The City of Edmonton has launched a new campaign aimed at encouraging people to explore downtown.
From now until December residents and visitors can experience more than 1,000 events and activities designed to support local businesses and make downtown more vibrant.
“The more that people from outside of the core come here and support the businesses and come to the events the better off the whole city is and we will all continue to thrive and improve over time,” Downtown Edmonton Community League president, Cheryl Probert said.
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The city said parks, transit and other public spaces will offer live music, fitness classes, art classes, mini golf – to name a few activities.
“At the end of the day you want to have people coming down to events at Rogers Place, but you also want people to take in the great atmosphere to enjoy the great restaurants to experience the community that exists to go to the parks,” Mayor Andrew Knack said.
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The Turn Up Downtown campaign is in partnership with the Edmonton Arts Council, Downtown Edmonton Community League, Edmonton Downtown Business Association and other local organizations.
“Come and see us downtown – experience for yourself all the wonderful arts and culture that there is down here and hopefully that will start to change the perception that has been in the public for some time now,” Probert said.
For more information on the programming including a schedule of events and locations head to the city’s website.
Aww, that was winter city owned sidwalks every time it snows because they force me to OR ELSE.
NO. This edmontonion is sick and tired of my house taxes going up and up every year, every time a Mayor and Council expect us all to CONTINUE to financially support what happens downtown. I am BROKE so how about the Mayor and Council start to send ME A CHEQUE every month for ALL THE FREEBIES that they get from me every month, clean their city sidewalks, cutting their 3 meters of grass against my front yard. Washing out my filthy dirty city owned NEW garbage cans that eventually start to smell and get moldy. Does the MAYOR even KNOW how much our CITY WATER costs us all every month now??? I need to cash in a gold brick to pay for city water every month it is that costly.
“Come and see us downtown” – with the amount of crime, houselessness, drugs and panhandling? I feel UNSAFE going downtown. Maybe take care of the issues at hand before encouraging families to go there.
“City administration is eliminating 15-minute free parking periods, increasing some hourly rates and piloting paid parking at select city-owned facilities… Further down the pipe, the city is looking to expand the residential parking program and bring in new technology, including automated enforcement.”
“Come and see us downtown – experience for yourself all the wonderful arts and culture that there is down here”
Downtown Edmonton, glass, concrete, steel, asphalt, panhandlers (not street performers), crime rates, traffic noise, and people urinating on the street.