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July 01, 2011
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Artpark Sizzles With 2011 Music Line-Up |
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Fay Booker Becomes NPC General Manager |
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Tuesday In The Park The FREE Tuesday in the Park 2011 Line-Up at Artpark in Lewiston New York includes: All shows are FREE and
start at 6:30pm
June 29th - Umphrey's
McGee
The Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) named Big Becky will complete the mining portion of the Niagara Tunnel Power Project at an official breakthrough ceremony to be held on May 13th 2011. The 14.44 meter diameter cutter-head will mine through the last 1.5 meters to complete a journey that began in 2007 and mined through 10 kilometers of difficult rock conditions. When the tunnel is completed in 2013, it will channel water from the upper Niagara River to the Sir Adam Beck Power Stations in Queenston in order to generate more hydro-electric power.
Scotiabank Convention
Centre Opens April 8th The Scotiabank Convention Centre opened officially on Friday April 8th 2001 The $105 million dollar project is 288,000 square feet in size that includes a 100,000 square feet main exhibit hall, 31,000 square feet of meeting space and 100,000 square feet of support space. The Centre employs 34 full time employees. The project is jointly financed by the Federal Government ($35 million dollars), the Provincial Government ($35 million dollars), the Falls Management Company ($15 million dollars) and the Fallsview BIA ($2 million dollars). The Niagara Home Show that ran from April 8th through April 10th was a huge success with large crowds attending each day. The Centre is a gem of a building that will undoubtedly be a true asset to Niagara Falls and region. It is a tourist attraction in its own right.
City Tourism Costs The City of Niagara Falls budgets a large amount of money each year to support tourism.
Niagara Falls Tourism - $360,000
NF
Illumination Board - $36,050
Falls Illumination The nightly Illumination of the Falls schedule is as follows: January
1st to January 8th
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Fay Booker Becomes The Niagara Parks Commission has announced that interim Chair - Fay Booker will become the General Manager. Booker succeeds the former GM - John Kernahan, who retired at the end of 2010. The new interim Chair of the Niagara Parks Commission is former vice-chair Janice Thomson.
Nik Wallenda Wants to
Wirewalk Across Niagara Gorge Nik Wallenda, star of "Life on a Wire," has cheated death several times with his wild high-wire acts. Wallenda, a seventh-generation acrobat, wants to walk across a wire at Niagara Falls in 2012, pending a change in legislation that will allow him to do the stunt. New York State lawmakers
voted 62-0 in favour of a bill Wednesday to allow high-wire walker 32
year old Nik Wallenda to set out from Goat Island on a tightrope over
the Horseshoe Falls before the end of next summer.
Niagara Parks Police
Introduce New Assets The Niagara Parks Police has introduced the public to several new crime fighting assets including a K-9 Unit (in training) and a Spyder 3- wheeled motorcycle to augment their existing fleet of emergency vehicles. In addition, the Niagara Parks Police unveiled new dress uniforms as well as a newly formed colour guard and flag.
Niagara Parks Commission
Targets Easier Access The Niagara Parks Commission has untaken a number of initiatives to revitalize the cash strapped parks system and create a public friendlier and a more accessible environment. Some of the steps include concentrating on the natural jewels of the park including Dufferin Islands, the Floral Showhouse, Queen Victoria Park and the Niagara Glen. Wrought iron fences bordering the Table Rock parking lot will be removed in large part to permit a more free flow of pedestrian/tourist traffic. A park located adjacent to this parking lot will be once again made accessible for gatherings and picnics. A pedestrian crosswalk removed several years ago will be reinstated to allow easier access to the Table Rock and the Falls.
Michigan Central
Bridge Costly The City of Niagara Falls as a condition of purchase of the CN/CP Railway corridor has the responsibility for the costs of demolition of the former Michigan Central International Railway Bridge by May 2012. This condition is subject to being waived if the bridge is subsequently sold to a third party or if demolition procedures has not commenced by CN/CP prior to May 2012. The City of Niagara Falls has set aside a reserve fund in the amount of $4 million dollars increasing each year by the amount of the Consumer Price Index for this purpose. In addition, the City of Niagara Falls is committed to reimburse CN/CP the lesser of the actual maintenance costs incurred on this Railway Bridge or $100,000 on an annual basis until May 2012.
New Niagara Parks
Chairwoman Fay Booker, a Burlington-based consultant and former partner with Deloitte & Touche and Grant Thornton LLP, has been named by the province as its chair the Niagara Parks Commission. Ms. Booker replaced Jim Williams, a former federal bureaucrat who resigned after a falling-out with Queen's Park in 2009.
Ms. Booker, who has
also held senior positions with CIBC and National Trust, has consulted
extensively on governance in the public, private and not-for-profit
sectors, and as an auditor, helped the City of Hamilton set its finances
straight in 2003.
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