Small Business Week in Calgary isn’t until the third week of October, but now is the time to get your nominations in for the awards that take place here. Small Business Week is the largest celebration of small businesses across Canada. They host a wide variety of events, workshops and speakers all around the city. […]
How to Celebrate Chinese New Year in Calgary
The annual Chinese New Year celebrations in Calgary are always a fun time to dig into delectable foods, traditional performances and be surrounded by picturesque interpretations of Chinese culture. As it’s the year of the pig, expect motifs and decorations to follow this trend. The official 2019 Chinese New Year falls on Tuesday, February 5. […]
Calgary’s Top 10 Neighbourhoods in 2017
This week, Avenue Magazine released their 2017 Best Neighbourhoods list for Calgary. Communities are ranked based on a survey of Calgarians, who scored their neighbourhoods on a variety of categories. Rather than simply voting for their favourite neighbourhood, survey respondents consider various characteristics and tell us which ones are most important when they think about a […]
Pedestrian and Road Safety Tips for Halloween
Monday is Halloween, which means a lot of additional traffic on the roads in the form of both cars and pedestrians. Before your community streets are flooded with trick-or-treaters, here’s some reminders about pedestrian and road safety for Halloween. Motorists: Slow down! Keep your driving at a very slow pace on Monday evening, as there […]
Best Neighbourhoods: Bridgeland
Recently, Avenue Magazine released their annual list of Calgary’s Best Neighbourhoods, a ranking of the top 50 communities as voted on by Calgarians. We decided to take a closer look at the communities in the top 10, and give you some insight on what to see and do there. In the number nine spot, is the […]
A look at some of Calgary’s golf communities
Today is Golf Day, and in honour of that, we thought we’d share some of Calgary’s best golf communities. Whether you’re an avid golfer or just enjoy the pristine landscaping a golf course can offer a neighbourhood, Calgary is full of communities boasting beautiful courses. Here’s a quick look at some of our favourites: Harvest […]
A snapshot of redevelopment in Calgary
Communities in Calgary constantly have to evolve and reimagine themselves in order to accommodate the constantly changing landscape of our city and its people. Calgary has seen an increase in urbanization, development and very importantly—redevelopment. Since 2009, Calgary has been reversing the trend of rapid outward growth. More than 31,000 people have been added to […]