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DOWNTOWN NEWS
Winter 2019
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New Year's Eve Downtown Festival & Fireworks
Celebrate the arrival of 2020 at the Alberta Legislature grounds. This fun-filled, alcohol-free, family-friendly event will have something for everyone!
Date: Tuesday December 31, 2019
Time: Family-friendly activities: 7–9pm Fireworks: 9pm
Location: Federal Building (9820–107 Street), Visitor Centre, and Capital Plaza
Admission: Free
edmonton.ca/NewYearsEve
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MacEwan's SAMU building opening in early 2020
There's a new building turning heads downtown! The Students’ Association of MacEwan University (SAMU) building, a LEED Silver and WELL Silver certified facility located on 109 Street between 104 and 105 Avenues, is now complete!
Learn more on the SAMU building website.
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A dream + a plan + dedication = transformation
Check out our results! Well, we're not even done yet... Follow along with our #TransformationTuesday posts on Twitter as we wrap up the year by sharing dramatic Downtown before and afters from the last 10 years!
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Image: Tawatinȃ Bridge north pier (left) along the North Saskatchewan River
Taking Shape: Valley Line Southeast update 4
Here’s a quick tour of construction highlights on the 13 km LRT route that will connect people from Downtown to Mill Woods as Edmonton builds for our future.
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#ICYMI
Downtown, things are moving fast. In case you missed it, here’s just a sample of the fantastic and important things that have been happening here.
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ICE District Public Plaza now open!
The Public Plaza in front of Rogers Place is now open to the public, providing quick and easy access to Rogers Place from the South (103 Ave. / 103 St.) and South East (102 St. and Plaza Way). It boasts 77,000 sq. ft of public space designed to be programmable year-round and can host up to 8,000 people.
Check out these videos of the plaza ice rink pour and the plaza opening!
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Downtown Dazzles at Edmonton Urban Design Awards
Five out of the 11 Awards of Excellence or Merit went to Downtown projects, including the 100 Street Funicular, The Edge, Carbon Copy (People's Choice and Urban Fragments), and the Historic McKay Avenue School Playground.
An additional 11 projects were acknowledged for their child friendly, winter or unique design components. The Edmonton Urban Design Awards (EUDA) is a biannual event to recognize individuals, organizations, firms and projects that have contributed to urban design and the City’s quality of life.
Watch the video of award winners or read more.
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Rogers Place recently won a prestigious international architecture award for its focus on sustainability and accessibility. Read more about the award.
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🌞 Some cool things about solar at Edmonton Convention Centre
The City of Edmonton recently announced a $10.8 million atrium modernization project... 60 panels have already been installed, and 636 to go! It’s projected to be the largest building-integrated solar installation in Canada.
Learn more about this exciting project.
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Happy (belated) #RAMiversary!
The Royal Alberta Museum (RAM) is the largest museum in western Canada and one of the top museums in Canada. More than 400,000 people have experienced RAM since it opened downtown on October 3, 2018.
Plan your visit.
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EVENTS
Learn about some of the upcoming events in the Downtown area.
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Downtown's permanent, year-round farmers' market is
now open twice a week, on two floors!
Find everything you need Sat 9-3 & Sun 11-3, 10305 97 St NW
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Lace your skates and try out the new fountain ice in front of City Hall. Free skate rentals are available on a first come, first served basis. The plaza rink will be open during favourable weather conditions; please call 311 for updates. All ages welcome! Find out more.
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In a few decades, over two million people will be calling #yeg home. How will we attract talent and plan for economic growth? Join Don Iveson and student leaders as they discuss what it takes to build the Edmonton of tomorrow.
Tickets are on sale now.
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Did you attend a public engagement event recently?
If so, we want to hear from you.
Provide your feedback here until January 30, 2020.
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Draft City Plan released
Visit edmonton.ca/thecityplan to review and share your feedback.
Join the conversation on how we will welcome 1 million more Edmontonionans.
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