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The Yards Fall Salon presented by Colliers International
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Starts: Thursday, September 29
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Ends: Thursday, September 29
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The Great Arena Debate!
Please join us for the The Yards magazine's fall issue launch and a very special event, featuring a showdown between a prominent supporter and opposer of the billion-dollar Ice District. Will this generational project impact our core communities for better or worse? Have your say and cast a vote after Ian O'Donnell of the Downtown Edmonton Community League and UofA professor Jay Scherer go head to head on one of the most divisive local issues in recent memories.
Epcor Tower, 16th Floor, 10423 101 St NW, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Then stick around for music, drinks and food as the conversation continues at this lively salon. Proceeds from ticket sales help to fund this innovative media project.
6pm - Doors Open
7pm - THE DEBATE: “Be it resolved that the Ice District will improve quality of life in our core communities.”
On the affirmative side: Ian O'Donnell, a project manager with Manasc Isaac architecture, who sits on the arena's community benefit board and chairs DECL's development committee.
On the opposing side: Jay Scherer, a researcher who wrote a paper on suppressed opposition to the arena and who is currently studying the impacts of the arena district for a forthcoming book.
The format: Each debater will have opening remarks, followed by one round of rebuttals, a round of audience Q&As, and closing remarks.
7:45- 10:00 - Stick around for an evening of conversation and cocktails. [[Music by NVS to keep the night going. ]]
10:00- Onwards - Join as for the official after party of our fall salon at Red Star Pub (10534 Jasper Ave).
Check out our last issue at theyardsyeg.ca.
The Yards is hyper-local quarterly magazine focused on urban, cultural and social issues in central Edmonton. Published by the non-profit Central Edmonton News Society in partnership with the Downtown Edmonton and Oliver Community Leagues, it's mailed to these community's residents four times a year.
Event Location
EPCOR
10423 101 Street NW
Edmonton, Alberta
T5H 0E8