iHeart Parkdale Night Market

AN EVENT TO CELEBRATE PARKDALE AS A COMMUNITY WITH VALENTINE THEME ART INSTALLATION, SHOPPING REWARDS, NIGHT MARKET AND NEIGHBOURHOOD ENGAGEMENT.

THE WINTER MONTHS OF JANUARY, FEBRUARY, AND MARCH, ARE GENERALLY THE SLOWEST PERIOD FOR BUSINESSES IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY, SUCH AS RESTAURANTS AND SHOPS, IN THE CITY OF TORONTO.

THE PARKDALE COMMUNITY IS COMPOSED OF RENTERS, YOUNG PROFESSIONALS, FAMILIES WITH KIDS, SENIORS AND NEW IMMIGRANTS.

QUEEN STREET WEST FROM DUFFERIN TO RONCESVALLES IS STILL VERY QUIET, DESPITE THE ECONOMIC RE-OPENING, ALMOST TWO YEARS POST-PANDEMIC. IN ADDITION TO THE PANDEMIC, THE QUEEN STREET WEST END WAS HIT BY A MAJOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION WHICH AFFECTED SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE AREA FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.

AS THE THICK OF WINTER SEASON DRAWS NEAR, A WINTER ACTIVATION IN PARKDALE QUEEN STREET WEST HAS NEVER BEEN MORE INTEGRAL TO THE SPIRIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH MANY RESIDE AND RUN BUSINESSES. THE IHEART PARKDALE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE ACTIVITIES TO HELP AND SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES, BRING LIFE AND ENCOURAGEMENT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, ENGAGEMENT FROM SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, AND HELP PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AND LONELINESS IN THE AREA.

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