The 2001 keynote address at the Hamilton, Ontario symposium on urban neighbourhoods provided a number of strategies that community associations could use in evaluating infrastructure needs, and proposals, and also provided context and content for the formation and organization of the Federation of Urban Neighbourhoods ( Ontario.) Now, in 2009, numerous infrastructure proposals are being floated by all levels of government in attempts to deal with the economic downturn that is sweeping Canada, the U.S., and other countries. The PowerPoint slides used in the original presentation appear to have gained in value as community associations try to understand the purpose, value, and impacts of latest mix of iinfratructure proposals and initiatives notions being promoted by governments to deal with the current recession/depression.