Building Opportunities with Business

Building Opportunities with Business Inner-City Society (AKA Building Opportunities with Business or BOB) was a non-profit organization active in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, Chinatown, Strathcona, Mt Pleasant, Gastown and Downtown South areas since October 2005.

Creating BOB
Vancouver's inner city. The dark grey areas are where BOB's efforts are focused as per the Vancouver Agreement.

The creation of BOB came as a direct result of the Vancouver Agreement[1] an urban development initiative between the governments of Canada, British Columbia, and the City of Vancouver. BOB's role as defined by the agreement is to promote business development, offer mentoring and employment training as well as administering a loans program to inner-city small businesses.[2]

BOB has also been noted for its co-working space,[3][4] which was also utilized as an art gallery and presentation space and an official host gallery of the 2010 Winter Olympics' Cultural Olympiad.[5]

References
  1. "TheAgreement". Archived from the original on 2005-03-16. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
  2. "EconomicDevelopment". Archived from the original on 2005-11-25. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
  3. Shaw, Gillian (2009-12-18). "Vancouver's Downtown Eastside gets innovative coworking space - Digital Life". Communities.canada.com. Archived from the original on 2009-12-21. Retrieved 2010-07-26.
  4. Shaw, Gillian (2009-12-21). "New shared workspace opens in Vancouver's inner city". Vancouversun.com. Archived from the original on May 31, 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-26.
  5. "Trimpin: Sheng High - Event Listings : Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics". Vancouver2010.com. Retrieved 2010-07-26.
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