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06/27/2025

02/18/2025

📢 Calling all creatives, dreamers, and changemakers! 📢

Join us for the 2025 Community Innovation Lab, a two-day intensive program designed to spark innovative solutions for Vancouver’s downtown placemaking challenge.

📅 March 11-12, 2025
📍 Our Third Space | 611 Main Street, Vancouver, WA
👥 20 participants | Hands-on collaboration | Actionable solutions

This is your opportunity to shape the future of downtown Vancouver. Through design thinking, prototyping, and expert facilitation, we’ll co-create ideas that make our community more vibrant, engaging, and uniquely ours.

🔗 Apply now: https://buytickets.at/vancouverbyus/1481994

02/12/2025

We're thrilled to announce the launch of our inaugural Community Innovation Lab! 🎉 Are you passionate about making Downtown Vancouver an even better place to live, work, and visit? Join us for a 2-day immersive innovation event where you'll collaborate with like-minded individuals to create real solutions that elevate our downtown. 💡

If you're ready to spark change, innovate, and help shape a must-visit downtown, apply now! 📅

📝 Apply Now! https://buytickets.at/vancouverbyus/1481994
📧 For questions: [email protected]

11/22/2024

11/21/2024

We're thrilled to announce the launch of our inaugural Community Innovation Lab! 🎉 Are you passionate about making Downtown Vancouver an even better place to live, work, and visit? Join us for a 2-day immersive innovation event where you'll collaborate with like-minded individuals to create real solutions that elevate our downtown. 💡

If you're ready to spark change, innovate, and help shape a must-visit downtown, apply now! 📅

📝 Apply Now! https://forms.gle/FgmN1TwF6ykPDfvr9
📧 For questions: [email protected]

11/18/2024

Community Innovation Lab - Looking for creatives, dreamers and visionaries for our Downtown Placemaking Challenge -

We are excited about launching our inaugural Community Innovation Lab. The Community Innovation Lab is a 2-day innovation-centered event focused on the following challenge. We recognize that you may be interested in applying for the lab or maybe know another creative and passionate person who may be...

10/26/2024

🌟 Save the Date for IDEAfest 2024! 🌟 Two weeks away!

Join us for a day that will inspire change, ignite creativity, and strengthen the bonds of our community! 💬🌱

📅 Saturday, November 9th | 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
📍 SW Washington & Vancouver

Presented by Johnson Bixby and partners Southwest Washington Equity Coalition, Fourth Plain Forward, and Latino Leadership Northwest, this year's theme, Rooted in Love… Nurtured by CommUNITY, it brings together local thinkers, creators, and changemakers to spark real change.

✨ Hear powerful ideas
✨ Engage in meaningful conversations
✨ Build lasting connections

Don't miss out—secure your spot now! 🎟️ Register now at www.vancouverbyus.com.

Let’s nurture our community together! 🌱

10/17/2024

"Empowerment through Leadership - wonderful examples of those in our community who are doing the work and bringing others into the conversation." – IDEAfest 2023 Past Attendee Testimonial

Join us this year to share your ideas and grow together. Secure your spot today! https://buytickets.at/vancouverbyus/1340159

10/15/2024

🤝 At IDEAfest, we believe in the power of community! Join us to explore what a connected community looks like on Nov 9th. Share your vision and help us nurture it together. Grab your tickets today! www.vancouverbyus.com