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Animating the streets

How the City of Kitchener is meeting the challenge of integrating arts and culture into downtown revitalization

by LIVINGSTON L
Animating the streets Organic Groove – The City of Kitchener partnered with the Downtown Kitchener BIA and the Coalition of Performing Artists (COPA) to bring live performances to four locations in the downtown area. The music included Celtic, folk, jazz, classical and percussion, and other forms of performance.
Published in September 2010 - Page 5

cAsk Ann Marie Hadcock or Terre Chartrand about art, and it’s obvious they have a passion for it, and for bringing art to the community at a grassroots level. Artists themselves, they live, eat, and work in downtown Kitchener, a city core that has undergone a transformation over the past several years.

Arts and Culture Play Role in Transformation

“Downtown is a diverse community,” says Hadcock, who runs a drop-in life drawing class for Homer

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