Ottawa’s city council has passed a bylaw that will raise operating costs for vendors who do not sell local goods in the Byward and Parkdale markets.
Ainslie Coghill, Centretown News Starting this spring, the cost to rent a booth for vendors selling non-local goods in the Byward market will double â to $900 per month.
Month: December 2008
Arts always the scapegoat, says filmmakers group
The Independent Filmmakers Co-operative of Ottawa is among the many arts groups that would be devastated by the proposed municipal funding cuts.
Kate Horodyski, Centretown News Patrice James, executive director at the Independent Filmmakers Co-operative of Ottawa, holds a sign in support of the arts. If proposed cuts go through, the group stands to lose 42 per cent of its city funding.
Viewpoint: Arts forced to hunt for elusive corporate funding
The Shenkman Arts Centre will open in Orleans in the spring of 2009. The centre’s construction was made possible mainly, as the name suggests, through corporate sponsorship.
Wakefield artist wins Preston St. competition
Construction may have taken over Preston Street, making much of Little Italy dull and dreary for the time being, but with the announcement this week of a winner in the Preston Street public art competition, plans are already in motion to turn the image around and enliven the streetscape.