December 06, 2010

Great Reasons To Shop Downtown This Christmas

December 06, 2010/ PTBOCANADA

There is free 2-hour parking downtown over the Xmas season and any money deposited in the meters will go toward the Kawartha Food ShareShop downtown Peterborough and support local when looking for a unique Christmas gift this year. There are extended hours in December at participating stores, and parking is free downtown.

Santa himself will be walking around downtown to check if you are naughty or nice from noon to 3 on December 11th and 18th. If you are nice, he just might give you a candy cane.

As added incentive to shop downtown, you will receive a Downtown Holiday Shopping Passport when you spend $10 at a participating DBIA store. When your passport is full ($200 in purchases), it will be deposited into a ballot box.

There are early bird prize draws from the ballot box on December 6th, 13th and 20th. Prizes range from a $500 DBIA Gift Certificate to the Grand Prize of a $1,000 DBIA Gift Certificate (the draw date for that is on January 4, 2011).

[Words & pictures by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]

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December 03, 2010

Video: The Venue's Grand Opening Was Last Night

December 03, 2010/ PTBOCANADA

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November 29, 2010

What About A Designated "Entertainment District" for Peterborough?

November 29, 2010/ PTBOCANADA

There has been talk around the Patch about creating a designated "Entertainment District" down around Showplace, Market Hall and The Venue in the hopes of drawing even more townsfolk—and tourists—downtown. Optics mean a lot, and a branded "Entertainment District" might help.

We asked our new Mayor Daryl Bennett what he has to say about this. "There will be a focus on the need to cultivate the entertainment district," Bennett tells us, adding that he will be gathering more intel on the Municipal Cultural Plan that is already underway, as well as attending its visioning forum and public open house (which is happening today, November 29th). "The information gathered through this process will assist as we move ahead with the central core of our city," he adds.

The Venue's manager Christian Tanna told the Examiner recently that "Within a few years I think you are going to see this block have a bit of a renaissance from a business standpoint. It kind of in a way becomes Peterborough's new entertainment district."

Downtown stores have been branding this "Fashion District", so why not a create a "Entertainment District"? Go downtown and shop, eat and then take in a show.

Thoughts?

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November 25, 2010

The Peterborough Festival Of Trees Gets Set Up In One Minute And 59 Seconds...

November 25, 2010/ PTBOCANADA

...thanks to the wonders of time-lapse photography used in this video below. (It actually took four days to set up.) But dig it. And go see the Peterborough Festival of Trees at the Memorial Centre. It's on!

[YouTube; PFOT]

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November 15, 2010

Sebastian Bach's Peterborough Homecoming Gone Terribly Wrong Is Making World Headlines

November 15, 2010/ PTBOCANADA

So by now, you have probably heard rocker Sebastian Bach was arrested here in the Patch after a bite at Riley's. Below are some of the headlines on this story today from around the web: