Celebrating Heritage Day 2015

CELEBRATING HERITAGE DAY 2015

Main Street: At the Heart of the Community on February 16, 2015

Ottawa, ON, August 20, 2014 – For Heritage Day 2015, Heritage Canada The National Trust encourages Canadians to celebrate Main Street: At the Heart of the Community. The National Trust promotes the third Monday in February as Heritage Day and has long advocated adopting this date as a national holiday.

Our Main Streets and traditional downtowns are a heritage worth celebrating! As venues for commerce, entertainment, worship, shopping and more, they speak volumes about a community's social and economic history.

Providing a rich and textured backdrop are the historic buildings that line our main streets: landmark post offices and places of worship, commercial architecture with enticing display windows, and homegrown shops and cafés that together create a vibrant mix of services and uses.

Heritage Day offers community groups and municipalities the chance to celebrate the heritage of Main Street—an asset that attracts new residents, invites tourists, and stimulates new investment—the foundation for a vibrant economy and a sustainable future.

Learn more by visiting www.heritagecanada.org. Stay tuned for the release of our 2015 Heritage Day poster!

For further information: 
Carolyn Quinn, Director of Communications 
cquinn@heritagecanada.org
Telephone: 613-237-1066 ext. 229; Cell: 613-797-7206