Academy Road Street Fair - June 10, 2023
Association News
April 25, 2023
Security Improvement Grant
Association News
April 25, 2023
The Academy Road BIZ encourages members to improve the security of their businesses. The goal is to mitigate break ins resulting in theft and property damage. Please read policies and guidelines before submitting an application ...
Join Our Green Team
Association News
April 7, 2022
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Education Property Tax Rebate
Association News
April 13, 2021
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Academy Road Street Fair (POSTPONED) - Saturday June 6th 11AM to 3PM
Association News
February 27, 2020
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Part-Time Job from June until September 2020
Association News
January 28, 2020
Are you looking for a Summer Job? Apply for the ARB GREEN TEAM Member. ...
November Newsletter
Association News
November 5, 2019
Are you looking for a Summer Job? Apply for the ARB GREEN TEAM Member. ...
October Newsletter
Association News
October 3, 2019
Are you looking for a Summer Job? Apply for the ARB GREEN TEAM Member. ...
Brad Perkins is the winner of the Academy Awards pre-ballot contest
Association News
February 27, 2019
Brad Perkins is the winner of the Academy Awards pre-ballot contest winning $100 worth of movie passes from Landmark Cinemas in Grant Park. Brad had the most guesses correct and credits his success on the research he did before marking his ballot. That’s a good tip for next year folks!...
The Vote Results for Oscars on Academy Road!
Association News
February 22, 2019
Best Performance by an actor in a leading role: ...
Cast your vote for Oscar on Academy Road to Win!
Association News
February 1, 2019
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Winter Sale Event - November 30th, 2018
Association News
November 16, 2018
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Announcements
Association News
March 7, 2017
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Academy Road Street Fair - 2017
Association News
March 7, 2017
Saturday, June 3rd from 10am to 4pm ...
Academy Road Streetscape Revitalization Strategy
Association News
October 4, 2016
Our Streetscaping project continues to make Academy Road more attractive and pedestrian-friendly. Our banner poles have all been refurbished with the addition of several more. The poles now have plant hangers as well as new banners. The new entry sign and the Biz logos on the tops of the poles,...
River Heights Lawn Bowling Club
Association News
September 26, 2016
There is mention of a River Heights Community Club being organized as early as 1919. In 1935, a new sports venue was built in River Heights for lawn bowling, an extremely popular sport in Winnipeg and Western Canada that had been a part of local organized athletics scene from the late 19th...
The Uptown Theatre
Association News
September 26, 2016
As the silver screen became the most popular form of entertainment in North America, movie theatres truly became "picture palaces" in the decades of the 1920s and 30s. The Uptown Theatre, a reincarnation of a Moorish town, represents one of the best movie houses in Winnipeg from that golden era....
Academy Road Service
Association News
September 26, 2016
Originally, Academy Road was a streetcar route linking River Heights to downtown. Ridership peaked in 1920 when the system carried 65.2 million passengers. Passenger traffic steadily declined after 1920 due to the Depression and World War ll, but especially owing to the growth in automobile...
The Julia Clark School
Association News
September 26, 2016
Early Winnipeg lacked many types of health and social services as it made the transition from frontier community to urban centre. The Christian Women’s Union of Winnipeg was formed in 1883 to care for children who had been abused, neglected or abandoned. So rapid was its growth, the...
J. Ashdown House
Association News
September 26, 2016
This great mansion at 529 Wellington Crescent was built as the private home of the J.H. Ashdown family. The building is located on the north side of Wellington Crescent, with Shaarey Zedek Synagogue to the west between the Maryland Bridge and the temple. James H. Ashdown was one of the city's...
Shaarey Zedek Synagogue
Association News
September 26, 2016
Construction began on the Shaarey Zedek Synagogue, the first large synagogue built in Winnipeg’s south end, in January of 1949, and was completed in the Fall of the following year.Sited at the intersection of Wellington Crescent and Academy Road, with its north elevation facing...
Shriners' Children's Hospital
Association News
September 26, 2016
This is a fraternal organization often called the "playground of the Masons." The Shriners are a high order of Freemasons, and members must first be members of the 32nd Degree Scottish Rite or Knight Templar of the York Rite. The Shriners began in New York in 1872 when two Masons decided that...
