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Previously home to canneries, railways, shipping wharves, a sawmill, packinghouse and even a cigar factory, City planners were challenged with a now defunct industrial area. The district was once the centre of the Okanagan fruit-packing industry and with much of the land in public ownership, the sixblock area was ripe for a reimagining. Significant planning and capital was devoted to turn this area into a Cultural District. An expanding collection of galleries, museums, performance venues and art facilities were joined by a resort hotel, upscale residential development and a beautiful lakefront which is now Waterfront Park. Since the start of 2000, the City’s planned vision of a peopled place, one that lives beyond business hours has taken shape. Today you will find year-round arts, entertainment, outdoor festivals, classes and workshops, boutiques and restaurants, natural spaces and public art.
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