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May 8, 2020 · On May 8, 1960, Mr. PG made his debut at a Rotary International Conference at a local hotel in Prince George, B.C. Sixty years later, the northern city's mascot remains a symbol for the community.
Apr 7, 2021 · For Prince George, on Aug. 17, 1994, one of the most famous individuals in the world arrived, Queen Elizabeth II. She was on hand to open the University of Northern British Columbia. She would tell the huge gathered crowd, quote: “The concept of this university is no less exciting than the land in which it is set.
The City of Prince George's origins began with the Lheidli T’enneh, who have lived in the area for at least 9,000 years. In 1807, a fur trading post was founded by Simon Fraser on traditional Lheidli T’enneh territory. The agricultural settlement around the trading post - named Fort George - began in the early 1900s when the Grand Trunk ...
6 days ago · The track goes on to detail how the city of Prince George, in north-central B.C., built a giant faux-wood lumberjack to honour the community's forestry roots and greet incoming tourists.
- Follow-Through Needed, Chamber CEO Says
- Big Ideas, Little Action
- Millions Spent by Taxpayers, Investors
Prince George Chamber of Commerce CEO Todd Corrigall said downtown issues have been a major focus of the chamber, and strategic planning is critically important. Over the years, the city has produced “a series of very aspirational documents” with big plans for downtown. “The question I have is, the downtown Civic Core Plan, how is going to be any d...
A 2009 Citizen review of previous downtown revitalization attempts identified 10 major plans or campaigns aimed at downtown revitalization dating as far back as 1964. Since 2009, the City of Prince George, provincial and federal governments, Northern Development Initiative Trust and private developers have poured millions of dollars into downtown d...
On Sept. 15, 2011, then-B.C. premier Christy Clark announced plans to build the UNBC Wood Innovation and Design Centre downtown, on the site of the former Prince George Hotel. In her announcement, Clark said the plan was for a 10-storey, mass timber construction building that would be “the highest freestanding wooden building in the world.” The Cit...
Mar 6, 2015 · Mar. 6 is the official centennial of the city of Prince George and what was once a lumber industry boom town is now a diversified regional hub, with jobs in health, education, and an emerging ...
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Oct 9, 2024 · He’d be an open target for late-night vandals, but worse than that, he’ll lose his audience of tourists. It’s also unreasonable to expect travellers to detour from one of the most efficient ...
