Downtown Dartmouth Business Commission

163 Portland Street, Dartmouth, NS, B2Y 1J2

902-466-2997 info@downtowndartmouth.ca

www.downtowndartmouth.ca

@DT_Dartmouth on Twitter

It is beginning to feel a lot like Christmas in Downtown Dartmouth

with the Christmas decorations going up and the holiday festivities

beginning.

The fun starts on Saturday, November 30th with Santa Shops

Downtown Dartmouth. There will be fun and festivities for every-

one downtown with Santa Claus, Carollers and special activities

and savings throughout the downtown!

The fun continues the following weekend with the TD Dartmouth

Christmas Tree Lighting taking place on Saturday, December 7,

2013 at Sullivan’s Pond with free hot chocolate, train rides, Santa

Claus, an LED light Exchange, Asia & NuGruv, the lighting of the

TD Dartmouth Christmas Tree and the BoyneClarke fireworks over

Sullivan’s Pond.

The Christkindlmarket takes place at Alderney Landing Dec 6-8th

with a market, music and activities. Visit aldeneylanding.com for

more info

to Councillor McCluskey for her support of

our decorations downtown and the white lights at Sullivan’s Pond.

Tell it on the Mountain

Tell it on the Mountain is an original re-telling of the Na-

tivity story featuring the unforgettable work of poet,

Clyde A. Wray.

The production is infused with live gospel music per-

formed by Nova Scotia's own Sanctified Brothers.

The show runs from December 26th – December 31st

Ticket prices are:

Adult - $18.00

Student/Seniors - $15.00

Groups of 4 or more - $14.00

You can purchase tickets at www.ticketpro.ca or you can pur-

chase gift packages at Port City Coffee, Evan’s Seafood and

The Wooden Monkey. When purchasing gift packages at The

Wooden Monkey, you will receive a 10% off coupon to your

next visit to the restaurant.

If you have a product or service that you would like profiled this holiday on the NS Local Wishlist, please contact us at

info@downtowndartmouth.ca.

Help encourage local shopping this season, visit the wishlist on line and tweet: I found amazing local gifts in @DT_Dartmouth

on the #LocalWishlist. You can #Shift10 this season, too: http://madeinns.com/downtown-dartmouth/

Free Financial Services

Ramey Investments

Les Jardins de Gaia

Loose Teas

Just Us! Dartmouth

Dartmouth Clothing

Sugar Shok CB

Consignment Gowns

Uptown Girl

Girliture Pillows

Kept

Gift baskets

Sugar shok CB

Eminence Organic Skincare

Beo Spa Handmade Prints

The Dart Gallery

Handmade Prints

The Dart Gallery

Handmade Aprons

Uptown Girl

Whale Salad Servers

Kept

Gift Certificates

Nectar Social House

Anchored Coffee Beans Two if by Sea

Baltic Birch Bench

Creative Millwork & Design

Personal Training Sessions

Core Essentials

Unique paintings, photographs,

and pottery

Body In Balance Therapy Centre

Tai Chi 4 Health School

Body In Balance Therapy

Downtown Dartmouth has partnered with http://madeinns.com/localwishlist/ to promote downtown products in the 2013 Local Wish

list - your buy-local shopping guide to Downtown Dartmouth and Nova Scotia!

This resource is designed to help make it easier for you to find local gift inspiration for everyone on your holiday shopping list. The

wishlist received 27,000 visitors last year and it is already generating visits this year. Make it part of your holiday shopping.

Clean Nova Scotia LED

Holiday Light Exchange

Saturday November 30, 11 am – 2 pm

Clean Nova Scotia is pleased to partner with Downtown Dartmouth

Business Commission this holiday season to invite visitors to Dart-

mouth’s growing neighbourhood of vibrant shops and businesses.

Please drop by the main office of Clean Nova Scotia at 126 Portland

Street in Dartmouth on Saturday, November 30 between 11 am to 2

pm as a part of the Santa Shops Downtown event.

Clean Nova Scotia will be hosting an LED Holiday Light Exchange,

where we will offer visitors one set of LED holiday lights in exchange

for two sets of traditional holiday lights, to help save energy this holi-

day season.

Last year there were over 100 light exchanges held across Nova Scotia

through the Holiday Light Exchange program and close to 20,000

traditional holiday lights were collected and recycled responsibly. The

program resulted in an energy savings of over 270,000 kilowatt hours

during the holiday season.

For more information and event listings across Nova Scotia visit

www.efficiencyns.ca/holidaylights

You are invited to contribute to the 2014 Budget Consultation process by partici-

pating in online engagement. Citizens are encouraged to share their thoughts on

service priorities and how they would like to see municipal tax dollars allocated.

HRM has also just launched a new online tool, the Budget Allocator, via the

municipality’s web-based engagement portal:

www.shapeyourcityhalifax.ca/hfxtax

This tool provides people with a unique glimpse into the experience of balancing

the city’s budget. It allows residents to simulate adjusting the municipal tax dol-

lars allocated to various services like transit, parks and policing – and see the

potential impact this has on both service delivery and the overall budget.

The feedback provided online via HRM’s online engagement portal and the

Budget Allocator tool will help inform HRM about what residents consider to be

their spending priorities.

The Public is advised that the Alderney Ferry Terminal Plaza will be completely

closed to the public for approximately two to three weeks as part of the upgrades

to the plaza.

During this time all doors from the ferry terminal will remain open, however

pedestrian traffic to and from the building to Portland street will be through Al-

derney Landing only. Residents can access the Ferry Terminal Park and the new

playground through the door directly adjacent to the Tim Hortons located in the

terminal and along the boardwalk.

Upgrades to the Alderney Ferry Terminal Plaza began on October 14. The scope

of work includes the removal of the red brick pavers which will be replaced with

timber decking and a concrete thoroughfare. The upgrades will also include ad-

ditional lighting, benches, and new planting.

The full work is anticipated to be completed in late December.

More than a telephone number, 311 toll free in HRM is your direct

connection to important municipal services and information.

Some of the services we can help you with

Animal services & licenses

By-law complaints

Civic Event information

Construction information

Customer service information

Facility information

Garbage collection schedules and services

Illegally parked vehicle complaints and inquiries

Metro Transit schedules and services

Parking ticket payments

Property tax information

Requests concerning parks, playgrounds and sports fields

Requests for street and sidewalk maintenance

Traffic and street lights; concerns and suggestions

HRM Vending information

Waste water services

Taxi and Limousine Information

Hours of operation:

7 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily

Closed on Christmas and New Year’s Day

11 p.m. to 7 a.m. after-hour urgent service

Requests for Transportation, Municipal Operations, Facilities, Ani-

mal Services, Waste Water Services and Illegally Parked Vehicles

November 27th, BusinessLinks, Holiday Inn Harbourview 8:30

-9:30 am. Guest Speaker Shahin Sayadi, Artistic Director,

OneLight Theatre

November 30th, Santa Shops Downtown Dartmouth 11am-2pm

December 1st, Christmas Full of Caring, a fundraiser for Mar-

garet’s House—Feeding Others of Dartmouth

December 5th, Dartmouth Book Awards, 25th Anniversary

Celebration—an Evening of Word and Song, 7-10pm Celtic

Corner Public House

December 6th, Halifax Explosion Service of Rememberance,at

the intersection of Albro Lake Road and Pinecrest Drive.

December 6-8th, Christkindlmarket at Alderney Landing

www.alderneylanding.com

December 7th, TD Dartmouth Christmas Tree Lighting,

Sullivan’s Pond Park 4:30-6:00 pm

December 11th, DDBC Christmas Reception at East Coast

Credit Union 3:30-5:00pm

A special Thank you to Sperry Design for providing

complimentary design services to the Santa Shops Downtown

Dartmouth promotion

Saturday, December 7th 4:30-6:00 pm

Sullivan’s Pond Park