http://www.downtownreddeer.com// Experience Downtown Red Deer: business, shopping, dining, entertainment, festivals, art and history. Downtown Red Deer is the hub of our vibrant community, filled with variety and ideal for exploring. en-ca http://www.downtownreddeer.com/news/all-news/2013/05/14/annual-meeting-come-join-us/ http://www.downtownreddeer.com/news/all-news/2013/05/14/annual-meeting-come-join-us/ http://www.downtownreddeer.com/news/all-news/2013/02/28/amanda-gould-to-head-downtown-group/ http://www.downtownreddeer.com/news/all-news/2013/02/28/amanda-gould-to-head-downtown-group/ The Red Deer Downtown Business Association has named its new executive director. Amanda Gould, who is currently station manager and acting general sales manager at KRAZE 101.3 in Red Deer, will step into the DBA position effective March 11. She succeeds Graham Barclay, who left the association last… http://www.downtownreddeer.com/news/all-news/2013/02/28/how-to-love-your-downtown/ http://www.downtownreddeer.com/news/all-news/2013/02/28/how-to-love-your-downtown/ The DBA is involved in almost every major outdoor event that takes place in the City of Red Deer's heart. We love it here! And more and more people are becoming enthusiasts. Want to prove that you love your City's Downtown? Here's How: 1. sponsor something- Fiestaval, CentreFest, EarthDance, The… http://www.downtownreddeer.com/news/all-news/2013/01/16/ghost-statues-helping-keep-history-alive/ http://www.downtownreddeer.com/news/all-news/2013/01/16/ghost-statues-helping-keep-history-alive/ There’s always someone waiting to greet visitors to Red Deer’s downtown. Cast in bronze, the city’s collection of 10 Ghost statues mingle with citizens on sidewalks and parks to tell their Red Deer story. Pat Matheson, the city’s public art co-ordinator, said the statues… http://www.downtownreddeer.com/news/all-news/2013/01/08/city-planners-expect-more-permit-requests/ http://www.downtownreddeer.com/news/all-news/2013/01/08/city-planners-expect-more-permit-requests/ City planners expects more permit requests By Laura Tester - Red Deer Advocate The City of Red Deer’s Planning Department is expecting to be busy with more building permits while it also works on more downtown initiatives. Planning staff presented its draft operating budget to city council… http://www.downtownreddeer.com/news/all-news/2013/01/08/the-art-of-friendship/ http://www.downtownreddeer.com/news/all-news/2013/01/08/the-art-of-friendship/ Red Deer area residents can learn more about what it takes to make new friends. Art of Friendship is an eight-week course designed to help people make and keep friends. Alberta Health Services, Life Long Learning Council of Red Deer and Red Deer and District Family and Community Support Services… http://www.downtownreddeer.com/news/all-news/2012/12/26/making-a-connection/ http://www.downtownreddeer.com/news/all-news/2012/12/26/making-a-connection/ Considering her life’s journey has taken Galia Kwetny from the former Soviet Union to Israel to Alberta, it’s no surprise that geography is the theme of her art exhibit, Connecting Places. “When you move from country to country, or continent to continent, there’s a trail you… http://www.downtownreddeer.com/news/all-news/2012/12/11/downtown-red-deer-elects-three-new-board-members/ http://www.downtownreddeer.com/news/all-news/2012/12/11/downtown-red-deer-elects-three-new-board-members/ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Red Deer, Alberta, December 11, 2012 – The Downtown Business Association is pleased to welcome three newly elected Board Members who were elected by ballot at the end of November. These three people were selected out of a pool of six candidates which members of the BRZ… http://www.downtownreddeer.com/news/all-news/2012/12/10/nova-staff-gets-home-downtown/ http://www.downtownreddeer.com/news/all-news/2012/12/10/nova-staff-gets-home-downtown/ Downtown Red Deer will soon welcome a familiar corporate resident. Nova Chemical Corp. has confirmed that it’s signed a leasing agreement for three floors in Executive Place. The Calgary-based petrochemical company, which operates ethylene and polyethylene plants east of Red Deer at… http://www.downtownreddeer.com/news/all-news/2012/12/07/city-to-begin-snow-removal-sunday/ http://www.downtownreddeer.com/news/all-news/2012/12/07/city-to-begin-snow-removal-sunday/ City of Red Deer crews will plow downtown streets starting on Sunday, and then hit collectors, transit routes and residential streets next to schools starting on Wednesday. Snow removal for Priority 3 (downtown) will kick off on Sunday at 8 p.m. and will run overnight. At 7 a.m. on Wednesday, city… http://www.downtownreddeer.com/news/all-news/2012/11/19/the-spirit-of-christmas-arrives-in-red-deer/ http://www.downtownreddeer.com/news/all-news/2012/11/19/the-spirit-of-christmas-arrives-in-red-deer/ Hundreds of grown-ups and kids flocked to downtown Red Deer on Saturday to see Santa Claus and experience the twinkling lights, parade floats and treats of the Festival of Trees kick-off celebration. But it wasn’t just the bright seasonal trappings that made the Festival Lights the Night… http://www.downtownreddeer.com/news/all-news/2012/11/16/road-closure-notice-for-the-santa-claus-parade/ http://www.downtownreddeer.com/news/all-news/2012/11/16/road-closure-notice-for-the-santa-claus-parade/ 3:00pm – 52 Street between 51 Avenue and 49 Avenue for the muster area for parade entries close. 4:00pm – no parking after 4pm on both sides of Ross St. from 47 Ave. to Gaetz Ave. Any parked vehicles on 47 or 48 Avenue will have to wait until after the parade to move. Vehicles on… http://www.downtownreddeer.com/news/all-news/2012/11/13/festival-lights-the-night-and-the-santa-parade-kicks-off-in-downtown/ http://www.downtownreddeer.com/news/all-news/2012/11/13/festival-lights-the-night-and-the-santa-parade-kicks-off-in-downtown/ (Red Deer, AB) – We welcome Santa, community businesses and organizations to the Santa Claus Parade in Downtown Red Deer this Saturday, November 17 at 5:00pm, after the Festival Lights the Night tree lighting beginning at 4:00 pm in City Hall Park. Awards are offered this year to the brightest… http://www.downtownreddeer.com/news/all-news/2012/11/09/downtown-to-get-off-leash-park/ http://www.downtownreddeer.com/news/all-news/2012/11/09/downtown-to-get-off-leash-park/ Downtown Red Deer is going to the dogs. An urban off-leash dog park geared for little pooches will open in 2014. The site has not been determined nor has the size, says Shelley Gagnon, Recreation, Parks and Culture Department manager. Next year, the city will talk with the public, select a… http://www.downtownreddeer.com/news/all-news/2012/11/06/a-world-of-gifts/ http://www.downtownreddeer.com/news/all-news/2012/11/06/a-world-of-gifts/ A WORLD OF GIFTS Ten Thousand Villages provides unique opportunities to inspire hope, change lives. Red Deer November 2, 2012 -- Every handcrafted gift from Ten Thousand Villages makes a statement about the power of giving to inspire hope. Each gift will delight its recipient while creating a… http://www.downtownreddeer.com/news/all-news/2012/10/21/head-downtown-for-the-north-pole-stroll/ http://www.downtownreddeer.com/news/all-news/2012/10/21/head-downtown-for-the-north-pole-stroll/ Head Downtown For The North Pole Stroll For Immediate Release November 20, 2012 (Red Deer, AB) – After a successful parade through Downtown Red Deer, the Downtown Business Association would like to host you and yours again for more yuletide cheer. The emphasis of the day is a shop-local… http://www.downtownreddeer.com/news/all-news/2012/10/17/call-to-visual-artists/ http://www.downtownreddeer.com/news/all-news/2012/10/17/call-to-visual-artists/ A call for submissions encourages visual artists to get rooted in the arts. In celebration of Red Deer’s selection as host city for the 2013 Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Distinguished Artists Awards, the City of Red Deer Culture Services and the Harris-Warke Gallery will host a juried art… http://www.downtownreddeer.com/news/all-news/2012/10/17/funding-requests-postponed/ http://www.downtownreddeer.com/news/all-news/2012/10/17/funding-requests-postponed/ City council is still looking at two funding requests, one for $2 million from Red Deer College and one for $60,000 from Central Alberta Theatre (CAT). Both requests were on City council’s agenda on Monday, but both were tabled to the Oct. 29 meeting. They were put off because the City is… http://www.downtownreddeer.com/news/all-news/2012/10/10/ross-st-patio-packed-away/ http://www.downtownreddeer.com/news/all-news/2012/10/10/ross-st-patio-packed-away/ Photo from the Red Deer Advocate - Jeff Stoko Jose Garcia of Proform Concrete Services moves one of the many picnic tables on the Ross Street Patio in Red Deer on Tuesday. The downtown patio is being removed this week after being in place all summer. Downtown shoppers will once again be able to… http://www.downtownreddeer.com/news/all-news/2012/10/09/nightclub-owner-appeals-to-stay-open/ http://www.downtownreddeer.com/news/all-news/2012/10/09/nightclub-owner-appeals-to-stay-open/ A nightclub owner appealed to a City of Red Deer committee on Tuesday over why his business should remain open despite law enforcement concerns over violence, overcapacity, and underage customers. Quan Diep of Calgary, along with his lawyer Dana Carlson of Red Deer, appeared before the Red Deer…