Stephen Avenue in downtown Calgary in 2017. File photo: Bernard Spragg / Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
The City of Calgary’s Support Local Holiday campaign is in its eighth year, and this time it comes with a weekly prize.
Mayor Jeromy Farkas kicked off the campaign with visits to Bowness and Montgomery on Friday. He said more than nine in 10 businesses in Calgary are small businesses, and that “some of the most meaningful connections happen right in our own neighbourhoods.”
This year includes Calgary Parking’s Winter Parking Contest. Every Tuesday from Nov. 10 to Dec. 22, one person wins $150 in ParkPlus credits for tagging a local business on social media and saying what makes it worth a visit. That’s seven winners in all, and the first is announced Tuesday, Nov. 10.
How to enter
Like one of its Winter Parking Contest posts.
Comment on the post, tag a Calgary business you appreciate and say what makes it worth discovering: a favourite item, a memorable visit, why it belongs on a winter outing.
Entries are open Nov. 6 to Dec. 22. Winners are announced on Calgary Parking’s social channels each Tuesday (Nov. 10, 17 and 24 and Dec. 1, 8, 15 and 22) and contacted on the platform they entered from. You don’t need to drive to enter: a winner who doesn’t use ParkPlus can gift the credits to a friend or family member. The credits don’t expire, work for on-street parking and at participating Calgary Parking lots and parkades, and you’ll need a ParkPlus account to collect.
What’s on in the BIAs
Light Up Montgomery is Saturday, Nov. 14, 5 to 8 p.m., at Montgomery Town Square. Jessica Lapuz, executive director of the Montgomery BIA, says the district has more than 115 businesses along the Bow.
Mainstreet Bowness has more than 60 independent businesses in its historic main street.
Chill Downtown this Winter runs Nov. 16 to March 31, with a new downtown itinerary each month at exploredowntownyyc.com.