Winnipeg - Of Interest

[ColdRain&Snow]

Originally Posted by FactaNV

Anyone else having problems with the city agenda site? By now you'd think there'd be agendas uploaded but it's just a wall of "Board of Revisions"

Agendas are only posted 4 business days ahead. There have been no meetings for a while because City Council goes on break during the summer.

You can see the upcoming meeting schedule here:
https://www.winnipeg.ca/city-governa...ittee-meetings

[FactaNV]

Originally Posted by ColdRain&Snow

Agendas are only posted 4 business days ahead. There have been no meetings for a while because City Council goes on break during the summer.

You can see the upcoming meeting schedule here:
https://www.winnipeg.ca/city-governa...ittee-meetings

Ah! I'm just a bit too keen to read agendas...20 year old me would have died from cringe at how lame I am now with that statement lol

[Biff]

The committee meeting agendas should be out Wednesday and Thursday.

[WinCitySparky]

The old Thistle Curling Club is going to be converted into a restaurant and community flea market!

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/bu...r-thistle-rink

[ColdRain&Snow]

Originally Posted by WinCitySparky

The old Thistle Curling Club is going to be converted into a restaurant and community flea market!

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/bu...r-thistle-rink

Wow that's great, very exciting!

[WinCitySparky]

I really believe that street could be a cool mini strip if another mixed use got built behind the auto shop with street front CRU along with the current bldg u/c

[drew]

The replacement brass decorative plates are being installed on the front doors at 460 Main this morning - looking forward to seeing the finished product!

[pspeid]

A bit of love (actually a LOT of love) from actor David Krumholtz on his time in the city:

https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/oppenhei...ipeg-1.7039721

This struck me as a little different from the usual "mining for a compliment" stories one sometimes sees with visiting celebrities. Mr. Krumholtz says all the expected, but goes a little further with comments like this:

“Be careful. That’s what they said – and they couldn’t be more wrong,” Krumholtz recalled. “[Winnipeg] has the most welcoming people I’ve ever met, really. I know that’s a bold statement, but it’s true. I just love how cool, calm, and collected you are."

Sadly, I'm not surprised that Krumholtz's early information about the city was "be careful". I think Winnipeg, in general, suffers from a mass "negativity bias", one that gets exacerbated whenever there's a local story about crime or poverty. Of course, some people relish the thought of trashing Winnipeg, but I think that's more of a personal issue they need to deal with. I'm talking about how we should recognize the issues we need to deal with, while acknowledging there's a lot to love about our city.

I've been reading that "negativity bias" is pretty normal for adults (a survival mechanism of some kind). The trouble is, it apparently takes 4-5 "positives" to balance one "negative" in our minds. Overcoming negativity bias demands a conscious change, but I think that's difficult when the media tends to trumpet the bad news stories, and relegates the "soft news" (a.k.a. "good news") for the bottom of the web page or end of the news broadcast.

Personally, I'm tired of Winnipeg's civic identity defined by it's winter or crime. It's lazy and superficial, and ultimately doesn't speak to the spirit of the city that keeps people living here and loving it.

I think what people find difficult is that the city's "identity" is hard to define. Like art, you can't describe it, but you know it when you see it. To me, that's Winnipeg's identity. People who take the time to try to know the city invariably point out it's creativity. We have a duality of character that sometimes creates, sometimes destroys, and is often unpredictable.

I'm paraphrasing, but Winnipeg has been compared to "that artistic kid you ignored in High School, who you wish you had taken more notice of now that you see what they can do". Personally I'm okay with not being easily slotted into one category or another.

Barring the tiresome old "crapping on Winnipeg" cliches, if you have your own thoughts about Winnipeg's "identity" I'd love to read them.

[neutroniks]

I really love that he said this. All actors that seem to come through Winnipeg seem to really enjoy how down to earth and nice everyone here is. Alexandra Daddario has a post of her wearing a Winnipeg T-shirt. Stanley Tucci & Henry Cavill had an amazing time here and Bob Odenkirk loved it here. It's nice that there seems to be some kind of restaurant/bar starter kit for a lot of these starts 'cause they seem to hit all the really good restaurants, which will really give a person a lasting impression of a place they visited.

I also did some Extra work when I used to do shift work, and meeting with some of the actors and really picking their brains, they all seemed to say that Winnipeg had a very endearing character to it, whether it was the food or had that "Small Town" feel, but in a big city, which is easily the best way to describe Winnipeg

[pspeid]

Originally Posted by neutroniks

I really love that he said this. All actors that seem to come through Winnipeg seem to really enjoy how down to earth and nice everyone here is. Alexandra Daddario has a post of her wearing a Winnipeg T-shirt. Stanley Tucci & Henry Cavill had an amazing time here and Bob Odenkirk loved it here. It's nice that there seems to be some kind of restaurant/bar starter kit for a lot of these starts 'cause they seem to hit all the really good restaurants, which will really give a person a lasting impression of a place they visited.

I also did some Extra work when I used to do shift work, and meeting with some of the actors and really picking their brains, they all seemed to say that Winnipeg had a very endearing character to it, whether it was the food or had that "Small Town" feel, but in a big city, which is easily the best way to describe Winnipeg

Thanks for posting this! It's encouraging to know there's some good vibes coming from actors who come to work here. It can only help when others are considering whether to come here for a project.

[neutroniks]

Originally Posted by pspeid

Thanks for posting this! It's encouraging to know there's some good vibes coming from actors who come to work here. It can only help when others are considering whether to come here for a project.

It also really helps that a lot of the agencies are also putting up a lot of the actors in Condos in the East Exchange, so it's reaaaally pretty to walk & eat around. During the season, the Sea Bears also put up all their players in District Condos because they practice at Sports For Life, so its really cool seeing all of them intermingle when you're just out for a regular dinner & solidifies my decision to live in the East Exchange with all of the activity lol.

It's actually amazing to see the type of community that is growing around the East Exchange with all the business from sports, film and just visitors in general. I've lived my entire life in Winnipeg and I've never seen Waterfront with so many runners, bikes and dogs at all times of the day, that you have to think that Waterfront/East Exchange is going to continue blowing up with project after project!

[pspeid]

Originally Posted by neutroniks

It also really helps that a lot of the agencies are also putting up a lot of the actors in Condos in the East Exchange, so it's reaaaally pretty to walk & eat around. During the season, the Sea Bears also put up all their players in District Condos because they practice at Sports For Life, so its really cool seeing all of them intermingle when you're just out for a regular dinner & solidifies my decision to live in the East Exchange with all of the activity lol.

It's actually amazing to see the type of community that is growing around the East Exchange with all the business from sports, film and just visitors in general. I've lived my entire life in Winnipeg and I've never seen Waterfront with so many runners, bikes and dogs at all times of the day, that you have to think that Waterfront/East Exchange is going to continue blowing up with project after project!

I didn't know this, thanks for the info.

[Justanothermember]

The re-occurring anti-Winnipeg trolls who frequent our threads would have a complete denial meltdown followed by immediate spontaneous combustion when they read any of the above positive commentary. It could never compute with their teeny-weeny itsy-bitsy simplistic minds

[Mr Tall Forehead]

Originally Posted by neutroniks

It also really helps that a lot of the agencies are also putting up a lot of the actors in Condos in the East Exchange, so it's reaaaally pretty to walk & eat around. During the season, the Sea Bears also put up all their players in District Condos because they practice at Sports For Life, so its really cool seeing all of them intermingle when you're just out for a regular dinner & solidifies my decision to live in the East Exchange with all of the activity lol.

It's actually amazing to see the type of community that is growing around the East Exchange with all the business from sports, film and just visitors in general. I've lived my entire life in Winnipeg and I've never seen Waterfront with so many runners, bikes and dogs at all times of the day, that you have to think that Waterfront/East Exchange is going to continue blowing up with project after project!

This is really cool to hear. I’ve noticed seeing more dog walkers, joggers and baby strollers in the East Exchange over the past few years. We could be hitting that critical mass.

[harls]

Originally Posted by Justanothermember

The re-occurring anti-Winnipeg trolls who frequent our threads would have a complete denial meltdown followed by immediate spontaneous combustion when they read any of the above positive commentary. It could never compute with their teeny-weeny itsy-bitsy simplistic minds

Was this necessary? Be positive.

[pspeid]

Originally Posted by harls

Was this necessary? Be positive.

Some might suggest the spontaneous combustion of trolls IS a positive thought...

[harls]

Originally Posted by pspeid

Some might suggest the spontaneous combustion of trolls IS a positive thought...

I guess we could throw Justanothermember in that category. He's been banned about 40 times.

He's just playing nice now.

[cheswick]

Originally Posted by pspeid

A bit of love (actually a LOT of love) from actor David Krumholtz on his time in the city:

https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/oppenhei...ipeg-1.7039721

This struck me as a little different from the usual "mining for a compliment" stories one sometimes sees with visiting celebrities. Mr. Krumholtz says all the expected, but goes a little further with comments like this:

“Be careful. That’s what they said – and they couldn’t be more wrong,” Krumholtz recalled. “[Winnipeg] has the most welcoming people I’ve ever met, really. I know that’s a bold statement, but it’s true. I just love how cool, calm, and collected you are."

Sadly, I'm not surprised that Krumholtz's early information about the city was "be careful". I think Winnipeg, in general, suffers from a mass "negativity bias", one that gets exacerbated whenever there's a local story about crime or poverty. Of course, some people relish the thought of trashing Winnipeg, but I think that's more of a personal issue they need to deal with. I'm talking about how we should recognize the issues we need to deal with, while acknowledging there's a lot to love about our city.

I've been reading that "negativity bias" is pretty normal for adults (a survival mechanism of some kind). The trouble is, it apparently takes 4-5 "positives" to balance one "negative" in our minds. Overcoming negativity bias demands a conscious change, but I think that's difficult when the media tends to trumpet the bad news stories, and relegates the "soft news" (a.k.a. "good news") for the bottom of the web page or end of the news broadcast.

Personally, I'm tired of Winnipeg's civic identity defined by it's winter or crime. It's lazy and superficial, and ultimately doesn't speak to the spirit of the city that keeps people living here and loving it.

I think what people find difficult is that the city's "identity" is hard to define. Like art, you can't describe it, but you know it when you see it. To me, that's Winnipeg's identity. People who take the time to try to know the city invariably point out it's creativity. We have a duality of character that sometimes creates, sometimes destroys, and is often unpredictable.

I'm paraphrasing, but Winnipeg has been compared to "that artistic kid you ignored in High School, who you wish you had taken more notice of now that you see what they can do". Personally I'm okay with not being easily slotted into one category or another.

Barring the tiresome old "crapping on Winnipeg" cliches, if you have your own thoughts about Winnipeg's "identity" I'd love to read them.

Personally think a lot of Winnipeg bashing is thinly veiled racism about the large number of indigenous folks living in poverty. I think we as a collective would do well to lean into the strong indigenous presence and use it as a positive differentiator. I think we're starting to do that a bit. Ditto for Winters. There are a handful of days of Winter that are truly unbearable. We as a collective should embrace it more. Sell our Winters. And too often Winnipeggers do ourselves no favours. Earlier this summer my company had some folks coming in from Toronto as a team building thing. Talking to them a lot of the comments they had received from Winnipeggers about what to do here were along the lines of "don't get stabbed".

Winnipeg is quintessentially Canada. We have grit and culture. We have many folks of different backgrounds.

[bon_vivant]

^ 100%

[ColdRain&Snow]

Completely agree. Winnipeg should be known as the "Winter Capital of Canada" and the "Indigenous Capital of Canada." Instead we're known as the "Why Would Anyone Want to Live There? Capital of Canada."