🪻 Get ready, Calgary! #LilacFestival2024 is Sunday, June 2, and we're thrilled to be a part of this Calgary tradition. If you're planning to drive to the festival, we've got some must-know tips to help you navigate your Lilac Festival parking experience:

🐕 With energy-efficient upgrades from Federation of Calgary Communities’s Energizing Spaces Fund powered by ENMAX, we’re helping ARF volunteers care for animals & stay energized to focus on what’s important—finding forever homes for cats and pups.

Learn more 👇
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🚧Starting June 3, 2024, we'll be working on concrete replacement, milling, and paving on Crowchild Trail N.W., from Stoney Trail N.W. to 32 Ave N.W., until mid-September 2024.

Stay updated at calgary.ca/paving-crowchi…. If you have questions about this work, please call 311 📞.

Read about the latest City initiatives in this month’s email newsletter, including:

🗺️ New map highlighting programs to prevent gang violence.
🏋️‍♀️ Improving the physical and mental health of Calgarians.
🧡 Honouring Indigenous culture and heritage.

Read & subscribe ⬇️

Rain, rain, go away - patio season is here to stay ☀️

For local restaurants like Side Street Pub, an extended patio enabled by us means more customers.

Owner Mike Shupenia says the extra space is a great boost for business. In 2023, 110 restaurants took part of the program.

🎉 Neighbour Day is coming up on Saturday, June 15! 🏡 Want to amp up your block party? Enter to win live musical entertainment and more! Submit your entry online by June 10. 🎶

Visit calgary.ca/NeighbourDay for ideas, events and activities. #YYCNeighbourDay

Ready to transform your outdoor space?🌿

Watch our recorded webinar on permitting tips and renovation best practices.

From decks to fences, and patios to pergolas, we’ll guide you through the permit process.

💻calgary.ca/webinars

It’s National AccessAbility Week until June 1. This year's theme is Forward Together: Accessibility and Inclusion for All. Learn about our accessible programs and services at: calgary.ca/accessibility. #NAAW2024

Create a beautiful, low-maintenance garden that will fare well in Calgary’s growing conditions using our YardSmart tips:

🌱 Plant in the spring or fall
🌱 Choose drought-tolerant plants
🌱 Use good quality soil
🌧️ Use a rain barrel

Learn more at calgary.ca/YardSmart.

Property tax bills are being mailed out and by the end of next week all property owners should have received their property tax bill in the mail.

If you have not received your property tax bill by the first week of June visit calgary.ca/propertytax or contact 311

Today we broke ground on expanding the Calgary Composting Facility!🌱

Once complete, it will add 60,000 tonnes of food & yard waste capacity, bringing total capacity to 160,000 tonnes.

Thx to funding partners FCM, Environment Canada, & Natural Resources.

Before CTrain tracks crisscrossed our city, before bus rapid transit lines & even before power steering, @CalgaryTransit operator Syd Banks was taking Calgarians where they needed to go.

Syd is a local legend, famous for making time, weather, sports & tour guide announcements.

Trees in #yyc enhance our city in so many ways, but they also require water to thrive, especially early in their life.

As we’re all being asked to water wisely, we’re balancing water conservation along with the health of our tree canopy.

Learn how we're doing our part ⬇️