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Great places in Winnipeg make contest's short list

By: Staff Writer

Posted: 04/20/2011 1:57 PM | Comments: 0 (including replies)

They are three of the areas that make Winnipeg special and unique have now made the short list in a Great Places In Canada contest.

The Exchange District, Osborne Village and The Forks were among 26 places from across the country which have made it to the final round of a contest sponsored by the Canadian Institute of Planners.

Canadians were asked to vote on the locations they love most from almost 6,000 nominations and a judging panel will now select first, second and third-place winners in three categories: great streets, great neighbourhoods and great public spaces. The winners will be announce on May 16, 2011.

The Exchange District and Osborne Village were finalists in the great neighbourhood category while The Forks was nominated as a great public space.

The finalists in each category as as follows:

Great Streets:

Broadway Ave., Saskatoon, Sk.

Candy Cane Lane, Edmonton, Ab.

Commercial Street, Nanaimo, B.C.

King Street, Dundas, Ont.

Ottawa Street, Hamilton, Ont.

Whyte Ave., Edmonton, Ab.

Great Neighbourhoods:

The Exchange District, Winnipeg, Mb.

Osborne Village, Winnipeg, Mb.

Garrison Crossing, Chilliwack, B.C.

Harrington Harbour, Cote-Nord, Que.

Le petit Champlain, Quebec City, Que.

Snaw-Naw-As, Nanoose First Nation, Lantzville, B.C.

St. John's Ecclesiastical District, St. John's, Nfld.

The Hydrostone, Halifax, N.S.

The Old Town, Yellowknife, NWT.

Victoria Park Neighbourhood Heritage Conservation District, Kitchener, Ont.

Great Public Spaces:

The Forks, Winnipeg, Mb.

Evergreen Brick Works, Toronto, Ont.

George Little Park Spirit Square, Terrace, B.C.

Kinsmen Park, Prince Albert, Sk.

Le Parc des Chutes Montmorency, Quebec City, Que.

Officers' Square, Fredericton, N.B.

Pippy Park, St. John's Nfld.

Place des Festivals et l'Esplanade de la Place des Arts, Montreal, Que.

River Landing, Saskatoon, Sk.

Zwicks Park, Belleville, Ont.

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