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  • Mayor Presents BIZ Awards

    September 10, 2015

    The Mayor’s award recipient from the North End BIZ is Parviz Lotfi Parviz Lotfi immigrated to Canada from Iran 40 years ago. In Winnipeg he met his Wife Bibi, a stylist, and together they opened Joy Beauty Salon. For the next 33 years, they worked together, serving the local and greater Winnipeg community. Concurrently, in […]

  • Summer Green Wave

    July 1, 2015

    The North End BIZ, for a nominal donation to Take Pride Winnipeg! receives 2 Green Wave Students for 3 days per week for the months of July and August. The purpose of the Green Wave is to provide meaningful summer employment for youth aged 16-19, while assisting business improvement zones and other organizations in Winnipeg […]

  • Breathing New Life Into North End Business

    November 10, 2014

    A new project is looking for some suggestions on how to help the North End get down to business. Project Re(NEW) — where the NEW stands for North End Winnipeg — is a study and series of community engagements with the purpose of revitalizing North End business. The project was commissioned in the spring by […]

  • Province funds street ambassadors for North End

    August 10, 2014

    Neighbourhood ambassadors are coming to Winnipeg’s North End, with the provincial government announcing Tuesday $50,000 for a project where volunteers will patrol the streets in the inner-city neighbourhood. Hugh Coburn, a retired police officer who has worked with ambassador projects in several other neighbourhoods, is helping to organize the program in the North End. He […]