EDITION 002 May 2016

Uptowne Chronicle

Spotlight on Uptowne for Oldstice, June 18thExcitment is bulding for this year's Summer Oldstice Street Festival June 18th in Uptowne Olds!This year's festival will showcase Uptowne Olds like never before. Walking paths and the Olds Regional Exhibition Society “People Mover” will tour Oldstice visitors throughout Uptowne Olds as they visit different Vendor Booths and Member business Sidewalk Sales!“The goal of Summer Oldstice this year is to showcase what Uptowne Olds offers to the Olds Community.” explained Uptowne Olds Coordinator Deborah Ohlhausen. “It is so important people realize what we have here. Instead of locating everyone in the same area, this year's festival will walk them past just about every member business! On this day, and for this festival I want to encourage every member store, business and restaurant to consider themselves as a vendor booth. Uptowne Olds is our community historical and cultural centre. Our members and public employees and council work hard to make this an area rich in history and public engagement.”The annual Pancake Breakfast will start the celebrations off in the parking lot on the north corner of 50th and 50th, everyone is welcome between 8 and 10 a.m.This year's festival will host many activities in Centennial Park, including the first ever Art in the Park with a special and well-deserved spotlight on Wellspring Visual ArtNetwork Association's 10th Anniversary Art Walk kickoff celebrations. Wellspring Artists will occupy the Gazebo with a Show and Sale , information about the always-popular annual Art Walk artists, and demonstrations by member artists. Watch them create for you and inspire!A call to all artists will invite talented artists to purchase a vendor space for the show and sale of their work at the first ever Art in the Park.

Bev Weils, All Your Pets proprietor, is organizing Pets in the Park and a Best Pet competition. Local animal celebrities will be guests of honour providing entertainment for all ages of festival goers. Also, the Olds Splash Park and Oldstice vendors will keep everyone interested and entertained!Vendors will be grouped strategically (for everyone's benefit and success) throughout Uptowne Olds with performers of all talents entertaining street-side.Lyle Peterman, Olds Grizzlys will be organizing a fun Street Hockey game perfect for drop in players. This festival has grown and evolved every year in our five years, since 2011. Oldstice 2016 will be our time to shine!To register your vendor booth or to sign up for performances please go to: www.uptowneolds.ca

To register your vendor booth or to sign up for performances please go to: www.uptowneolds.ca

Proud to be UptowneAlfons Auto Repairs

All Your Pets

Birch Financial

Boardwalk Coffee House

Cam Clark Ford

Chuchi Cheeks Lingerie

Cocoa Tree Bake Shoppe

Different Strokes

Divine Crystals

Dunrite Printing Services

Gotcha Jeans

Granny Jacks

Jensen's Mens Wear

Keriks Meat Market

H&R Block

Henrys Shoes

Legislature Assembly

Mountain View Publishing

Nutter's Bulk and Natural Foods

Bonavista (Olds Eye Care)

Olds Association for Community Living

Our Flames

Olds Hotel

Olds Regional Exhibition

Otto's Electric

Panago Pizza

Pappy”s Emporium

Preferred Pharmacy

RC Steak House

Refind Clothing

Rexall Drug Store

Rips Audio/Video & Spa

Rockin' Retro

Scotia Bank

Shoppers Drug Mart

Sims Country Wide Furniture

South China Sea

Stevens Jewellers

Studio 27

Tasty Thai

The Co-Operators

The Eyewear House

Tracks Pub

Urban Rootz and Hair Studio

VRIKA Clothing

Western Financial Group

Westview Funeral

Wild Rose Medical Centre

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WellSpring Visual ArtNetwork celebrates WellSpring Visual ArtNetwork celebrates 1010thth Anniversary with Oldstice's Art in the Park! Anniversary with Oldstice's Art in the Park!

We are excited and honoured to partner with Uptowne We are excited and honoured to partner with Uptowne Olds in the first ever ART IN THE PARK during Olds in the first ever ART IN THE PARK during Oldstice. For 10 Years businesses in Mountain View, Oldstice. For 10 Years businesses in Mountain View, especially Uptowne Olds, have been the core of our especially Uptowne Olds, have been the core of our Annual ArtWalk. We are pleased to have this year’s Annual ArtWalk. We are pleased to have this year’s kickoff on that day among artists, local businesses, kickoff on that day among artists, local businesses, volunteers, community organizations and public in volunteers, community organizations and public in general.general.As we come together on June 18th we’ll be working As we come together on June 18th we’ll be working towards excellence, growth, health, creativity and towards excellence, growth, health, creativity and service. However, the most important thing is that we’ll service. However, the most important thing is that we’ll be working together in cooperation, united, bringing be working together in cooperation, united, bringing our best, be it talents, skills or attitudes to enrich each our best, be it talents, skills or attitudes to enrich each others lives.others lives.On behalf of Wellspring Visual ArtNetwork and On behalf of Wellspring Visual ArtNetwork and Uptowne Olds, we invite you to join us on June 18th at Uptowne Olds, we invite you to join us on June 18th at Centennial Park as we celebrate and build a stronger Centennial Park as we celebrate and build a stronger community.community.We look forward to seeing you there,We look forward to seeing you there,Osi Cruz-LahtinenOsi Cruz-LahtinenWVANA PresidentWVANA President

Wellspring Visual ArtNetwork President with Olds Town Crier Denis Patry at a prior year's Art Walk kick off hosted by Uptowne Olds.

Calling all

Artists!

This is an exciting oppportunity you won't want to miss!

Be a part of Uptowne Oldstice ART in the PARK June 18, 2016!Showcase your unqiue talents and abiltities by applying for a $40 vendor permit.Art in the Part will be a high traffic area, located in Centennial Park, during the Oldstice Street Festival, an annual event that brings huge numbers of new fans and shoppers to appreciate and buy your creations. We are also celebrating our local artist society's 10th

anniversary with a kickoff to their annual Art Walk. Both Oldstice and ART WALK are established and successful events with a faithful following to add attendance to the ART in the PARK!

Apply for a vendor booth today, email www.uptowneolds.com or call (403) 559-9041.

Everyone shines when we celbrate the sun at Summer Oldstice!

Pictured are: Kwan, Garnet and Lek Greipl of the Tasty Thai in Uptowne Olds.Uptowne Olds' popular restaurant Tasty Thai received a huge honour thiis past month when they received an 8/10 score on their restaurant by CBC's food critic John Gilchrist for the Eye Opener! This was the first time Gilchrist has visited the Town of Olds to review a restaurant in his 35-year history of the show!“I keep buzzing by, on Highway 2, one hour into the drive...” (and never take the time to pull off the highway).But Gilchrist was glad he did! Gilchrist opened his review talking about Uptowne Olds, our “branding”efforts as a business district and said he was pleasently surprised by how much was going on in Olds, in general, because of Olds College; and the high volume of customer traffic at the Tasty Thai on a Tuesday evening!“It's a busy place, with good reason – it's really good!”Gilchrist noted the location of Tasty Thai in Uptowne Olds – “It's cute, it quaint, it's got some things going on!”As for Gilchrist's meal? It was delicious, of course.“The freshness, the crispness, really impressed us.” said Gilchrist, paying numerous compliments to the kitchen and frontend staff for friendliness, hospitality and efficiency.“Tasty Thai makes a great stop if you are buzzing down the Highway 2 and feeling a bit peckish. If you liv in the Olds area, this is a great addition to the local scene.”

Open Mondays – Thursdays 11 a.m.- 9 p.m., Fridays – Saturdays till 10 p.m.Dine in or take 10% off pick up orders. $5 delivery charges apply:

(403) 556-8850.

Kudos for Uptowne Olds' Tasty Thai

Minutes for Uptowne Olds Membership MeetingWednesday, April 13th, 2016 - 6:30 p.m. Town of Olds Board Room

Present:April Jemieff Bev WeilRita Thompson Murray ElliottLeon Durand Doug CollieMichael Fix Debbie OhlhausenGarnet Greipl Brenda BerrethMitch Thompson Sabrina DavisLitia Williams (sp?) Nicole JensenWayne Pike Nish NaidooBrian Thompson Hugh BodmerMichelle Jorgenson Heather DixonDoug Wagstaff Sundai CodyRecording Minutes: Debbie Ohlhausen

1.0 Call to OrderLeon Durand called the meeting to order at 6:38 p.m.

2.0 DelegationsRaelynn NotleyLet’s Chalk About It. This campaign is being held the first week in May promoting positive mental health. Students from all schools in Olds will be “painting” positive mental health posters on the sidewalks with chalk. They will be coming to businesses in Uptowne Olds starting on Monday, May 2nd in the afternoon and continuing throughout the week. Each supervised group will take approximately 10 – 15 minutes creating a chalk message in front of the businesses. Chalk will also be provided to the business owners if they would like to takBoys and Girls ClubThe Race for Kids is the largest fund raiser with a total amount raised in their third year being $14,000.00 . They are looking for businesses to purchase a check point for $500.00. This amount could be split among a few businesses to create a checkpoint where the participants would need to do a task and then receive a clue to send them to the next check point. For more information, contact the Girls and Boys Club.Heather DixonCanada Day, 2017 Celebration of Canada’s 150th BirthdayHugh BodmerAs a realtor in the Town of Olds, Hugh would like a committee formed to find businesses for the 40,000+ square feet currently available in Olds. There will be a meeting at the Town of Olds office on April 20th at 7:00 p.m. to brainstorm ideas and begin the conversation. All stake holders will be advised of the meeting. Hugh BodmerAs a realtor in the Town of Olds, Hugh would like a committee formed to find businesses for the 40,000+ square feet currently available in Olds. There will be a meeting at the Town of Olds office on April 20th at 7:00 p.m. to brainstorm ideas and begin the conversation. All stake holders will be advised of the meeting.

3.0 Additions/Approval to Agenda- Change of Bylaws in Zone C1

4.0 Approval of previous minutesMinutes of previous meeting were approved by Rita Thompson

5.0 Introduction of New MembersNone

6.0 Reports:6.1 Finance

Rita Thompson reviewed the finance report as submitted6.2 Marketing:

- Membership:45Members Paid and 34 businesses contacted

- Summer Oldstice:Debbie Ohlhausen presented the completed map for the Summer Oldstice which has been attached to the Special Event Permit Application and was emailed to Michelle Honeyman on April 12 th. Copy of map is attached. Discussion was held regarding the paradigm for this year’s Oldstice. It was agreed that there will be a need for excellent signage and businesses in Uptowne Olds must be approached to ensure their cooperation with taking part by having sidewalk sales or demonstrations, etc. Motion from April Jemieffl: To accept and move forward with the Oldstice Map and concept proporal as presented by Uptowne Olds Coordinator, Debbie Ohlhausen. Vote: 20 in favor, 1 against, 1 abstainResolved: Motion carried; Oldstice Map and Concept be accepted as proposed. People mover has been booked.Vendor wanted posters emailed to past vendors.Fire Department must be contacted about having a “burning house” for kids to try their hand at extinguishing a fire.Olds RCMP to be contacted regarding Bike Safety.Centennial Park has been booked.Big Brothers and Big Sisters along with the Girls and Boys Club will be putting together a BINGO card for businesses to stamp which will also increase walking traffic.

- News LetterEveryone was pleased with the Uptowne Olds newsletter. There has been positive feedback from members to Issue I of the Uptowne Olds Chronicle.

- Free Wifi in Uptowne Olds must be advertised more. Perhaps postcard size instructions about signing on?

6.3 Heritage Advisor:Report Attached

6.4 Town of Olds:Report Attached

6.5 OI Report for Uptowne Olds Presented by Mitch ThompsonReport Attached

7.0 New BusinessChange of Bylaws for Zone C1It was agreed that Leon Durand as Chairperson for Uptowne Olds prepare a letter of objection to the change of use for Zone C1.

Items for May Agenda:Delegations: Dean OwenTaste of Uptowne OldsSummer OldsticeMeeting adjourned 8:55 p.m.

Uptowne Olds committee meetings are held the second Wednesday of every month with previous meeting minutes and agenda emailed to members.

Meetings are held at the Olds Town Office – north doors – 6:30 p.m. For more information email Uptowne Coordinator Debbie Ohlhausen: Uptowneolds@gmail.com

Uptowne Olds committee meetings are held the second Wednesday of every month with previous meeting minutes and agenda emailed to members.

Meetings are held at the Olds Town Office – north doors – 6:30 p.m. For more information email Uptowne Coordinator Debbie Ohlhausen: Uptowneolds@gmail.com

Uptowne Olds committee meetings are held the second Wednesday of every month with previous meeting minutes and agenda emailed to members.

Meetings are held at the Olds Town Office – north doors – 6:30 p.m. For more information email Uptowne Coordinator Debbie Ohlhausen: Uptowneolds@gmail.com

Uptowne Olds Committee ~ Wednesday, April 13th, 2016 ~ Town of Olds ReportApril 25 to May 1, 2016 proclaimed as “Rail Safety Week” in the Town of Olds.May 2-8, 2016, proclaimed as “Mental Health Week” in the Town of Olds.Council sponsored $1000.00 toward the 2016 Rope Skipping Canada National Championships, being held in the Town of Olds on May 20th to 23rd, 2016 at the Ralph Klein Center.Mountain View County and the Town of Olds have each committed a contribution of $15,000 toward the $150,000 rights fee for the Mountain View County - Olds stage two finish host community of the Tour of Alberta on Friday, September 2, 2016. We will be working to invite a level of contributions from other partners and strike invite community members to lead a committee to organize the local organization of the event to work with the Tour of Alberta and community partners to support showcasing our community and region for the Tour of Alberta 2016.An application to amend the Land Use Bylaw, to have Central Commercial District (C1), add the definition of an Adult Entertainment Establishment as a Permitted Use. A public hearing for Bylaw 2016-07 be set for Monday May 9, 2016 at 1:00 pm in the Council

Chambers.”A Sidewalk Café & Sales Bylaw 2016-05 was given first reading, Council directed Administration coordinate public engagement regarding proposed Bylaw in an expedited time frame. With the Town of Olds Engagement Policy we know decisions are improved by engaging the public and community groups in providing input and advice to support decision making. Engagement generally is intended to provide stakeholders and the public with balanced and objective information to assist them in understanding the problems, alternatives and/ solutions. This engagement is set out to Inform and consult to obtain stakeholder and public feedback. Our commitment is to listen and acknowledge concerns, and provide feedback on how public input influenced the decision. Timeline:April 14 post the draft Bylaw available on the Town website and promote through Town of Olds social media.April 19 Feedback is open to be emailed to the Town via planning@olds.caApril 28 Open House with Q&A location and time TBAMay 2 Feedback closes at NoonMay 9 Report to Council with a Request for Decision for 2nd and 3rd reading.

OI Report for Uptowne OldsThe OI Board has been working on New Bylaws, the Initiative Support Request Form, a Strategy Screen and Orientation packageThe Olds Institute Board is currently considering a $10,000 request from The Tour of Alberta.As well as a request from the Yes Program regarding the “Let’s Chalk program that was announced earlier.Deb Olhausen is being invited to participate in a committee to create a tourism strategy alongside participants from the Chamber, OI, College, ORE, Town and Mountain View County.These initiatives will received 165,000 worth of financial support as well as additional marketing, administrative, staff and volunteer support.New staff – Nish Naidoo, Project support and Patti Simoneau, Administrative Coordinator`

Uptowne Olds committee meetings are held the second Wednesday of every month with previous meeting minutes and agenda emailed to members.

Meetings are held at the Olds Town Office – north doors – 6:30 p.m. For more information email Uptowne Coordinator Debbie Ohlhausen: Uptowneolds@gmail.com