Downtown P.A. gets a spooky redecorating

The money went to the SCFPA to provide more programming. SCFPA director Richard Grenier said it would go towards classes, homework groups, and tutorials for French students.

“The Francophone society is not a lucrative business…We have many cultural events that we do, that most of the time we lose money on, so we’re trying to keep up with the budget.”

The downtown Halloween crawl didn’t just help the SCFPA.

The Prince Albert Downtown Business Improvement District (PADBID) took the opportunity to show off renovations to the downtown.

Dressed as a dragon, Lori Bourne from PADBID was thrilled with the turnout, calling the decorated downtown a “wonderful place to be.

“We’re doing a lot of work downtown with our façade grants and getting some buildings looking brand new, so it’s great to bring people downtown to actually see that,” she said.

Twenty-one downtown businesses had signed up last year for the first trick-or-treat crawl.

This year there were 40.

“Downtown is such a nice area, and they did an amazing job re-facing the businesses,” Grenier said. “We wish to have more people hang out here, come for coffee and go for a walk.”

The path ended at the Prince Albert Museum, where members of the P.A. Historical Society handed out treats.

Their oldest member Rubena Wenzel, at 101, remembers when dressed up children would sing at her door on Halloween to get their candy.

“They don’t do that anymore,” she said.

Still, she was pleased to see so many children involved in the event, and visiting the museum.

“I think it’s important for children to know the history of their city.”

ssterritt@jpbg.ca

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by Spencer Sterritt

Downtown P.A. gets a spooky redecorating

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