VERDUN HAS STAYED ACTIVE TO MOBILIZE ITS COMMUNITY
For nearly three years, the citizen committee involved in the community-driven development (CDD) in Dupuis-Hickson has been working hard to ensure that this Verdun industrial area is being developed based on an inclusive overall vision that is in line with citizens’ aspirations.
Citizen recommendations for this sector include greater consideration of the Verdun community’s needs, particularly in terms of social housing and local employment.
FEBRUARY 2021A story of impact
In this story, whose hero is the Giving Everyone a Seat at the Table project in Verdun, learn how renewed cooperation between food security agencies has had concrete impacts on food access for disadvantaged people.
FALL 2020 watch the videoVivace-PIC: a vision for the toward a neighbourhood food space project
Vivace PIC - Toward a neighbourhood food space
This project involves setting up a grocery-store-style food space that is accessible to the neighbourhood’s most vulnerable populations. This space will also be home to a welcoming corner café where people can gather, as this type of establishment has become harder to find in the wake of gentrification.
Verdun during Covid-19
“The solution can't be individual; it has to be collective. Three years ago, we could never have done this.” Julien Caffin - Coordinator of Concertation en développement social de Verdun.
Giving everyone a seat at the table
In 2019, Verdun stakeholders deepened their reflections on how to create a neighbourhood food space. The neighbourhood also launched a pilot project for a short food supply chain.
Winter 2020 Read moreNew partnership for affordable housing in Verdun
The community real estate group Solides is getting a foothold in Verdun, in partnership with the Comité d'action des citoyennes et citoyens de Verdun (CACV), with the purchase of its first eight-unit building in the neighbourhood, on Woodland Street. More info December 5, 2019
Verdun residents are reinventing an industrial sector
Dupuis-Hickson, which has great potential for the development of social housing, will be transformed into a comprehensive, green, inclusive and human-focused neighbourhood.
Spring 2019 Read moreVerdun puts food security on the table
The food component of the “Giving everyone a roof and a seat at the table” project was launched with the creation of the Verdun food system (SAV) committee in winter 2018. A number of initiatives are underway to help Verdun residents become food self-sufficient.
Fall 2018 Read moreA mural to revitalize Dupuis-Hickson (CDD)
Children and young families who happen to stroll by Parc Duquette will no doubt be impressed by this magnificent mural created by artist Astro and spearheaded by the nonprofit MU. This project was made possible thanks to the financial support of the Ville de Montréal’s Mural Arts Program as well as support from the Verdun borough.
See photos of the mural’s creation on MU’s Facebook page.Summer 2018
Ephemeral art at parc Duquette (CDD Dupuis-Hickson)
An ephemeral art installation made its appearance at Parc Duquette this summer while the community waits for layout, equipment and universal accessibility upgrades that should finish this fall.
Summer 2018
Community-Driven Development (CDD)
What will happen to Dupuis-Hickson, the former industrial sector in Verdun? This was the question put to Verdun residents involved in the CDD.
Ongoing consultation Read moreLaunch of “Opération populaire d'aménagement”
The community is invited to a public consultation on the creation of social housing for vulnerable people.
Winter 2017Profile of food security initiatives
Meetings with partners and workshops to let citizens express their concerns and propose solutions.
Winter 2017The neighbourhood's target project: “Giving everyone a roof and a seat at the table”
The goal of this project is to create a continuum of food security services and to get people involved in the issue of social housing in one of the most disadvantaged sectors of Verdun (Dupuis/Hickson).
December 2016Verdun is chosen
Verdun is chosen to receive moderate CIP support to implement a specific project from its neighbourhood plan. This project will produce concrete results to reduce poverty and social exclusion.
March 2016Discover what your neighbourhoods are doing
Verdun during COVID-19
The pilot project for a local food supply chain implemented in 2019 for the Giving everyone a roof and a seat at the table project has now taken on more meaning for food security agencies during the crisis.
Discover this projectGiving everyone a seat at the table
In 2019, Verdun stakeholders deepened their reflections on how to create a neighbourhood food space. The neighbourhood also launched a pilot project for a short food supply chain.
Discover this projectNew partnership for affordable housing in Verdun
The community real estate group Solides is getting a foothold in Verdun, in partnership with the Comité d'action des citoyennes et citoyens de Verdun (CACV), with the purchase of its first eight-unit building in the neighbourhood, on Woodland Street.
Discover this projectVerdun residents are reinventing an industrial sector
Dupuis-Hickson, which has great potential for the development of social housing, will be transformed into a comprehensive, green, inclusive and human-focused neighbourhood.
Discover this projectVerdun food system
The food component of the “Giving everyone a roof and a seat at the table” was launched with the creation of the Verdun food system (SAV) committee in winter 2018. A number of initiatives are underway to help Verdun residents become food self-sufficient.
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