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📣 Join us Sept 25 in Caledon! Sacred Spaces to Community Places: Community Roundtable on transforming faith properties into affordable housing & community hubs. Click the link below for more details: 🔗 zurl.co/rbc6Z #Releven #Caledon #AffordableHousing

What if churches could become homes? 🏠 The new report from @CANUrbanInst explores how Canada’s faith buildings can be transformed into affordable housing + community infrastructure. Read the report here: 📘 zurl.co/YnUzt #FaithProperties #AffordableHousing

📍 The Releven team is making an impact across Canada this week! • Graham Singh @ Atlantic Downtowns in Halifax • Mike Wood Daly @ Canadian Urban Institute (Toronto) • Alysson Storey @ FCM 2025 in Ottawa Let’s reimagine sacred spaces together. #Releven #Placemaking

🚨Last week we launched Releven USA in Chicago, joined by amazing partners in faith & civic sectors.🇺🇸 From sacred space to community place, we’re ready to support U.S. leaders reimagining faith properties for the public good. 📸 From the launch: #RelevenUSA #Placemaking

Based in Ottawa, Dave leads placemaking at Releven, helping churches reimagine mission, engage their neighbourhoods & plan for long-term sustainability. Meet more of our team here → zurl.co/Krwl3 #TeamReleven #Placemaking #CommunityDevelopment #SocialImpact

This National Volunteer Week, we’re celebrating GTA volunteers—and Centennial College students sharing their impact through storytelling. 📖Read the full story: bit.ly/42B9I2t #NVW2025

🏘️ Winnipeg’s Shared Ground roundtable explored bold new ideas for repurposing faith properties into affordable housing and community spaces. 🎥 Watch highlights from the event here: zurl.co/FLCik This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.

Spring is here—and with it, big news from @releven_org. From new federal investments to bold new tools for transforming faith properties, our CEO shares what’s ahead in our update. 📹 Watch the video: zurl.co/qN5Ki #AffordableHousing #FaithProperty #SpringUpdate

📣 Big News! 📣 We’re thrilled to share that the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation is investing in Relèven to power the transformation of faith-based lands into affordable housing! Read the full announcement here: zurl.co/8Vphi

🏠 Unlocking Solutions for Manitoba's Housing Crisis 🏠 Click below to read our open letter to Premier @WabKinew 🔗 zurl.co/VanXd #HousingSolutions #FaithProperties #AffordableHousing #SocialPurposeRealEstate #Manitoba

We're excited to see continued progress on the transformation of St. Paul's Cathedral in downtown London, Ontario into a dynamic arts hub. Thank you to @CBCNews for the coverage! To read the full article click here: zurl.co/CRUwC

Sunday, January 5 Moose Factory's St. Thomas Choir will be singing outside the historic Old St. Thomas Church, to launch the Šawelihcikewin Fundraising Campaign. This campaign will support the restoration and reimagining of the church! 🙌 Learn more here zurl.co/lrip2

📢 Big news: The Releven Faith Property Strategy Course is here! A huge thanks to our funders for making this possible! 👉 Learn more: zurl.co/piNL7 #FaithProperties #CommunityImpact #Releven #SocialPurposeRealEstate

Great article by @revduggan1--thank you for referencing our work!

HUGE news from Tapestry! Their work with community bonds is set to DOUBLE with an ambitious focus on affordable housing across the country!

@UinvitedU We're working quickly to develop a fund that will give us the opportunity to take more of these church properties off the market before they are redeveloped towards the benefit of private interests. We'll share more details soon!

THIS - wealth buying Churches for Private Property in #Toronto is a community crime to me - a walk through of this Dovercourt Church vm.tiktok.com/ZMrXqSoVT/ @Releven_org help us!!! No shade or hate to this realtor (who is really good at #TikTok as part of her business)

@Diana_C_McNally We agree :-)

Digital space cannot emulate third space because it can't recreate the joy of a shared experience. The continual loss of third space in Toronto — especially affordable space — means the loss of shared experiences, and thus important social/cultural bonds. thestar.com/opinion/contri…

Yesterday, we were thrilled to invite our friends, supporters, and colleagues to share in the announcement of our partnership with @DefinityFdn! Their support will become invaluable in our journey to launching the Relèven Transition Fund later this year. trinitycentres.org/media-1/2024/7…

Tapestry supports Wet'suwet'en hereditary leaders and land defenders in urging investors NOT to participate in @CoastalGasLink's bond sale for pipeline development. Please read and share ⬇️ fossilfreerbc.org/tc-energy-bond…

Working with the Anglican Diocese of Huron, Larkin Architect Limited, @Pilot_Projects, Cory Crossman and Cathy Parsons we've moved London's Cathedral District one step closer! Thanks to @LFPress for the coverage. Read the full story here: lfpress.com/news/local-new…