City councillors are hiring consultants for $30,000 to help come up with ideas on how to make the most of the recent overhaul of Garden Square.
Brampton recently invested $4.2-million in the beautification and revamping efforts, including the installation of a giant LED screen that has been used recently to screen new and old movies. The city now wants to make the most of these efforts and start generating revenue so they’ve called in experts to help with the process. But who better to ask than the folks who will actually use this? We can think of a myriad of things to do with the space! Not in the least of which is a giant slip and slide down the steps of the Rose Theatre (Patent pending on that idea). What do you think the City should do with Garden Square?
They should let local artists perform
Why do we need to “do” anything with the Garden Square? It perfect the way it is.
What do you mean leave it the way it is?
We need to allow events in the space, have it open for companies to rent the space just like Yonge/Dundas
Where is the link to the procurment for this contract?
I can assure you we can come up with some great ideas and it wont cost them $30,000
David Love expand your mind brother what is wrong with active engagement?
The screen is a good congregation point. They should be using it as an event space and advertising it as such
They should let local people like me and many others to have a chance to perform and share their love for music.
They already look for local musicians to perform. (Ignore the title of the form, as you don’t have to be “indie” music, it’s just a reference to a festival that was independently organized, and then the city hosted for a few years.)
http://www.brampton.ca/en/Arts-Culture-Tourism/Festivals-and-Events/Pages/Artist-Submission-Form.aspx
Love the movies & streaming of the Panam games. Continue things like that.
Continue to showcase musical artists, especially local.
Love the tables & umbrellas.
We need more casual but hip eating in the area. Upscale food trucks or booths?
Recently went to Orangeville & there is a section of Broadway that is so great, restaurants, pubs, coffee shops & boutiques selling decorating, foodie, fun things. A great place to soend an afternoon – Brampton downtown needs things like that to draw foot traffic to make Garden Square more awesome.
Everyone should stop in for tea at T by Daniel, that is an example if what we need around the Square.
Build modern retail infrastructure for a melting pot of small and large retail stores. Then host events using the traffic that comes from those stores.
Create a space/canvass for visual artists. It would be nice to hold some events i.e., like a food truck event or similar to Buskerfest in the distillery district.
Totally agree! We need a good food festival or food truck alley! They have some pretty silly rules about businesses that aren’t downtown offering food there though.
There is plenty of music and entertainment there, they showcase local artists. Food trucks and a big beer garden would be great.
I love the idea of more food trucks Rick. From what k understand they have some rule about anything food related coming into the downtown that would be in competition with the businesses already there. Which is good on the one hand, but it also stops others from coming on who may have stuff to offer that we want.
The screen would offer a great venue for perhaps a short film festival of some sorts. If there is enough local talent in Brampton, the GTA or schools like Sheridan.
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