Downtown Association AGM – Awards and Highlights
Downtown Association AGM – Awards and Highlights
City Centre Stories
Proud of Stuff-a-Bus Support
Another Stuff A Bus Campaign has concluded and organizers are pleased with its success.Read This Story
Santa Claus Came to our City Centre
Ho, ho, ho my! What a parade!
Santa made his list and checked it twice before heading to the City Centre on Sunday to the delight of residents and visitors lining the route.Read This Story
Vegas, Baby! A City Centre Success!
A fun night is always in the cards for shoppers and downtown merchants when the City Centre celebrate Vegas Night.
City Centre Promotes The Spirit Of Halloween
Who doesn’t love a parade? Young Grande Prairie trick-or-treaters sure do!
Storm – Key Player In Our City Centre
The Grande Prairie Storm are an important part of the City Centre and its players embrace community involvement.
Community Futures Symposium Tours City Centre
Downtown businesses were in the spotlight Sept. 18, thanks to a partnership between Community Futures Grande Prairie, Region and the DownTown Association.Read This Story
Buskers, Another Reason To Visit Our City Centre
Buskers, Another Reason To Visit Our City Centre
“You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares and go Downtown, things’ll be great when you’re Downtown, no finer place for sure Downtown, everything’s waiting for you …”Read This Story
Taking It To The Streets
The Grande Prairie International Street Performers Festival is a mainstay attraction in the City Centre, drawing thousands of residents and visitors to our streets every July for three days.
It marked 19 years of spectacular family entertainment July 19-21.
Al’s News – A Downtown Mainstay
When Jim Goldsack was asked to design the outdoor sign for the family business at age 14, he had no thoughts of operating the store nearly half a century later.
Al’s News is a fixture in downtown Grande Prairie and Jim grew up working in the convenience store, owned by his parents, James and Helen. They purchased it from original proprietor Al Persky in the early 1960s.
