You`ve shopped in our shops, eaten at our restaurants, followed us on Twitter, entered our contests, now we`d like to stay in touch via this periodic newsletter.

We don`t want to take up too much of your time, just want to let you know about interesting things happening at our members, special events happening around town, things that make Halifax an exciting place to live.

From now until Valentine`s Day, you`ll find Local Love Notes all over town.  For a $1 donation to a local charity, you can leave a Love Note to someone you secretly admire, to the love of your life, or to simply profess your love for something local.

Given that it was our biggest and most succesful event ever, you didn`t think it would be a one time deal did youÉÉ

This year`s Open City will be held on Saturday, May 11.  There will be Back Door Take Out from some of Halifax`s greatest restaurants, special events at shops, live music and an open invitation to museums and city attractions to open their doors wide open for all to enjoy. 

The goal of Open City is to have you try something new, or to re-experience something in a new way so that you can all become better ambassadors for our fair city.

If your organization wants to get involved, it`s easy, just visit our website click on contact and drop us a line.

Our friends at Brooklyn Warehouse are at it again with a crowdfunding campaign to finance their new kitchen.  It`s a unique way to finance their kitchen reno project and the good news you get to eat your investment.

Wendy Friedman, owner of Biscuit General Store has unveiled plans for her own clothing line, Bonanza which will be hitting the racks this spring.  Read all about it in this piece from the Chronicle Herald.

P’lovers just sent “Hope for Wildlife” over $200 representing the diversion of over 3600 bags from the landfill.  Rather than charging people for bags, P’lovers rewards customers who choose not to take a bag by donating 5 cents on their behalf to a local charity.  Over the last 6 years, P’lovers has diverted almost 36,000 bags and raised almost $1800 for local non-profit organizations.

One of I Love Local's members, Boutique Joliette has been seeing some increased traffice once word got out that one of the local artisans they carry in their boutique had her work featured at the Golden Globes awards this year.