Quaker Foods City Square To Officially Open On Dec. 17

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A community celebration for the official opening of Quaker Foods City Square on Charlotte Street is occurring on Dec. 17 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., announced by the City of Peterborough on Tuesday.

The park was open temporarily on Canada Day for a ribbon-cutting ceremony of a new UN Peacekeepers Monument. Photo by David Tuan Bui.

The celebration includs outdoor skating, music, hot beverages, face painting for children and other activities.

The public square is located on the site of the former Louis Street Parking Lot and is a year-round space for community events and activities with family-friendly features. It will included a refrigerated outdoor skating rink for the winter and water play for the summer.

The celebration is being run by the Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA).

All activities are free, with treats and hot beverages available while supplies last, including:

  • Sweet treats

  • Hot chocolate

  • Face painting

  • Live DJ

  • Stilt walkers and performance art

  • Skating (weather permitting and must bring own skates)

The ribbon-cutting ceremony and brief remarks will be held at noon to officially open the square and recognize funding partner contributions and sponsors.

The $6.4-million project was supported by a non-repayable contribution of $750,000 from the Government of Canada, through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) as part of the Canada Community Revitalization Fund, to support the construction of the rink, as well as landscaping and water features.

The City also used $677,909 from the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation from its share of gaming revenues provided as a host community for a casino, and $50,000 from the DBIA to support the project. PepsiCo Foods, through its Quaker brand, is providing approximately $240,000 over 15 years for the naming rights to the public square.

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