Your Town Rising 🇨🇦

We work across Canada inspiring small towns that placemaking success starts right now, with what you have. Read the buzz!

[Your Town Rising 🇨🇦 @YourTownRising]

Yes they can! 😉

[CBC London @CBCLondon]

Can small towns boost their core on a shoestring budget? This group says yes https://t.co/0GnoUapdEW

[Leslie Fournier @StreetsAlive_Pr]

The 2025 @mariposafolk was a huge success! We added some painted guitars to the festival site to celebrate Canadian Musicians in the MFF Hall of fame. (Artists: Gavy Swan-Mansfield / Ron Schell / Mariangela Sherwood / Quinn Lockman @OrilliaLakeCo @cityoforillia @simcoecountyTSC

[Your Town Rising 🇨🇦 @YourTownRising]

Travel is the best teacher

[Leslie Fournier @StreetsAlive_Pr]

Some cities are beyond gorgeous. Prague is one of them. 🇨🇿

[Your Town Rising 🇨🇦 @YourTownRising]

Welcome summer 2025! ☀️

[Leslie Fournier @StreetsAlive_Pr]

Summer on Lake Couchiching.
#Orillia #Ontario #Canada
@OrilliaLakeCo @simcoecountyTSC

[Leslie Fournier @StreetsAlive_Pr]

The collaboration of Streets Alive /Green Orillia /Mariposa Pollinators /Orillia Horticultural Society won the 2025 ‘Ontario Horticultural Association - Community Improvement Award’ for last summer’s Pollinator Friendly Project. @cityoforillia @simcoecountyTSC
@OrilliaLakeCo

[Leslie Fournier @StreetsAlive_Pr]

This is what a couple of hours of community cleanup looks like 👊 @cityoforillia

[Leslie Fournier @StreetsAlive_Pr]

Cycling season is before us and this is how we welcome cyclists to downtown Orillia. A little creativity goes a long way!

[The Weather Network @weathernetwork]

Canadians have a reputation for being nice. Our geese, on the other hand? They didn’t earn the nickname “cobra chicken” for nothing. 😂 Have you ever been personally victimized by a Canada Goose?

https://t.co/sy9Cdvk2bN

[Leslie Fournier @StreetsAlive_Pr]

Celebrating on skates today!
🇨🇦🏒🎉🏆🇨🇦
First🥇Never Fifty-first 🙄
#TeamCanada
@_CanadaHockey

[Your Town Rising 🇨🇦 @YourTownRising]

So exciting to see so many small towns and downtowns filling main streets with holiday theme placemaking initiatives this year! All it takes is vision and can-do spirit ❄️☃️

[Leslie Fournier @StreetsAlive_Pr]

O … rillia! A few of the many images captured this summer. Find this piece at the Port Building and near the shore of Lake Couchiching. #publicart #placemaking #sunshinecity #orilliaontario

[Leslie Fournier @StreetsAlive_Pr]

Could this be anywhere other than Winnipeg International Airport? #TourismManitoba #Winnipeg #BisonArt #IndigenousArt @cityofwinnipeg

[Your Town Rising 🇨🇦 @YourTownRising]

And a heat wave all week! ☀️😎

[Leslie Fournier @StreetsAlive_Pr]

Manitoba bound. Spending a week in 6 communities along the Yellowhead Hwy#16. Walkabouts and presentations on revitalization!

[Your Town Rising 🇨🇦 @YourTownRising]

We're off to southwest #Manitoba in a week to work with six small towns over five days. The path to #placemaking success starts where you are right now, and with what you have ☀️

[Your Town Rising 🇨🇦 @YourTownRising]

Support your local downtown coffee shops and eateries. They're your vital cornerstones for foot traffic on main streets

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

I like this kind of simple innovation for enjoying our city. A Dutch start-up makes table tops that fit perfectly on Amsterdam's historic bollards.

There are 38k bollards in the city. That’s a lot of opportunity to be more social & civic. Via @adamtranter

[Leslie Fournier @StreetsAlive_Pr]

Manatoulin’s Cup & Saucer Trail is something special! #ManatoulinIsland #Ontario

[Your Town Rising 🇨🇦 @YourTownRising]

Did you know that North America’s smallest jailhouse is in #Tweed Ontario? Right on the Main Street! @HastingsCounty1

[Leslie Fournier @StreetsAlive_Pr]

Not a fan of plywood over downtown windows, so we did this! Temporary solution, but still an improvement!! (Artist: Steph Dunn) #Publicart #StreetsAlive2024 #pollinatorfriendly

[Leslie Fournier @StreetsAlive_Pr]

My friend and photographer Deb Halbot captured this beautiful shot of my daughter and friend at the @mariposafolk. The best of summer in #Orillia in one image!

[Leslie Fournier @StreetsAlive_Pr]

Night sky at @mariposafolk