Charles Verge conducted an informal survey of Oval users to gauge their level of interest in keeping the oval. The results are very positive. If you’d like to take his survey, you can do so by following this link. Some of his preliminary findings are detailed in this PDF for general users and this PDF [...]
Halifax- January 20, 2011 The Save the Oval Association today expressed excitement over significant progress in gathering funds and support to keep the Halifax Common Skating Oval for community use after the 2011 Games. “Citizens, community groups, and businesses are really pulling together to offer support and raise the funds we will need to build [...]
If you subscribe to AllNovaScotia.com, you have undoubtedly heard that Goodlife Fitness has stepped forward with a donation of $200,000 for the Oval, on the condition that the Oval be named after them. Let me start by saying that I think this is incredible. AllNS also reports that several other companies are interested in doing [...]
Josh Hansen from TakeMe360.com put together these two really cool panoramic images of the Oval. Thanks Josh. You can check out the panoramas here: http://takeme360.com/oval/
Paul Snobelen, the man behind the largest Facebook group in support of the oval put together a great little short video about the Oval. Fantastic stuff. Make sure you also checkout our Flickr pool and add your photos to it.
This just came out yesterday from HRM staff. I’ll post a followup to this this weekend once I have a chance to fully review it. From an initial read, it seems like a step in the right direction. Have a read.
We’re looking for some of your favourite photos to set up a gallery here on the site of you using the Oval. Please send them to info@savetheoval.ca. If you could include captions and whether or not you’d like for them to be attributed to you, that would be great. We won’t use them for anything [...]
The last 24 hours have been pretty dramatic, as I mentioned in my post last evening. As of this second, here are the current stats on this site: 3131 signatures on the petition 3,100 unique visitors to this site yesterday 1,816 unique visitors to the site already today Most traffic is coming from people typing [...]
Wow. That’s all I can really say. This site launched without much fanfare just over 12 hours ago. Throughout the day, you’ve helped us reach 1,271 signatures (as I write this) on the Save The Oval petition. More than 100 signatures an hour! Over the dinner period tonight when this news story was hitting the [...]
We the undersigned would like to petition the Mayor and the Councilors of the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) to make the 2011 Canada Games Skating Oval located on the Halifax North Commons a permanent facility for all citizens of HRM to enjoy.
Recent Posts
- The Save the Oval Association urges HRM Council to Reconsider Rejecting Sponsorship on Tuesday
- Save the Oval Association Commends HRM Staff Report Recommending Keeping the North Common Oval
- Toque and Skates for All – Rally 9:30 am Tuesday at City Hall to Save the Oval
- Emera pledge brings Save the Oval fund to more than $1 million
- Save the Oval Association to Reveal Significant Donation toward Saving the Oval on Saturday
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