b'THINKING INSIDE THE BOX 290 Colony is a 15-storey mixed-use, mixed-income residential tower at the corner of Colony Street and St. Mary Avenue.UWCRC 2.0s vision to create community living spaces takes shapeBy Matthew BradfordTwo new rental apartment buildingsPart of our mission is to provideUniversity of Winnipegs Community are taking shape in Winnipegsquality, inclusive and diverseRenewal Corporation. The latter was downtown thanks to joint initiativescommunity living spaces, explainsfirst formed in 2005 as an in-house between the UWCRC 2.0 Inc. and itsJeremy Read, Acting Managingdevelopment division for University-community partners. Director and Chief Operating Officerspecific projects (e.g., a new science Named 290 Colony Street and Westfor the University of Winnipegbuilding, student residence, daycare, Broadway Commons, the mixed-useCommunity Renewal Corporationetc.), while UWCRC 2.0 was founded in and mixed-income housing projectsand UWCRC 2.0 Inc. The idea is to2016 in response to mounting requests are being created under the UWCRCwork with community partners tofrom community members for project 2.0s mandate to work with localdevelop what we like to think of asmanagement support.community partners in creatingneighbourhoods in a boxplacesA number of non-profit organizations sustainable, mixed-income housingwhere people from all ages, culturalin the community had capital options within the city. They are beingbackgrounds and economic ambitions, but they didnt have the developed per the organizations strata can live comfortably in experience or in-house development four-pillared concept of Winnipegs downtown. capacity that UWCRC had, so they environmental, social, economic andBUILDING A COMMUNITYstarted approaching the UWCRC cultural sustainability. UWCRC 2.0 is a spin-off of thefor expertise for their projects, says 40 BUILD MANITOBAwinnipegconstruction.ca'