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It’s back!!🎉 The 2024 Downtown Halifax Holiday Gift Guide is here! 🎁 Packed with amazing gift ideas from over 100 local businesses in #DowntownHalifax and the #SpringGardenArea, you’ll be sure to find something for everyone on your list! 🎄 The Gift Guide will be reaching mailboxes around the Halifax/Dartmouth area later this week, but in the meantime, you can check out the online version here: https://lnkd.in/e8urUhkw And make sure you head over to @DowntownHalifax on IG for our Gift Guide giveaway! #GiftGuideDT Spring Garden Area Business Association

Lest we forget. The DELIGHTFUL DOWNTOWN Remembrance Day Light Show will be projected onto the former Halifax Memorial Library from 5:30 - 11 pm tonight. #RemembranceDay #DELIGHTFULDOWNTOWNHFX #DowntownHalifax

The DELIGHTFUL DOWNTOWN light projection shows are returning tomorrow! Catch the DELIGHTFUL DOWNTOWN light shows at the former Halifax Memorial Library nightly from 5:30 – 11 pm. We will be debuting our new Fall Show tomorrow and will run until November 21. Our Remembrance Day light show will also start tomorrow until November 11. Learn more about DELIGHTFUL DOWNTOWN and the schedule at https://lnkd.in/dVVna8pG. Photo credit: Stoo Metz Photography #DowntownHalifax #DelightfulDowntownHFX

After last night, we all need a good news story. "I get to wake up and everything's different now.” - Jesse Vincent. Thank you CBC for telling Jesse's story. Thank you Shelter Nova Scotia for giving him a place to call his own 💗 THIS is a fabulous example of what Downtown Halifax's Navigator Outreach Program can achieve when we all work together. https://lnkd.in/eb34K-U8

NEW MURAL ALERT SamQwan's new work, 7 Grandfather Teachings, is located in the Barrington Street Bus Shelter near the corner of Barrington Street and Spring Garden Road. Each of the 7 Teachings, are written in both the English & Mi’kmaq on individual mural panels. Each of the Teachings, are represented by a different animal or creature who brings them to the world. The lettering of the 7 grandfather teachings is layered in color reflective glow in the dark paint. A reminder of how the 7 Grandfather Teachings are both symbolically, and at times literally, the truths that keep the darkness at bay. The choice for all names to be written in English & Mi’kmaq languages, was made in recognition of the historic injustices visited against the Indigenous Peoples of Canada. The artist’s own grandmother, Lucy Amato, experienced this firsthand as survivor of the residential school system. The last school in Canada was not closed until 1997, and their dark legacy continues to impact the next generations. Being both Black & Indigenous, the artist chose to use a colour pallet of skin tones inspired by those communities for the base of the installation to symbolize the beauty & wisdom that will emerge if given the opportunity. For true Truth & Reconciliation to occur, honoring these teachings for all people will be essential for this healing. SamQwan was a recipient of this year's Gritty to Pretty Placemaking Grant Program. Learn more about Gritty to Pretty, and all the other Downtown public art: https://lnkd.in/eVDd9tSY. #DowntownHalifax #GrittyToPrettyDT

Leading up to the 2024 Halifax Regional Municipality election, we had the pleasure of meeting with many of the new councillors. We discussed active transportation (specifically transit,) affordability and housing, and how a healthy downtown drive's the whole economy. We must seize this moment to shape our future. DHBC is looking forward to working with you all 👏 Congratulations! 🙌 #DTHFXVision2030 #StrongerTogether

For 12-years he has served the city of Halifax. And a lot has happened under his leadership, including declaring #donairs as the official food of #Halifax ☺️ Sooo we figured there was no better way to say thank you 👏🫶 Thanks for everything Mayor Mike 💜 Halifax Regional Municipality paul mackinnon Halifax Partnership Halifax Convention Centre Discover Halifax

Today is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The day honours the children who never returned home and the survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities. Public commemoration of the tragic and painful history and ongoing impacts of residential schools is a vital component of the reconciliation process. Tomorrow, October 1, is Treaty Day to recognize the signing of the Peace and Friendship Treaties. October is also Mi'kmaw History Month, a month to recognize and celebrate Mi'kmaw culture, history and heritage. #DowntownHalifax #NDTR

The Downtown & Main Streets Mayoral Forum will be taking place this afternoon from 4:15 - 6:00 pm. Listen as three HRM mayoral candidates (Andy Fillmore, Pam Lovelace, M.Ed. and Waye Mason) discuss the issues impacting our downtowns and main streets. The Forum is taking place as part of Art of City Building at Light House Arts Centre. Save the link for later: https://lnkd.in/eubKv2gQ.