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Every summer, you and your family or friends likely get the itch to pack up the car and
head out on the highway to soak in the Manitoba sunshine somewhere other than in
your own backyard. Well, this year, challenge yourself by putting down the car keys
and consider being a “tourist” in your own City instead! Try and visit:
Brandon’s Community Sportsplex, located at 30 Knowlton Drive. The pool is
currently under renovations, but you can still cool down with a public skate, or heat it
up with a racquetball game. Schedules and booking information can be found at
www.thesportsplex.ca. Outside, you can run/walk the outdoor track, then challenge
yourself to a trek or a mountain bike ride up Hanbury Hill.
The Wheat City Golf Course and
Recreation Centre at 3500 McDonald
Avenue, right along the scenic Assiniboine
River. Currently, you can play “The Back 9”, with
the full 18 holes set to open by Aug.1st. Visit
www.wheatcitygolfcourse.ca or phone 204-729-
2177 to book your tee time!
Brandon’s Riverbank Discovery Centre, located along Conservation Drive. This
unique facility is home to Brandon’s Tourism Centre and located in the heart of the
Assiniboine River Corridor. It also houses an Adventure Playground, outdoor fitness
equipment, picnic tables, shelters, and scenic walking pathways—and Brandon’s
Canada Day Celebrations! (More on Canada Day on Page 4)
Kristopher Campbell Memorial Skateboard Plaza, found at 9th St. and Princess
Ave. The streetscape-style park provides an innovative, accessible, and challenging
skate plaza. The plaza also has seating areas, trees, and landscaping that encourage
the public to take in the skateboarding sights.
Brandon General Museum and Archives, located at
19-9th St, in the Downtown Hub. This museum is found in the
historic former Manitoba Telephone Service Building and is
dedicated to the preservation of the City’s history. The
museum is open Monday-Saturday, 10:00am-12:00pm &
1:00pm-5:00pm in June, July and August. Admission is FREE!
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Be a Tourist in Your Own City!
July 2015
The Brandon Municipal Heritage
Advisory Committee (MHAC) is pleased
to be hosting the 14th annual “Doors
Open” event on Saturday, July 18th,
and Sunday, July 19th, 2015. The
event is designed to invite residents
who live in buildings of historical and
architectural significance to open their
doors for the public to visit. “Doors
Open” includes free self-guided tours of
heritage structures throughout the City,
along with narrative guided walking
tours. This year’s walking tour will once
again be led by local historian,
David McConkey, who will take you
back to 1916 on “A Fiery Walk”.
Also new to the list of participating
properties is the Royal Canadian
Artillery Museum in CFB Shilo, which
will be opening the doors of the
Museum’s private warehouse to take
people on tours of never-before seen
artifacts. In addition, free bus tours will
be available and there will be a kick-off
barbeque on the afternoon of Saturday,
July 18th!
Please visit www.heritagebrandon.ca
for more details.
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If FREE music festivals are your thing,
Princess Park in downtown Brandon has
you covered weekly! The City of
Brandon’s Music in the Parks program
runs every Tuesday evening at 7 p.m.
from June 2 – August 18— just bring
your lawn chair or blanket! Also on tap in
Princess Park this summer is the
Summer Lights Concert Series, with
music performance dates on the third
Thursday in June, July and August.
The City of Brandon has many parks boasting paddling pools, spray parks,
fitness equipment, Adventure Playgrounds, fire pits, picnic spots, baseball
diamonds, soccer fields, volleyball courts and much, much more.
A complete schedule of summer programming at our outdoor aquatics facilities
is listed just to the left, while more information on the 60+ parks,
greenspaces, and sport fields in Brandon can be found here.
It’s not just us that like to play in the park—our four-footed friends need their
space as well! The City of Brandon has three off-leash dog parks located
around the city: The Doggy Diamond at 2720 Park Avenue, the East End Paw
Park at 11th Street East & Victoria Avenue East, and the Hanbury Hill Pooch
Park at 600 Braecrest Drive. So, go fetch—but be sure to fetch a bag for your
dog’s business!
Kids need something to do during the summer and one fun-filled option is the
City of Brandon Youth Activity Centres (YACs). The YAC program provides
youth in the community with a fun, safe and healthy way to spend their
summer, while promoting enrichment opportunities in the areas of sports, arts
and culture, cooking and camaraderie. A full list of centre locations and how to
register can be found at www.brandonyouth.ca.
The City of Brandon takes pride in its 50+ kilometres of walking and biking
trails. In particular, we have a 20-kilometre route that circles the city which has
been marked with trail markers spaced 1 kilometre apart. Start your trek at the
Riverbank Discovery Centre and challenge yourself to see how far you can go!
The Brandon In Bloom program makes
Brandon beautiful through initiatives like Adopt-
a-Bed program and the Front Garden
Recognition and Miracle-Gro Garden Contests.
One of Brandon In Bloom’s popular summer
programs is its Open Garden Tours, which will
be held this year on June 18th and 19th in
conjunction with the Doors Open Heritage
Tours. Details are still being finalized, but you
can get updates on garden tour locations here.
See, Brandon? There’s so much to see and do right in your own
backyard! Start your ‘staycation’ now!
The City of Brandon’s
Community Services
Department and the YMCA of
Brandon have, once again,
teamed up to provide outdoor
pool, paddling pool, and spray
park programming for the
summer season!
Entry into spray parks and paddle
pools is FREE; admission fees for
outdoor pools can be found here.
Outdoor Pools ( June 22 to August 30)
Kinsmen Pool ~ 411 Park Street
Keystone Pool ~ 13th Street &
Southern Avenue
(June) Mon—Fri 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.;
Sat & Sun 12 p.m. to 7 p.m.
(July & August) Mon—Sun 12 p.m. to
7 p.m.
Spray Parks (July 2 to September 7)
*12 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Canada Day!*
Stanley Park Spray Park
Kin Park Spray Park
Westridge Spray Park
Rideau Park Spray Park
Mon—Sun 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Paddle Pools (July 2 to August 21)
Valleyview ~ 77 Whillier Drive
Mon—Fri 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Riverheights ~ Riverheights Drive
Mon—Thurs 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Kirkcaldy ~ 30 Knowlton Drive
Mon—Fri 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
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The large drainage project currently underway along Conservation Drive and
Kirkcaldy Drive is certainly a significant one for our City. This $4.4 million project is
part of our larger flood mitigation strategy and will allow for the redirection of storm
water from Brandon’s North Hill that previously travelled to the Assiniboine River
through four separate outfalls to, instead, drain through a single outfall.
The new outfall design is made up of a large, 8-foot square pipe that will carry water
to the river. The design includes an overflow feature for heavy rains that then
directs some water to a nearby retention pond. Following a rain event, the pond is
then gradually pumped dry and made ready for the next rainfall. To accommodate
pumping, the pipe structure contains a pit and a pumping pad where several large
pumps may be located There is also a large gate chamber that can be closed to
prevent river water from backing into the storm sewer.
Much work has already been done, though construction for this project will continue
on three fronts in 2015/2016 - retention pond excavation and dike relocation along
Conservation Drive, work on the outfall and connecting storm sewer, and installation
of numerous sections of storm sewer pipe in the area. The outfall structure is
anticipated to be functionally ready by mid-November, with the final completion of the
project to be in March 2016.
Brandon’s new City Council was
elected on October 22, 2014, and got
straight to work on strategic planning.
The group convened in March 2015
for a two-day retreat at CFB Shilo to
collectively gather our thoughts and
determine a strategic plan to help
guide us for the balance of the 4-year
term and beyond. With the help of a
skilled local facilitator, a very open
process was undertaken to ensure
each member could offer every
suggestion they had. Throughout the
weekend, the process collated and
distilled down the ideas until a
manageable, more focused collection
of 10 priority categories were mutually
agreed upon. They are:
*Keystone Centre governance and
long-term funding
*Water treatment and infrastructure
*Drainage improvements
*Planning for the
continued growth of Brandon
*Downtown revitalization
*Economic prosperity efforts
*Resolving the future of the Wheat
City Golf Course
*Action on rejuvenating our
troubled Recreation Facilities
*Community Inclusion efforts with
respect to seniors, aboriginal op-
portunities and poverty issues
*Financial Stewardship
We’ve titled our strategic plan “Our
Plan, Our City”, and I believe as a
Council, we have crafted a sound,
broadly encompassing, yet
manageable plan that will help guide
our efforts for the next 4 years and
beyond. Read more about “Our Plan,
Our City” here.
Hey, What’s Happening On Kirkcaldy Drive?
BELOW: Positioning the gate chamber in the dike which, once fully installed, can be closed to
prevent river water from backing up into the storm sewer system.
BELOW: The dry retention pond being
developed along Kirkcaldy Drive. The pond is
designed to remain dry until it is needed as an
overflow for heavy rains.
ABOVE: The sections of 8-foot square pipe
that will carry storm water from the North
Hill to the Assiniboine River.
Council Connections
By Mayor Rick Chrest
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The City of Brandon and the Brandon
Environment Committee joined forces with the
Global Market this year to host a kickoff to
National Environment Week party on May 30th.
There were over 300 people in attendance
throughout the day taking part in local
entertainment, face painting, fair trade
cupcakes, free compost and tree seedlings, as
well as learning from different environmental
stewards in the community. A huge thanks to all
the sponsors who made the event possible!
Then, on June 2nd, the City of Brandon, in
partnership with the Brandon Environment
Committee, hosted the 3rd annual Brandon
Enviro Expo.
The purpose of the expo is to educate and
empower youth in the Brandon School Division
(Grades 1-6) on environmental issues and
connect what they learn in the classroom to
programs within the community.
This year, 294 students took part, with
interactive workshops presented by local
environmental stewards from the surrounding
area. This year’s keynote address was provided
by Frank Tacan from the Brandon Friendship
Centre. This one-day event has become an
extremely popular event within the school
division – this year’s registration filled up within
4 hours! One participating teacher rated it a
10/10 and it is on her teacher’s favorite thing list.
Oh, Canada Day!
Wednesday, July 1st
Brandon’s Riverbank
Discovery Centre
Join Brandon in celebrating
Canada’s 148th birthday!
Activities are on tap all day,
beginning with a Living Flag
event at 11:30 a.m., and
wrapping up with fireworks
at dusk.
Click here for a full schedule
of programming!
“TLC For Your HRV”
Thursday, July 16th
~5 p.m. to 6 p.m.~
~Brandon Design Studio,
638 Princess Avenue~
Join City of Brandon
Planning & Building Safety
staff at this informational,
interactive session on the
general functions and
maintenance of HRV (Heat
Recovery Ventilation).
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City of Brandon Corporate Communications
410- 9th Street
Brandon, MB R7A 6A2
P. 204-729-2590
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Brandon Celebrates National Environment Week
ABOVE & LEFT: The kickoff celebration
for National Environment Week at
Brandon’s downtown Global Market.
BELOW: Nearly 300 Grade 1-6 students
from the Brandon School Division
participated in this year’s 3rd annual
Enviro Expo!