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Programs
| Parking Promotion |
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$5.00 maximum parking rate week nights, Monday to Friday between 6:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m.
Rideau Centre/Citipark garages (red and blue) entrances off Nicholas Street between Besserer Street and Mackenzie King Bridge.
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| CALL TO ARTISTS -- The Underpass PHASE 2 |
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-- an exciting opportunity for local performing, visual, literary and media artists and artisans to animate an emerging outdoor urban performance and exhibit venue in Downtown Rideau. The Downtown Rideau Business Improvement Area (DRBIA) in partnership with the Ottawa Arts Court Foundation (OACF) is pleased to offer for a 3rd season, The Underpass 2010.
CLICK HERE FOR THE 2010 PHASE 2 CALL TO ARTIST | |
| CALL TO ARTISTS -- Plein Air art exhibit & sale |
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The Downtown Rideau Business Improvement Area (DRBIA) is pleased to introduce, -Plein Air Art Exhibit & Sale - an exciting opportunity for local visual artists to create, compete, exhibit and sell outdoors in Downtown Rideau.
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| Downtown Rideau Holiday Lights |
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This years Downtown Rideau Holiday lighting display is better than ever. With 20,000 white bulbs, our lighting numbers have doubled in comparison to last year. White string lights can be found in 62 trees throughout Downtown Rideau including trees along Rideau Street, on the North and South Sides of the Underpass, William Mall and outside of Arts Court. A 12 foot Christmas tree at the Underpass a filled with multi lights ads some colour to the mix, with smaller evergreens at William mall to compliment.
This beautiful lighting is just one element of the festive Downtown Rideau Holiday décor, which also includes: evergreen arrangements in flower pots on lampposts, holiday music beckoning from outdoor speakers, window-wrap wreaths on doorways and reproduction original works of art on streetlight banners and on the Wall at The Underpass.
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| The Underpass Fall 2009 Wall Exhibit |
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Each season, The DRBIA researches and invites interest from, local professional visual artists to exhibit on the Wall. Selection is made by The Underpass Committee consisting of members of the DRBIA’s Marketing Committee and staff of the Ottawa Arts Court Foundation.
The current Fall Wall Exhibit, entitled Three Letter Words, was installed November 6, 2009 and will remain until mid January 2010. This exhibit was created by local artist Brenda-Gale Warner and features three works:
WHY? — Nothing is impossible, give it a try!
YES! — Everybody loves this painting. It's a word we don't use enough!
OUT — This is where inspiration comes from! Chosen as winner of one of the Top Ten Expressionists Women Who Paint, by Artrom Gallery in Rome Italy.
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| Have a Heart Panhandling Awareness Program |
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Have a Heart, Give Smart / Kindness Meters
Have a Heart - Give Smart” is a public outreach campaign created by the Downtown Ottawa Coalition for a Safe Community (DOCSC) to educate downtown Ottawa residents, employees and visitors about the issue of panhandling. While panhandling is often associated with homelessness, most panhandlers are not homeless. In many cases, giving money to panhandlers supports drug and alcohol addiction. www.givesmartottawa.ca
As part of the campaign, 10 Kindness Meters have been installed throughout Downtown Rideau and The ByWard Market. The money collected in these meters is given to community groups dedicated to providing services and resources for the homeless.
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| Downtown Patrol |
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East summer, the Downtown Rideau BIA provides security officers to patrol Downtown Rideau 7-hours a day, 5-days a week, including weekends. They contribute to a positive experience in public space by:
- Providing a safety and security function monitoring street activity and responding to situations that require intervention or police/bylaw response.
- Providing front-line response to the public in case of accident or injury.
- Providing visitors with an on-street resource for questions and directiosn.
- Maintaining positive community relations with all Downtown Rideau stakeholders.
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