Evergreen Brick Works is a Toronto social enterprise that strives to fuse urban living with nature. It's part community center, part garden and part environmental playground for the whole family. It's open through all the seasons, and makes the most of Canadian winters with their beautiful skating rink.
"Operating income will be generated from office space and event rentals; Evergreen Gardens, a mission-driven retail space; a café, summer camps; parking and other revenue-generating activity," writes the not-for-profit on its website. "At the same time, Evergreen Brick Works will provide a social and environmental return to the community in the form of new programs and services that improve environmental quality and promote health and wellness."
Contact Information
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What's Driving This Trend
- Eco-community Centers
- Creating hybrid community centers that integrate urban lifestyles with nature can create a new trend for sustainable living giving rise to products that cater to this lifestyle.
- Environmental Quality Improvement
- Developing new programs and services to improve the environmental quality of a community can open the avenue for disruptive innovations in clean energy technology and eco-friendly products.
- Mission-driven Retail Spaces
- Offering mission-driven retail spaces can cater to conscious consumers looking for products that support causes they resonate with, creating disruptive opportunities like products helping improve environmental quality and promote health and wellness.
Who This Affects Most
- Community Centers
- Community centers can tap into this trend and make use of their underutilized spaces to create eco-friendly facilities and provide new programs and services that improve environmental quality.
- Retail
- Retailers can create mission-driven retail spaces that cater to the conscious and eco-friendly consumer, giving rise to product lines that help promote environmental causes and healthy living.
- Event Management
- Event management companies can explore a sustainable approach to their business by hosting eco-friendly events and partnering with venues that promote environmental quality and wellness, while generating new revenue streams and improving their brand reputation.
