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Downtown Halifax Business Commission (DHBC), in partnership with Quirk VR and eight organizations, has produced “Downtown Halifax 360” – an exciting six-minute, 360-degree, immersive virtual reality (VR) video that highlights some of the most popular attractions and points of interest i

Since the spring of 2018, 27 organizations worked together to facilitate discussions around the redevelopment of the Cogswell District to ensure that Halifax advances with the best overall urban design vision possible for the project.

Leading with Transit (LWT), a community-based initiative spearheaded by more than 20 public, private, institutional, and non-governmental organization partners, will be holding two community forums on November 27 and 29 in Dartmouth and Halifax to gather more feedback on the work that LWT has completed to date.

The Coast's Best of Halifax 2018 Readers' Choice Awards were announced on November 1, and it's no surpirse that 106 Downtown Halifax businesses, public spaces, and events have once again been awarded bronze, silver, and gold awards for best food and drink, pu

Twenty-six organizations are working together to facilitate discussions around the redevelopment of the Cogswell District to ensure that Halifax advances with the best overall urban design vision possible for the project, through a robust public

Aegis Developments Inc. is pleased to announce the completion of a project in partnership with Downtown Halifax Business Commission’s (DHBC) Façade Lighting grant through the Gritty to Pretty program. LED lighting was recently installed on the Cabot Building, located at 1725-1727 Barrington Street.

Downtown Halifax Business Commission (DHBC), daVinci College, Music Nova Scotia, and The Coast are pleased to present the 11th Annual Tunes at Noon,

On Wednesday, June 6, 2018, from 11:00 am to 12:00 noon, over 100 volunteers from local businesses and organizations will split into teams and clean the streets of Downtown Halifax for the 24th Annual Clean Sweep.

Downtown Halifax Business Commission (DHBC) is a member-funded organization whose goal is to bring greater vitality to the downtown core of Halifax. It focuses on four areas: advocacy, beautification, marketing and communications, and membership engagement.

The recently formed coalition of transit advocates, Leading with Transit, will hold a series of public forums to discuss and gather feedback and recommendations on the future of transit and the city. A total of four forums will be held in Dartmouth, Spryfield, Sackville, and Halifax.

Downtown Halifax Business Commission (DHBC) announced today that Tamika Butler, Executive Director of the Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust, will be speaking at the 16th Annual Carmichael Lecture taking place on Thursday, March 1, in the Nova Scotia Ballroom at the Halifax Marriott Harbourfront Hotel, 1919 Upper Water Street, 6:00-8:00 pm.

DHBC is pleased announce that four more Gritty to Pretty beautification grant projects are now complete in Downtown Halifax. Gritty to Pretty has two grant streams: Open Grant and Façade Lighting.

On Saturday, November 4, Downtown Halifax Business Commission’s Argyle Grafton Share the Street Party brought thousands of Haligonians together to celebrate the newly transformed pedestrian-friendly shared street and revitalized entertainment district.

With the Argyle and Grafton Streetscape scheduled for completion on October 31, it’s time to celebrate the end of 21 weeks of construction, a beautiful new pedestrian-friendly shared street, and a revitalized entertainment district.

Downtown Halifax Business Commission (DHBC) and participating Downtown businesses are ready to celebrate Halloween a little earlier this year with "Haunt the Downtown." Instead of going door-to-door, locals and visitors are encouraged to visit Downtown Halifax and go store-to-store instead.

Due to inclement weather, today’s Tunes at Noon concert in Grand Parade with Jessie Brown has been postponed until September 8. Tunes at Noon is a free, outdoor concert series, featuring Nova Scotian performers from a wide range of musical genres. Concerts take place Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 12:00 Noon – 1:00 pm in Grand Parade, Halifax, until September 8.

DHBC, daVinci College, Music Nova Scotia, and The Coast, are pleased to present the 10^th Anniversary Tunes at Noon, an annual summer concert series featuring Nova Scotian performers from a variety of musical genres. The series will take place on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from July 5 to September 1, 12:00 Noon-1:00 pm in Grand Parade in Halifax.

A record amount of garbage was collected by volunteers yesterday in Downtown Halifax. There were 35 teams with a total of 158 volunteers that collected 53 bags of garbage, 37 bags of recycling, and 16 bags of compost and many “interesting” objects throughout Downtown Halifax while participating in the 23rd Annual Clean Sweep, presented by Downtown Halifax Business Commission (DHBC).

Pick up free books or drop off your extras at one of three Little Free Libraries built in Downtown Halifax recently, courtesy of The Word on the Street.

Do you have a unique, creative idea to make Downtown Halifax even more beautiful? Downtown Halifax Business Commission can give you money to make it happen.

Downtown Halifax Business Commission (DHBC) recently launched “Eventful Year Downtown” – a celebration of all the big and small events taking place in Downtown Halifax.

  Andreas Røhl

NSCAD University

The Coast’s Best of Halifax awards have become a badge of honour among businesses in Halifax and beyond. Those small but mighty little gold, silver, and bronze plaques signify that among The Coast’s large readership, you’re in.

DHBC, in partnership with Armour Group and Historic Properties, is inviting local crafters and artisans to apply to the 2nd Annual Halifax Lights Holiday Market at Historic Properties, Privateer’s Wharf.

Halifax is enjoying the sounds and experiences of spontaneous street music after #PlayMeHfx placed three painted pianos in Downtown Halifax and the Halifax Waterfront for everyone to play, experience, and enjoy until the end of October.

August 17, 2016, Halifax, NS – Due to inclement weather, today’s Tunes at Noon concert in Grand Parade with Terry Kelleher has been postponed. Rescheduled date to be determined.

Since January 2014, Downtown Halifax Business Commission, Spring Garden Area Business Association, and Waterfront Development have been collecting pedestrian count information at 10 locations, through 10 Eco-Counter electronic pedestrian devices.

“The Barrington Benches,” located across from Grand Parade on Barrington Street, have brand-new lighting features thanks to a Gritty to Pretty Grant of $9,890 from DHBC.

In response to Feed Nova Scotia being critically low on food, DHBC and Spring Garden Area Business Association (SGABA) are partnering with Feed NS to become drop-off locations for non-perishable food donations until August 31.

DHBC is pleased to announce the 2016-2017 Board of Directors and 2016 Big Day Downtown Award winners. The new Board of Directors was voted in by DHBC members during the Annual General Meeting at a packed room in the Halifax Alehouse on June 28. Paul MacKinnon, DHBC Executive Director, welcomed three new board members and thanked the outgoing board members and those returning for another term.

In 2015, Downtown Halifax Business Commission (DHBC) introduced a new program, Gritty to Pretty, to award a limited number of grants for beautification projects located in Downtown Halifax. These projects contributed to DHBC’s strategic beautification goals.

Downtown Halifax Business Commission (DHBC) is celebrating the 20^th anniversary of the Enviro Team program, a dedicated group of returning university students that keeps Downtown Halifax clean throughout the summer and provides tourist information to area visitors.

The Coast’s Best of Halifax awards have become a badge of honour among businesses in Halifax and beyond. Those small but mighty little gold, silver, and bronze plaques signify that among The Coast’s large readership, you’re in.

Over the summer, Downtown Halifax Business Commission (DHBC) launched our new website at downtownhalifax.ca with one purpose: To be the central hub for all things Downtown including news, events, specials, and a comprehensive directory of the businesses of Downtown Halifax.

As part of an initiative of Downtowns Canada, downtown organizations across the country will host forums with federal candidates from Sept. 14-22.

Downtown Halifax Business Commission (DHBC) is very excited to announce the launch of our brand new website at downtownhalifax.ca.

For those attenting our Annual General Meeting on June 24, 2015, the following administrative by-law amendments are proposed: