What's On!
click links for more info At the Galleries! Alberta Art & Drafting Gallery Local Artist Group Show Artwalk Amble Gallery Tour - June 14, 7-10pm Festival Day - June 16, 9am-5pm
4th Annual IB and AP Art Show May 29-June 24
Harris-Warke Gallery
Title: Rempel/Greaves
Ceramics (Large Scale)
Dates: May 14 to June 16
Cafe Pichilingue Paintings by Russell Smithhurst Music, Theatre and More! The Redstone Grill and Wine Bar Date Night Every Tuesday
Wing & Wine Wednesdays The Velvet Olive
Acoustic Open Mic Night Every Tuesday! Live music every Thursday and Saturday night! City Centre Stage Corpus Christi June 7-16
Live Music Fridays from 1 - 3 pm!
First Local Market 12-3pm
Earthdance - June 14 Local Musicians - Wednesdays 4:15-6pm and Thursdays 11:45am-1pm
Kia Ora Resto-Lounge Open Mic Wednesdays Let us know what your event is and we will list it here!
Downtown Market Named An Official Farmer's Market
The Downtown Market kicked off in style. The sun came out. The veggies sold out. And 100.7 The River grooved out. The streets were packed with happy shoppers, like the one pictured below. Thanks to Downtown Businesses open late. The market runs 4-7pm each Wednesday. JOIN US! 
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Promote Your Business Did you know YOUtube is the number two search engine in the world besides Google? Uploading to YouTube is easy, and the results for your business can be dramatic. Set up an account today and use clips for your website, social media, emails and more.
Most people are visual!
 A Rosie Petal Welcome to the Downtown Ambassadors
Our new girl about town wants to meet you, promote your business, shop until she drops, and attend everything worth going to in the BRZ. Contact her directly at rosie@downtownreddeer.com Be her friend on Facebook: Rosie Red Or Tweet @DowntownRosie Welcome to the Downtown Business Association Ambassadors. These ladies are ENTH-USI-AST-IC! I'm telling you, they love downtown and bring back all kinds of reports about the happenings of our beautiful BRZ to the office.
You will see them at shops, downtown events donning information and smiles for the shoppers and purveyors of our community in the core.
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June 1 saw the kick-off of the Ross Street Patio in style. Our baskets are now up. People are out enjoying lattes after shopping or in between appointments.
Be reminded the nearest public restrooms are at the Sorenson Bus Station across from City Hall.
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A Solution to Downtown Parking Woes: SORENSON PARKADE Please don't forget about a great solution for people coming to your businesses. The Sorenson Parkade, attached to the City Bus Station is protected from the heat of the sun, or spring snow, and is well maintained by security officers.
Rates are just $0.75/hr, $6/day and monthly passes are also available for $80/month. Payment is by credit card upon arrival. TOO EASY!
For all the details CLICK HERE
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Creativity Thrives at Alberta Art &Drafting
Since October 1993, Alberta Art and Drafting Supplies Ltd. has provided Central Alberta with the most complete array of art supplies. It is located at 4711 49th Ave, kitty corner to the Millennium Center. Karen Walls built and expanded the business with a desire to fill a need in the community for art and drafting supplies and her passion for art. During her student years, she worked for Walsh Galleries in downtown Red Deer who at that time carried a small supply of art materials. This was the catalyst to start Alberta Art & Drafting Supplies Ltd.
From 1993 to now, the goal remains the same: to support and inspire the art and drafting community. From Red Deer College students, academic artists, and tattoo artists to architects, engineers, and street performers, many people will come in to the store and after a conversation with the staff, leave with great confidence and seeds of inspiration. This great customer experience can be attributed to the wonderful staff, who are knowledgeable and passionate about art. "[The staff] are amazingly creative. Everybody has their own little special gift that they bring to the store and to the customers. We are all working artists and we are passionate about art and all that it encompasses," says Lorette, Manager.
READ MORE HERE
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Gaetz Avenue Revitalization
The big red fence between 51 and 52 Street and 47 and 48 Street is up. The DBA would like all to know the businesses there are open throughout the process and easily accessible for pedestrian traffic. SHOP AWAY! Questions or comments are welcomed by the project team at the City of Red Deer. (403)-342-8750. Weekly drop-in meetings are also being hosted on Wednesdays from 5pm-6pm starting April 25, 2012. A new section of the DBA website is dedicated to updates and it looks great! Find out more about Little Gaetz HERE |
We're getting people out of their boring offices and into La Casa Pergola, Kia-Ora, Vietnamese Sub and Rolls, The Indian Flame and Grill, The Ross Street Café, Saro's, City Roast, Bistro on Gaetz, The Millennium Café, Quenched, and Botanica in the Red Deer Lodge.
These restaurants are offering four featured items each that will raise both eyebrows AND forks.
Participants in #TIMEFORLUNCH are encouraged to food tour downtown and Tweet what they eat! Tweet with pictures and buzz about the restaurant you choose to be entered into draws for gift certificates for free food.
Each Thursday there will be giveaways. And the most creative entries win.
The website is almost as deluxe as the feature dishes.
www.timeforlunch.ca
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Large Downtown Business Stantec Sponsors the Walter Gretzky Golf Classic For the Canadian National Institute for the Blind
This event takes place June 19th and 20th and is sponsored by a caring downtown company. There will be a silent and live auction and golf in both daylight and darkness, with one hole played blindfolded.
Please join them as a golfer, as a sponsor, or by donating a prize. Your efforts will make a difference in the lives of people in this community who are blind or partially sighted. For full details contact Lori Hamilton at 403-346-0037.
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What is CPTED?
Downtown business owners are encouraged to apply for funding from The City of Red Deer's Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) pilot project by July 31, 2012, when the pilot project comes to an end.
With this crime prevention incentive program, The City will pay half of the expenses (before GST) for any successful applicant's crime prevention upgrades to a maximum of $2,500. Downtown businesses and agencies that make crime prevention upgrades that follow CPTED principles can apply to The City for funding. The applicant will receive funding after the project is complete and a bill or invoice has been received and verified by The City of Red Deer.
READ MORE HERE
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