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On November 27th, Santa arrives in Vernon! Kicking off our Christmas Campaign. Old St Nick, a wandering Elf and a few Carolers will be downtown starting on the 27th of Nov. Santa will be in a window display at Teach & Learn. Come by say Hi at the window and receive some wonderful gifts (through…

Make sure you have your change handy, because free parking downtown is now over. All on-street metered parking and two-hour parking zones are now being enforced by bylaw. Vernon council originally eliminated paid metered downtown parking in April in hopes to drum up more customers for downtown businesses that were still open during the beginning of the…

FreshCo opening, Vernon’s newest grocery store, is Thursday June 18th. For more details visit Castanet’s story.

The Downtown Vernon Association held its 2020 Annual General Meeting on May 27, 2020, with members approving the 2019 Annual Report and the Audited Financial Statements and electing the 2020 Board of Directors. “The DVA is pleased to announce that Tegan Carruthers of BDO Canada and Keelan Murtagh of SQM Group have been re-elected for…

DOWNTOWN VERNON ASSOCIATION’S NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Notice of Annual General Meeting Downtown Vernon Association 8:00am – Wednesday May 27, 2020 Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, the Downtown Vernon Association will hold its 26th Annual General Meeting via video conference through Zoom. This meeting is open to all Downtown Vernon Association members, including property…

BC’s Restart Plan lays out a series of steps that we will take together to protect people and ensure that our province can come back from COVID-19 stronger than before.

Small businesses are the backbone of our economy, and are vital for our families and communities across the country. They are facing economic hardship and uncertainty during the COVID-19 pandemic. That is why the Government of Canada is working around the clock to give these businesses the support they need so they can continue to…

APRIL 16, 2020 This DOCUMENT will be regularly updated as the federal government announces new measures that will impact the charitable and nonprofit sector.