:format(webp)/https://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/content/dam/localcommunities/peterborough_this_week/news/2022/12/07/entertainment-skating-hot-chocolate-planned-for-grand-opening-of-urban-park-in-downtown-peterborough/10806729_quaker_square.jpg "Leisure, skating, scorching chocolate deliberate for grand opening of city park in downtown Peterborough")
Downtown officers are planning for outside skating, music, scorching drinks, face portray for kids, and different enjoyable actions as a part of the official opening of Quaker Meals Metropolis Sq., Peterborough’s city park that opened quietly to the general public final week.
The celebration can be held on the sq. on Charlotte Avenue, east of Aylmer Avenue, from 11 a.m. to three p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 17.
Town is selling the general public sq., on the positioning of the previous Louis Avenue Parking Lot, as a year-round area for neighborhood occasions and actions with family-friendly options, together with a refrigerated outside skating rink for the winter and water play characteristic for the summer time.
To rejoice the opening of the general public sq., the Peterborough Downtown Enterprise Enchancment Space (DBIA) has organized an occasion with family-friendly winter actions, beginning at 11 a.m. on Dec. 17.
All actions are free, with treats and scorching drinks out there whereas provides final, together with:
• Candy treats
• Scorching chocolate
• Face portray
• Dwell DJ
• Stilt walkers and efficiency artwork
• Skating (climate allowing and should carry personal skates).
A ribbon-cutting ceremony and temporary remarks can be held at midday to formally open the sq. and acknowledge the contributions from funding companions and sponsors which supported the development of the neighborhood area.
Leisure for the celebration is being funded by the Authorities of Canada, by way of the Federal Financial Growth Company for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), as a part of the Tourism Aid Fund, by way of Rural Tourism Group 8.
The city park mission was supported by a nonrepayable contribution of $750,000 from the Authorities of Canada, by way of the Federal Financial Growth Company for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) as a part of the Canada Group Revitalization Fund, to assist the development of the rink, in addition to landscaping and water options. Town additionally used $677,909 from the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Company from its share of gaming revenues offered as a bunch neighborhood for a on line casino, and $50,000 from the DBIA to assist the mission. PepsiCo Meals, by way of its Quaker model, is offering roughly $240,000 over 15 years for the naming rights to the general public sq..
