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On Wednesday, February 25, The Mustard Seed presented Calgary EMS with a special plaque of recognition for its incredible service, support and commitment over the past 25 years.
As part of The Mustard Seed’s 25th anniversary, each month it is celebrating and thanking the community and its partners for the critical role they play in caring for Calgary’s less fortunate.
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After a year of construction, two new LRT Stations are almost ready to open to public use.
For those of us communters who regularly ride the LRT into downtown from the NW, we've all seen the gradual but steady transformation of the 2 blocks along 7th Ave. that desperately needed some attention (between 7th St. and 5th St SW.)
New stations at 7th St. and 6th St. have been under construction since early 2008 are set to open in late February and March respectively.
For those of you who frequent the Skyscraperpage forums (and if you don't you should) or if you've ever been to the Bussmarketing website, you'll probably already be familiar with Devin Henry's work.
If not, however, here is a sample of some of his truly wonderful renderings depicting the future of Calgary's downtown.
"I've put in every possible development that will likely happen within the next 20 years. Of course, some buildings are stand-ins, but it gives a fairly accurate view of what can be expected." (link)
Enjoy.
The new Chairperson of the Board of the Calgary Chamber of Commerce is encouraging Chamber members that current economic challenges will eventually change and things will get better.
Lois Mitchell says Chamber members should use this opportunity to look at business processes and make any necessary improvements.
Ms. Mitchell has been an active businesswoman in the Calgary community for over twenty-five years, and is President of Amherst Consultants Ltd., a firm specializing in strategic marketing and sponsorship. She takes over from former Chairperson Brian Hahn.
CentreCityTalk recently asked Ms. Mitchell a series of questions that are relevant to Calgary businesses and the Centre City area.
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Construction can be ugly. But a project in Calgary is turning some construction sites into works of art and inspiring young artists in the process.
The Community Boardworx Project unites local artists with dozens of youth to create artistic murals for construction sites. Youth from around the city come to the Boys and Girls Club in Renfrew to work with a professional artist in painting boards which are then put up around a site.
The project was hatched by Steve Shrout of Metro Newspaper and Janet Jessiman of the Calgary Downtown Association. The pair wanted to deal with ugly hoarding (boards around a construction site) in a creative way and wanted to get youth involved. They brought in Boys and Girls Clubs, Urban Youth Worx, and Community and Neighbourhood Services as partners to engage youth in the project. The City decided to offer a 25% reduction in hoarding permit fees for companies that opted to erect youth art around their sites. And the results have been inspiring.
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