A-Infos (en) Canada, ucl-saguenay, Collectif Emma Goldman -[Chicoutimi]Solidarity neighborhood: park without borders (fr, it, pt)[machine translation]

Sunday, September 22, members of the Emma Goldman collective held a table in the park at 
the corner of Price and Sainte-Anne Streets (next to the late 21 Price) in downtown 
Chicoutimi. On the menu: free coffee distribution, meeting with local people and small 
local cleaning. Despite the rain, many people came to our table to discuss their reality 
in the neighborhood and their vision of their living environment. We made our event in 
this park since the adjacent land (the 21 Price) is vacant and for sale. So we think it 
would be good to cut down the fence between the vacant lot and the park to make it bigger. 
During our discussions, a person gave the idea of a basketball court and area to play 
petanque. Indeed, Some people also mentioned seeing a change since Ubisoft's arrival in 
the neighborhood. Without saying a word, these people talked about gentrification. That's 
the analysis they're taking out of the situation right now in downtown. Upmarket 
restaurants, young professionals, luxury apartment buildings, office towers, etc. 
Residents and residents of the neighborhood are very aware of all these transformations 
and many are worried about what can happen in the years to come. Because we know very well 
the violence of gentrification. Increased police crackdown to "secure" merchants and 
newcomers, eviction of small traders to make room for new real estate or commercial 
projects, eviction or exile of the most disadvantaged people due to an increase in housing 
prices or a shortage of affordable apartments, lack of convenience stores, etc. In the 
face of all these uncertainties and the attacks on the underprivileged people who live in 
the city center (and in this, the members of the collective are among the number), we 
continue to organize, to mobilize to set up the living environment that we desire. That's 
why we are organizing another event on October 5 at 6 pm for a screening of a film on the 
walls of the former Chicoutimi prison located on Price Street. By popular demand, free 
spaghetti and more! In the face of all these uncertainties and the attacks on the 
underprivileged people who live in the city center (and in this, the members of the 
collective are among the number), we continue to organize, to mobilize to set up the 
living environment that we desire. That's why we are organizing another event on October 5 
at 6 pm for a screening of a film on the walls of the former Chicoutimi prison located on 
Price Street. By popular demand, free spaghetti and more! In the face of all these 
uncertainties and the attacks on the underprivileged people who live in the city center 
(and in this, the members of the collective are among the number), we continue to 
organize, to mobilize to set up the living environment that we desire. That's why we are 
organizing another event on October 5 at 6 pm for a screening of a film on the walls of 
the former Chicoutimi prison located on Price Street. By popular demand, free spaghetti 
and more! a film on the walls of the former Chicoutimi prison located on Price Street. By 
popular demand, free spaghetti and more! a film on the walls of the former Chicoutimi 
prison located on Price Street. By popular demand, free spaghetti and more!

Listed 17 hours ago by Collectif Emma Goldman

http://ucl-saguenay.blogspot.com/2019/09/chicoutimi-quartier-solidaire-parc-sans.html
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