Renew Hamilton

BUILDING a LOCAL RENEWAL ECONOMY: Renew Hamilton is a project of the Hamilton Economic Summit operating under the auspices of the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce.

The project’s purpose is to help advance the renewal of Hamilton’s built, natural and cultural environments as key contributors to the attraction of talent and investment.  The long range goal of Renew Hamilton is to develop and deliver customized education and training targeting the needs of individuals and organizations working in the renewal economy.  Sample audiences include real estate investors, developers, urban designers and planners, architects, and graduate students.

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Our first initiative is a multimedia project designed to document, promote and accelerate renewal efforts in lower city Hamilton.

Between 2012 and 2014, we will follow five to seven significant renewal projects to discover all it takes to revitalize local restorable assets.  This initiative will produce three key deliverables:

1. A set of video case studies based on local projects
2. An accompanying education and training curriculum
3. A one-hour video documentary for public release

Throughout the process, we will sustain momentum and engage the community by implementing various complementary activities, including a special speakers series, media relations and public screenings.  This effort was inspired by The Next American Dream, an award-winning television documentary that used the resurrection story of downtown Kansas City as the backdrop to reveal the forces spurring the reurbanization of cities worldwide.

The founding sponsors for Renew Hamilton are the  Province of Ontario (Ministry of Economic Development and Trade) and City of Hamilton (Department of Economic Development and Trade).

Meet the Renew Hamilton Team

Richard W. Allen - Richard is the Director of the Hamilton Renewal Project and is responsible for helping to lead and manage this effort.

David Adames – David is the President and CEO of the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce and a keen champion of progressive city-building.

Sarah Glen - Sarah is a Senior Producer with Hamilton-based Project Video Productions and an award-winning specialist in participatory video for the education and training sector. She teachers a community engagement course at McMaster University and has a deep interest in community-based economic development.

Bill Humber – Bill is the Director, Office of Eco-Seneca Initiatives (OESi) and is responsible for embedding the environmental imperative in every academic program at Seneca College.  He is the former Chair of the Centre for the Built Environment  and co-founder of the Regeneration Institute for the Great Lakes.

Dr. Gail Krantzberg - Gail is a Professor at the McMaster Faculty of Engineering and Director of the ArcelorMittal Dofasco Centre for Engineering and Public Policy at McMaster University.  She is also co-founder of the Regeneration Institute for the Great Lakes.

Glen Norton – Glen is the Manager of Urban Renewal for the City of Hamilton.  He brings a multi-dimensional perspective to renewal through concurrently advancing business, arts and heritage, the environment and social inclusion.

Paul Shaker -  Paul is the Executive Director of the Centre for Community Studies, an independent, non-profit research organization specializing in urban public policy issues.  The Centre is headquartered in Hamilton.  Paul brings to this project a rich understanding of Hamilton’s local asset base at the street level.

TO LEARN MORE CONTACT RICHARD W. ALLEN
rwardallen@shaw.ca | 905-572-0363