The BRZ used to share office space with Norfolk Housing which provides subsidized housing in the Kensington area. Awhile back we noticed that the area where many Norfolk residents with mobility issues would wait for a driver to pick them up had no seating. The BRZ...
The recycling rims on our Kensington garbage cans are the result of a pilot project when we were replacing our public realm, the result of some creative and cost-effective problem solving to come up with a more respectful way for bottle pickers to be able to collect...
In the last few weeks of fall of 2016 Kensington saw the closing chapters of an important rejuvenation project for the streetscape. Funded entirely by an award winning proposal for excess parking revenue, this $6 million dollar project was completed over two summers...
Have you ever noticed these colourful wooden ramps in the doorways of some of our Kensington businesses? We noticed that wheelchairs and strollers had difficulty getting in and out of some stores with doorways that were not flush with the sideway so we decided to find...
In 2011 the Mayor of Calgary initiated the Cut Red Tape program to address non-essential procedures, forms, licences, and regulations that added to the cost of dealing with The City of Calgary. Many of these issues affected our business members so when the opportunity...
Did you know that a lot of Kensington’s streetscape cleaning is done by the City’s Clean to the Core Team? The Clean to the Core program was modeled after the successful GAPP Program (Graffiti Awareness & Abatement Program) where the BIA’s and the City...
