What's New?
Here is What's New on the site as of the following dates:
[Use these links if you are a frequent visitor to the site and just want to see the updates]
16 January 2008
The following two documents are meant to be printed as 2 sided documents, which when tri-folded provides you with a neat pocket guide to Perth.
18 September 2007
12 July 2007
18 June 2007
- Learn more about the "Circle of all Nations", "The Seven Fires" and "William Commanda" and the Perth Connection.
13 June 2007
- Stay tuned for more information about "Circle of all Nations" coming to Perth on Oct 4,5,6. This promises to be an absolutely significant event.
11 June 2007
- New page added on the Rideau and Tay Canal systems. In 2007 the Rideau Canal
celebrates its 175th anniversary.
20 April 2007
- The Events page has been updated and now interconnects with the Town of Perth Events Calendar.
- Minor changes to the Future page. All events moved to the events page.
11 April 2007
- Main page modified to allow automatic discovery of the RSS News Feed. If you have enabled an RSS news reader
in your browser, it should now automatically detect the news feed and allow you to subscribe to the newsfeed. The orange
XML button on the main page will alos allow you to see the RSS 2.0 news feed.
14 January 2007
15 September 2006
13 September 2006
30 August 2006
- The submission by the Downtown Heritage Perth Business Improvement Area is one of four winners in the Canada AM Community Challenge Contest.
Watch the DVD!
31 May 2006
9 May 2006
21 April 2006
18 April 2006
- Update of
Geoff Hodgins page
- work is proceeding on a new local sustainable neighbourhood project.
11 April 2006
2 April 2006
29 March 2006
22 February 2006
- Like Antique and Classic cars?? Over 100 of them will assemble in Perth this summer for
the annual (and 50th anniversary) edition of the Rideau Lakes Region of the
Antique Classic Car Club of Canada -
Tour to Yesteryear 2006
19 February 2006
14 September 2005
12 September 2005
- Added O'reilly's Ale House to the restaurant section
- O'reilly's is planning their first Literary Fest on September 18 starting at 2:30 PM. Local poets and
writer's will introduce some of their latest works on an open stage.
- Updated restaurant list in Downtown Heritage Perth
17 August 2005
- The Perth Courier of 10 August featured an article on the opening of the National Arts Centre display.
- Canada Connects features the shop-heritage-perth.com site as an example of how to utilize the new technology of syndicated news feeds. Read the
shop-heritage-perth.com news feed
on the Canada Connects site.
- The August issue of Business Today carries an article on the display and the new web site.
July 20, 2005
- The Merchants of Downtown Heritage Perth and the DHPBIA unveiled their new display promoting shopping in Downtown Heritage Perth in the lobby of the National Arts Centre in downtown Ottawa. This display and it's companion web site
shop-heritage-perth.com are meant to inform the people of Ottawa and Visitors about this jewel of a shopping destination less than an hour soutwest of Ottawa. Perth - it's more than a destination - it's a lifestyle.
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Lifestyle Centres
are the hottest new retail trend coming out of California. These lifestyle centres are simulations of a small-town downtown. Perth is not a simulation - it is an authentic 1800-1900 downtown, preserved and restored to original condition. It features over 80 unique shops, boutiques and restaurants - not owned by global multimationals - but by the owners. Experience what shopping used to be. Big city selection at a small town pace.
May 14, 2005
- Shop Heritage Perth - A new Web site has been released as part
of the new BIA promotional activity designed to:
- Promote Shopping in Downtown Heritage Perth
- Promote Downtown Perth as "THE" preferred shopping destination
- Inform the citizens of Ottawa about this jewel of a town just outside their borders
April 17, 2005
March 21 2005
March 10 2005
February 24 2005
- There is an interesting new website called FlickR
that is making the news. The following is a little
tool that they provide to show some selected pictures. These are from
"Architectural Reminiscences"
from the PAST section.
February 20 2005
- Listing updated for Jo's Clothes :Consignment Boutique
- Listing updated and new address for The Happy Scrapper - Scrapbookers paradis.
Experimental Map System "Where on Earth?" is added. This neat facility from Google is still
in experimental release, but promises to be excellent. You will first be presented with a map
of North America. You may type in something like "inflatable kayaks in Perth Ontario" to find out
who in town sells inflatable kayaks - or "Ingenuity in Perth Ontario" or "CD in Perth Ontario" to find out where to buy the Ingenuity line of
washable suits or CD's. Generally you type in " 'product name' in Perth Ontario".
Alternately you may type in "Perth Ontario" into the "Location" box on the right, or a "business name" into the "Business" box on the right and you will be taken to a view of Perth from 10,000 feet.
Use the Zoom slider on the left to get to street level. Type in a business name or a product or an address
an the system will show you where that is. Click on the map and you can drag it around on the screen to
explore the town.
February 12 2005
- A BIA subcommittee is targeting the design and publication of a new "Downtown Merchants Newsletter", a new quarterly
targeted at shoppers
and potential shoppers in Perth. First issue is scheduled to hit the streets on April 1, 2005. It will be a 4 page
newsletter featuring several of the merchants and a restaurant in each issue. An insert is planned to have a map, and lists
of all merchants, restaurants and points of interest in the downtown area. The first issue will be available only in town. For
subsequent issues we intent to target key potential customer areas.
November 24 2004
November 7 2004
November 5 2004
October 18 2004
14 October 2004
5 October 2004
- Present - Merchants: Ken Norris - Ken is the new owner of the Valley Book Shop
- Present - Merchants:Angela's Heavenly Design - Angela gets flooded out and moves to a new location at 5 Wilson St
- Present - Merchants: Eli Hoffmann - Eli has turned his paint and flooring store into the new cooperative Hoffman's Gore Street Flea Market
- Present - Merchants:The Happy Scrapper - a new store for the scrap booking enthusiast
1 July 2004
9 June 2004
- Future - Jim Peden - President of CGIS Spatial Solutions
- Past - A Bridge on the River Tay - the Canadian Military builds a bridge across the Canal
- The first of the new summer long Perth TV promotion spots will be aired on June 14 on Breakfast @ the New RO
1 June 2004
- Present - Entertainment - added Barn Door Productions (the return of the mellerdrammer)
- Stay tuned for a summer long TV promotion of the Historic Town of Perth on The New RO, probably starting in June.
The Promotion and Advertising Committee of the
Perth BIA is agressively promoting Perth as "the destination" for
the people of Ottawa (and others of course). Each TV spot will feature the town and one or more Merchants in town.
This is the start of an entire series of activities designed to increase visitors to the town.
4 April 2004
31 March 2004
20 Feb, 2004
17 Feb, 2004
- Present - Merchants - added Shopping tour for stores in the Downtown Area
- Present - Merchants - updated The Book Worm [new location]
31 January, 2004
14 January, 2004
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Present -
The Ottawa Business Journal
did a great little radio piece on the site on CFRA.. and also have a article on Perth and
the all-about-perth.com website. It's called "NEIGHBOURHOOD RETAIL WATCH: Perth woos Ottawa
shoppers on Internet - By Ottawa Business Journal Staff [Wed, Jan 14, 2004 12:00 AM EST]".
10 January, 2004
27 November, 2003
24 November, 2003
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Main menu - added site search and site map capability. Type in a key word and search the entire site.
23 November, 2003
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Present -
Added Anglela's Heavenly Design and Intimate Apparel
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Future - Added
Nick of Time
artisan Show to list of Annual Events in December.
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Present - Merchants - improved the navigation by adding
"breadcrumbs"
to the top of each page
[see example at top of this page]. This notation tells you how you arrived at this page from the Home page
and lets you navigate back to any level without scrolling around on the page.
13 October, 2003
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Past -
Added Perth Genealogy Help:
- A number of requests have shown up for assistance about information related
to relatives from the Perth area. It is hoped that somewhere there is someone
who can assist in these family searches.
7 October, 2003 - Perth joins the Altogether Ottawa - Smart Capital Initiative
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Present -
Added Perth Discussion Group
: We have taken advantage of the OCRI SmartCapital Initiative to add
a community dealing with the town of Perth Ontario. The tool is called Altogether Ottawa and is a free service to residents of Ottawa.
Go check out this community - you can Preview and/or Join and contribute to the Discussion.
11 September, 2003
26 August, 2003
20 August, 2003
14 August, 2003
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What's New - added link box to subscribe to new all-about-perth discussion group on Yahoo. See box at top of this page.
18 July 2003
11 July 2003
9 July 2003
4 July 2003
21 May 2003
1 May 2003
6 April 2003
31 March 2003
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Future:
Added IK-PI-AR-JUK-MIUT - Perth Museum
12 March 2003
10 March 2003
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Past:
Added link to the Perth Citizen's Band - a musical traditional dating back over 150 years.
6 March 2003
3 March 2003
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