More than $1.3 million of the funding will be used modernize buildings with new lighting, signage and awnings
The federal government is spending $1.8 million to help make Vancouver’s historic Chinatown lighter and brighter.
It says the rest of the money will go toward creating 50 new jobs for the annual Light Up Chinatown festival in September. “There has been a significant increase in graffiti and vandalism, a steep rise in anti-Asian racism, random attacks on our seniors, a rise in property crime, which has made Chinatown a place that people no longer feel safe to come to,” Lee told a news conference at the Chinatown Storytelling Centre on Monday.
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