Category Archives: COMMUNITY

RED DEER LOCAL SPOTLIGHT | BIG BEND MARKET

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Red Deer is a fantastic city. It grows on me just a bit more by the day. Every once in a while, I come across great little hidden gems in town, brought to fruition by local minds and driven by our local support. Sometimes I find these hotspots, and have an opportunity to meet the...

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WESTERNER DAYS! | RED DEER REAL ESTATE

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I woke up this morning only to realize that, despite the rain, it is actually summer, and it is therefore almost time for Central Alberta’s largest celebration, Westerner Days! In only a few short days, the Westerner Days Fair and Exposition will be in full swing, and let me tell you I am a tad bit excited....

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SUPPORTING LOCAL IS BACK! (LOCAL:FIRST) | RED DEER REAL ESTATE

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Some of you who have been following along may remember a post a while back about the 3/50 Project, that both Andrea and myself had become involved with in an effort to promote and support local businesses. Building off of this, I was pleased to see a more local initiative start up (the 3/50 Project...

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Emmi - May 15, 2010 - 9:46 am

Awesoooooome! I’m glad things like this are coming more locally!

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RIVERSIDE MEADOWS (RED DEER, AB) | NEIGHBORHOOD UPDATE

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Riverside Meadows, or for all you old school Red Deerians, Lower Fairview, is about as close as you get to an original Red Deer neighborhood. Even more formerly than the Lower Fairview title, the area was originally known as the Village of North Red Deer, which was established in 1911 (almost a century old now!). Riverside Meadows...

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cheryl hansen - May 28, 2010 - 11:05 am

the community asociation has a new brochure featuring the positive atributes of our neighbourhood. I would love to get one in your hands or possibly get a link going from your site to a pdf of the brochure?

please feel free to contact me Mike!
are you aware of the public meeting that happened this week on May 26 regarding the proposed development on the old harpers metals site in the neighborhood? It an 84 unit condo complex … the residents that showed up were not happy with this proposal at all … the advocate has an article about it if your are at all interested.

OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY | RED DEER COMMUNITY EVENTS

For those of you interested in catching a glimpse of the Olympic Torch as it passes through Red Deer, today is the day to do it. And if you have to work all day, don’t worry! The torch is not set to make it to town until 5pm this evening. If you would like to...

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