With the Works Festival, Street Performers Festival, Taste of Edmonton, and Cariwest Festival just around the corner, soon Churchill Square will be a hub of summer activity. But it’s not just the festivals that draw in the crowds. Working in City Hall I get a chance to see how Churchill Square is used on a daily basis. Last [...]
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The cameras are in place, participants will soon be starting to arrive at the Art Gallery of Alberta (and online) for the Open City Workshop. Join the LIVE (bilingual)WEBCAST here. We will be broadcasting all day, so check out the video feed or if you’re participating remotely you can also join our chat room to [...]
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Major civic events and festivals are a special time in the Edmonton. Think of Canada Day, New Year’s Eve in the Square, Heritage Festival, Fringe Festival ( and the many other events during the year) when masses of people gather together to celebrate and take part in the related festivities. The crowds transform the everyday space [...]
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If you’ve been wandering downtown lately, you may have noticed that amidst all of the downtown holiday decorations, that the City Hall pyramid has been lit up red at night. This is just one of the ways that we’ve been getting in the Olympic spirit, Painting the Town Red in preparation for the arrival of [...]
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Here we are, at the end of our second week. As we’re heading towards the holidays the blog will be quieting down a little bit, but rest assured that it has been and will remain busy in the background. I’ve been working with a variety of groups from across the City on contributing posts about [...]
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