Thanks for your interest in a vibrant, inclusive public realm
If you're a community group, non-profit organization, or a resident of Vancouver, you're invited to submit a funding proposal for a Pop-Up Activation project – one or a series of temporary, small-scale public space events, installations, or displays
Proposals will be reviewed by an interdisciplinary panel with representatives from the City of Vancouver’s Parks and Recreation, Engineering Services, Arts, Culture, and Community Services, and Planning, Urban Design, and Sustainability departments.
Selected projects are eligible to receive up to $5,000 in funding and the support of a VIVA staff liaison. This funding can be used to cover costs to plan, produce, deliver, and report on a public space project. Pop-ups must be delivered between May and November of 2020.
This year’s theme is food: Using food to connect communities
Proposals need to be:
- Appropriate (non-commercial)
- Complete (include all necessary information)
- Innovative
Proposals will be evaluated by:
- Public benefit
- How much public value does this project have for its target audience?
- How reasonable is the budget compared to the expected impact?
- How much does the project encourage community expression?
- Equity alignment
- Do the applicant group identify as members of an equity-seeking community or communities?
- Does this project promote geographical equity by bringing public space programs to under-served neighbourhoods?
- Does this project support a community that is historically underrepresented in public space?
- Policy alignment
- How much does this project promote broad, diverse, and inclusive participation in public life?
- How much does this project foster a culture shift toward more equitable and inclusive public space?
- How much does this project transform or reimagine street space into public gathering space?
- Theme alignment
- How much does the project align with the theme of “Food: Using food to connect communities?"