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Beltline Partnership Celebrated

Twenty-five years ago saw the establishment of a powerful partnership for progress in Calgary’s Beltline – the alliance of the Calgary Police Service (CPS) and The Mustard Seed Street Ministry.

And on May 26, Mustard Seed CEO and founder Pat Nixon honoured that partnership by presenting a plaque symbolizing the community’s appreciation to Police Chief Rick Hanson in the historic Mustard Seed building on 11 Ave. and Centre St. SE.

62 new Calgary police officers begin downtown patrols

With four times the number of officers walking the beat than before, Calgary police say they now have the manpower to better fight street crime in the city’s core.

After standing shoulder to shoulder in front of City Hall for a public unveiling on Wednesday afternoon, 62 new Calgary police officers began patrolling crime hot spots in and around the city’s core.

Fifty of the new officers are assigned to vastly expanded beat teams, which will patrol an area that includes downtown, the Beltline and surrounding inner-city communities such as Inglewood and Ramsay to the east and Mount Royal, Cliff Bungalow and Mission to the south.

Update on The Bow

Open Spaces: Windows to a View

I just wanted to show my appreciation to the artists involved in This Is My City(TMC), many of whom recently took the time to participate in a group exhibition of work that is currently showcased in a brand NEW Public Art venue along 7th Ave.  "Open Spaces: Windows to a View" is located on the C-train platform at the TELUS Convention Centre. 

Ongoing CORE-struction

 

Community Heritage Roundtable - Cultural Landscapes and Trees

The next meeting of the Heritage Roundtable is on Cultural Landscapes & Trees with presentations from Alderman Brian Pincott,  the Heritage Tree Foundation of Canada, and City of Calgary Parks.

Thursday, June 4th, 2009 at the Hillhurst-Sunnyside Community Centre, 1320 5th Avenue NW (near 14th St. and 5th Ave NW).

6 PM Walking tour of Hillhurst with a cultural landscape focus (optional for roundtable attendees)

7 - 8:30 PM Roundtable Program

8:30 - 9 PM Open Networking

Lead with Culture: Building the Extraordinary

For those of you who haven't seen this video before, Calgary Arts Development posted a video several months ago outlining the 15 arts spaces projects that, through our Arts Spaces Investment Process, were being recommended to receive funding.

Calgary should be proud of this unique set of projects.  Hopefully many of them go ahead.

Lead with Culture: Building the Extraordinary from Calgary Arts Development on Vimeo.

RiverWalk - Construction Begins This Year!

CMLC (www.calgarymlc.ca) has been working very hard all winter on RiverWalk and numerous other projects, and the fruits of our labour are really beginning to show. At our Annual General Meeting recently, CMLC presented our Shareholder, Mayor and Council of the City of Calgary, with the detailed plans of RiverWalk, Stage 1, Phase 1 being designed for East Village.  They were very pleased and surprised at a number of elements presented to them, and we are pleased to share those images with you.

The first image below is a shot of a pathway portion of RiverWalk approaching the Langevin Bridge.  The main pathway will have seperated walking and cycling portions (cycling is on the right side here) delineated, be well lit at night, and have emergency phones located at regular intervals as you travel along the pathway.

 

Eau Claire Plaza's new plan

 

While I believe the concept plans for the new Eau Claire Plaza were released some time ago, I only came across them recently, so perhaps not too many others have seen them either.

Starting several years ago, the City began working with the public to find a better way to use the underutilized plaza located to the west of Eau Claire Market and just south of Prince's Island.

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