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Things to Do Downtown
| | Prince George Farmers MarketStop by the Prince George Farmers Market on weekends at the corner of 3rd Avenue and George Street. The market runs year-round Saturdays from 8:30am to 2:00am. Featuring fresh produce, prepared foods, and non-food items from local and regional vendors.
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Foodie Fridays
Foodie Fridays takes place in downtown Prince George every week during the summer. The lunch-hour event features local food vendors and live music in an outdoor setting. Locations will vary each year.
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Seasonal FestivalsA number of festivals are held in downtown Prince George throughout the year. Join the party with fun, food, activities, and live entertainment.
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| 1 | 1 | | | Downtown Walking TourTwenty-two interpretive signs detailing Prince George's history are installed around the downtown area. These signs, found at sites of historical interest, tell the city's story through buildings, events, and people. The signs are a collaboration between the City of Prince George and the Prince George Heritage Commission.
Explore the downtown area's heritage signs and sites through an interactive map. Prefer to visit in person? Open the map on a smartphone and go on a self-guided walking tour.
| 2 | 1 | | | The City operates a number of parkades and parking lots in the downtown area for off-street parking. On-street parking in the downtown area is limited to three hours.
OFF-STREET LOTS AND PARKADES
FREE OFF-STREET PARKING Free off-street parking is available on weekday evenings from 5:00pm onwards, all day Saturday and Sunday, and on statutory holidays at the following locations:
- City Hall
- Plaza Parkade (lower level)
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Projects and Developments
Council has put into motion a number of recommendations set out more than 10 years ago in the Smart Growth on the Ground Downtown Prince George Concept Plan as part of its commitment to revitalize the city centre.
By prioritizing the Concept Plan, Council is working towards a goal that has been discussed for many years in Prince George. In doing so, the City is advancing development objectives outlined in the Official Community Plan and the City of Prince George's 2016-2018 Corporate Plan.
Affordable Housing and Healthcare Partnership
The City of Prince George, BC housing, and Northern Health are partnering to add affordable housing integrated with healthcare services to improve the downtown area and to serve its most vulnerable residents. The project will provide up to 100 new, affordable, energy-efficient homes with support and services to help people recover and stay healthy.
A community info session will be held on September 11, 2019 at the Prince George Conference and Civic Centre.
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Washroom and Storage Projects
The City launched two new pilot projects in the downtown area aimed at providing washroom and storage access for vulnerable and homeless people.
The site at 181 Quebec street will offer storage, washroom, and outreach services. The second site at 144 George Street will provide access to storage, washroom, shower, laundry, and outreach services.
The City is partnering with BC Housing, the Prince George Native Friendship Centre, and the Association Advocating for Women and the Community (AWAC) to provide these critical services.
The Changing Face of Downtown Prince George
| | 2019 Highlights
INFRASTRUCTURE RENEWAL - Downtown Renewable Energy System extension to the 6th Avenue and George Street parkade currently under construction.
- Structural repairs to the 2nd Avenue Parkade that are expected to finish summer 2020.
PUBLIC PROJECTS - New entrance to the Bob Harkins Library from the main civic plaza and covered parking area with enhanced accessibility features. Construction expected to begin mid-2019.
- New park next to the Wood Innovation and Design Centre and UNBC Wood Innovation Research Lab. Construction scheduled to be completed summer 2019.
- 7th Avenue streetscape improvements in front of Veteran's Plaza. Street trees, upgraded sidewalks, and lighting will be extended along 7th Avenue in front of Veteran's Plaza.
- Other downtown enhancements to landscaping, trees and tree wells, planters, and festival lighting.
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The parkade and condo construction project across the street from City Hall has provided opportunities to upgrade nearby utilities infrastructure that are either at capacity, in poor condition, or at high risk for failure. Crews also removed some infrastructure that had been de-commissioned (but remained in place underground) including old wooden pipe originally used to distribute water many years ago.
PROJECTS - Replacing and re-routing the storm water piping system.
- Re-routing and upgrading the sanitary sewer.
- Installing a new sewer line across Queensway and along Lower Patricia boulevard to provide additional capacity critical to downtown expansion.
- Replacing the old water main on 7th Avenue in front of City Hall. The previous water main had been rated by the City to be at a very high risk for failure owing to its age (about 60 years old) and its cast iron construction.
STORM WATER AND SEWER LINE REPLACEMENTS | 2 | 2 | | | Architecture firm HDR will be designing the new downtown pool on the site currently occupied by the former Days Inn Hotel.
Sixty-two per cent of voters approved funding the new pool during the 2017 Referendum. HDR is working with City staff and user groups to better understand how the current Four Seasons Leisure Pool in being used to help in their design process.
| 3 | 2 | | | Clean and Safe for AllIn recent years, the City implemented several initiatives to improve and ensure the health and well-being of everybody who lives and visits the downtown area. Some of these include: - Dedicated and increased RCMP presence.
- Bylaw Compliance Officers patrolling daily and assistance with cleaning up illegal camps, discarded belongings, syringes, and other drug paraphernalia.
- Downtown Cleaning Team managing litter pick-up six days a week.
- City-funded graffiti removal services on private property from May to October.
- Increased security presence at Civic facilities.
- Mobile mental health crisis response team staffed with Northern Health and RCMP.
- Increased number and presence of outreach workers connecting homeless with housing and services.
- New initiatives such as temporary storage for the homeless that contributes to cleanliness and safety.
| 4 | 2 | | | The biomass-based District Energy System (DES) heats many key buildings in downtown Prince George. The DES reduces 1,900+ tonnes of greenhouse gases per year by taking waste heat from Lakeland sawmill and transferring it through insulated piping to the downtown area.
BENEFITS - Reducing total net particulate matter by over 100 tonnes per year.
- Generating new, non-tax revenue.
- Reducing carbon tax payments.
- Supporting forestry - the mainstay of the local economy.
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Downtown Development Incentives
The City offers a number of tax and grant incentives to encourage new multi-family, mixed-use, commercial, and green construction projects in the downtown area as well as upgrades to existing developments. Some of these programs include:
- The Revitalization Tax Exemption Program
- The Northern Development Initiative Trust Community Revitalization Program
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