COTE-DES-NEIGESCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
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The Community Development Corporation of Côte-des-Neiges (CDC CDN) has been incorporated on October 28, 1987, formed by almost fifty organizations of the district.
Mission:
CDC's mission lies in regrouping community organizations in Côte-des-Neiges, to sustain their mutual solidarity and cooperation, improving the quality of life for residents, and clamping down poverty, discrimination and exclusion of any nature.
Goals:
- Ensure the good flow of information, mutual aid and cooperation of member organizations;
- Act as a resource to organizations needing assistance;
- Engage in or support community initiatives towards the improvement of the social and economic conditions;
- Engage in, or support initiatives directed at bringing together cultural communities, and at clamping down discrimination, exclusion and marginalization;
- Defend the community interests and act as the spokesperson for its members before different governmental, public and private institutions.
5 PRIORITIES WHICH ENGAGE US IN ACTION !
To obtain results we act together and we have chosen the following priorities for action :
 1. Construction of 2,500 social apartments on Blue Bonnets site
The hippodrome will move out soon. Therefore a very large land will become available. To satisfy the accommodation needs of the families of the district, we could open up streets and make the district larger. This land is large enough to add 4,000 apartments, together with services needed by the inhabitants. This is a unique chance to build 2,500 social apartments.
2. Ensure food security
Food security is the opportunity of choosing quality nourishment, at affordable prices, practicing a control on one’s nutrients and on one’s own life. Many measures can be taken: Stores of sharing, collective kitchens, workshops, school leisure. During the following 5 years,
the CDC will put in place programs directed to financing resources and alternative networks resulting in good quality food, in sufficient quantity, and accessible to everybody.
 3. Obtain from Montreal’s agglomeration a fair part of financial resources for our district
Many things have changed since municipalities merged, they subsequently separated, and Montreal’s agglomeration established itself. However, the distribution of wealth among Montreal’s municipalities has not yet been fulfilled. Our district still remains under funded, undermining its capacity to satisfy their citizen’s needs. This issue should be vigorously dealt with to promptly attain a satisfactory solution.
4. Better understand the challenges faced by our youth and
 5. Guarantee a better exchange among all our district’s communities
To build a dynamic, united and lively community, we must firstly understand
people’s individualities, and further create places where people can dialogue and exchange views. These two priorities demand our openness.
 6. North-East ProjectEstablishing a follow-up mechanism of tenants’ complains. Supporting action for professional integration of immigrant workers. Development of alternative and free family activities. Urban planning for social integration. |
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