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Below are interesting articles written about Calgary downtown core.
Harry Rosen opens flagship Calgary store
September 3, 2010 / source: Calgary Herald
Showing confidence in the Calgary marketplace, Harry Rosen today opens its flagship store downtown -- an indication the city in recent years has moved upscale on the retail landscape.
"We're a 56-year-old proud Canadian company and we've been in Calgary now for 26 years. And obviously we've watched Calgary evolve from what it was to what I consider probably one of the most sophisticated and modern eclectic cities," Larry Rosen, CEO and chair of Harry Rosen Inc., said Thursday as he gave the Herald a tour of the new store.
The expanded flagship store in the CORE shopping centre (TD Square-Calgary Eaton Centre) is on two storeys, covering more than 30,000 square feet. It has six designer shop-in-shops including a first for Calgary -- an exclusive Tom Ford shop. [read more]
Street style in September
August 31, 2010 / source: Calgary Herald
You're pretty stylish, Calgary.
From your tall, handsome tower and beautiful winding river, to your elegantly attired store fronts and neatly manicured avenues and parks, it's about time you celebrated your fashionable self.
The Calgary Downtown Business Association is going to do just that -- starting with Calgary's core. Throughout September, the BRZ will host a Get Back to Style Downtown campaign, highlighting the unique shopping, entertainment and dining found there. [read more]
Taste of Calgary crowds bask in sun for final two days after rainy start
August 16, 2010 / source: Calgary Herald
Sunday was a bona fide summer day and the festival crowd ate it up.
The outdoor venue at the 14th Annual Taste of Calgary was bustling as local restaurants served up samples from their menus. Festival organizers were happy to see people out and about in the warm weather after a couple of days of rain and low turnouts. [read more]
Our goal is to get panhandlers off the street
August 15, 2010 / source: Calgary Herald
Re: "Don't vilify panhandlers," Jeremy Klaszus, Opinion, July 26.
Developing a controversial anti-giving campaign a number of years ago was a decision not taken lightly by the Calgary Downtown Association board. After much discussion with local social agencies and the International Downtown Association, it was decided the best way to help panhandlers was to educate the public to give to agencies that could help those who wanted to be helped. [read more]
Klaszus: Don't vilify panhandlers
July 26, 2010 / source: Calgary Herald
If I want to walk or bike downtown from my place, the shortest route cuts by the Calgary Drop-In and Rehab Centre. That's always bugged me, and a while back I said as much to a friend.
People down there are unpredictable, I told him. Social justice is important and homeless people deserve to be treated with dignity and all that -- sure. But the honest truth is I don't like walking through that area. [read more]
Buddy, can you spare $50,000?
July 15, 2010 / source: Calgary Herald
Jonathan Denis, Alberta's minister of housing and urban affairs, plans to roll out a campaign this fall in Calgary and Edmonton discouraging people from giving money to panhandlers. Instead, citizens will be urged to give money to homeless shelters and other social service organizations. Among the prescriptions being considered are donation boxes similar to parking meters, with the money going to places such as the Calgary Drop-In Centre, the Mustard Seed and similar agencies. [read more]
Lost in the core? Talk to a HOST
July 15, 2010 / source: Metro Calgary
Decked out in white cowboy hats and red shirts, Hospitality Outreach Teams (HOSTs) can be found downtown pointing tourists and locals in the right direction. [read more]
Full-page ad supports police budget
July 14, 2010 / source: CTV News Calgary
Several Calgary organizations have joined forces to protect the Calgary Police Service. The group took out a $10,000 full-page newspaper ad in an effort to pressure City Hall to exempt police from budget cuts. [read more]
Crime drops in downtown core
July 10, 2010 / source: Calgary Herald
Working nights at a downtown Calgary pizza joint, Zya Jawadi has a few hair-raising stories to tell and more than enough near scrapes under his belt.
As he says, it's the "pizza guys" who know about what can happen in the core. [read more]
Cops planting Stampede bait
July 8, 2010 / source: Metro Calgary
Car thieves are being warned that any vehicle parked near the Stampede grounds or downtown core over the next 10 days could be bait. [read more]
Make most of Stampede, cabbies urged
July 6, 2010 / source: Metro Calgary
Calgary Downtown Business Association officials are calling on cabbies to crowd the downtown core during late hours this Stampede season.
CDBA executive director Maggie Schofield said since the Calgary Airport Authority has awarded the airport contract to one company, other companies have an opportunity to make a lot of income during the Stampede. [read more]
Stephen Avenue Kiosks ready for Stampede boost
July 1, 2010 / source: Calgary Herald
Entrepreneurs sell everything from jewelry to sausages each year, and this year, the Calgary Downtown Association had more than 30 applications for its vendor/artist program. [read more]
Global Business Centre opens doors to local companies
June 30, 2010 / source: Calgary Herald
Calgary Economic Development launched its Global Business Centre on Tuesday, striking as international interest in Calgary begins to pick up and local companies look to expand into foreign markets.
The centre allows the city to take better advantage of those growing trends, CEO Bruce Graham said.
[read more]
Yee haw, it’s that time of year again
June 30, 2010 / source: Metro Calgary
As Stampede creeps closer, the city is slowly becoming filled with brightly coloured windows, random bales of hay and rickety old wooden fences. [read more]
Sien Lok display spotlights proud history
June 24, 2010 / source: Calgary Herald
Michelle Seto, of the Sien Lok Society of Calgary, says the organization secured the location for the display in a prominent place in the community after its showing ended recently at the new Jamieson Place office tower. It is on display at the cultural centre during other Chinatown Centennial events. [read more]
Downtown group eager to address Calgary's parking concerns
June 18, 2010 / source: Calgary Herald
Included in an independent review is a call for the authority to respond to feedback from business revitalization zones.
The suggestion was made in addition to 12 recommendations approved by a city committee Wednesday in an effort to make the parking authority more customer friendly. [read more]
Paula Arab: Few pluses to Calgary Parking Authority
June 17, 2010 / source: Calgary Herald
A new report on the Calgary Parking Authority gives Calgarians little reason to park their complaints about the one thing they love to complain about: parking. [read more]
Major parade to kick off Chinatown anniversary
June 3, 2010 / source: Calgary Herald
Calgary's Chinese community is kicking off the 100th anniversary of Chinatown with a major parade later this month.
[read more]
‘Symbolic garden’
June 3, 2010 / source: Metro Calgary
Downtown office workers traded their briefcases for garden spades to break ground for the Calgary Interfaith Food Bank yesterday. [read more]
Calgary seeks to extend surveillance camera program in Downtown, East Village
May 30, 2010 / source: Calgary Herald
The city wants to relocate its downtown and East Village surveillance cameras and extend their trial run, says a city report that also notes authorities have had "relatively low" demand for the security footage to date.
[read more]
Centre City pushing forward - Projects aim for thriving downtown
May 8, 2010 / source: Calgary Herald
Over the years, one of the major criticisms of the city by the private sector is that officials spend millions of dollars and thousands of hours developing plans that just sit on the shelf, with nobody looking at them. [read more]
Edmonton behind Calgary - Our downtown has pulled ahead in last 30 years
May 1, 2010 / source: Calgary Herald
The following is the second of a two-part series comparing Calgary and Edmonton.
Last week, I looked at how Edmonton and Calgary have evolved as vibrant urban centres in terms of catalytic projects -- those that spark needed innovations and promote positive changes -- and as places to live [read more]
A tale of two Albertan cities - Comparing urban centres of our 'big two'
April 24, 2010 / source: Calgary Herald
The following is the first of a two-part series comparing Calgary and Edmonton.
During the past few years I have written this column, I have compared downtown Calgary as a place to live, work and play with everywhere from Vancouver and Denver to the French cities of Paris and Lyon. [read more]
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