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Spend some holiday time in Downtown New West

Your Holiday Season Guide

With so many fun events, promotions and shops to visit, Downtown New Westminster offers everything you'll need to make your holidays great!

New West is the new Brooklyn

The great press keeps on coming

Keith MacKenzie from The Tyee weighs in on how New Westminster is the next great neighbourhood!  He's glad he made a creative decision to move from East Van.

Burr Block Celebrates Birthday With Bash

Burr Block Celebrates Birthday With Bash

It survived the great fire that destroyed much of downtown New Westminster in 1892 and years of neglect that left it looking a little worse for wear.

At The Helm With The City's Downtown

Kendra Johnston leads BIA with her passion for New West

Record recently caught up with Kendra Johnston, who has been running the Downtown New Westminster Business Improvement Association since late November, for a question and-answer session. Answers have been edited for clarity and length

Merchants (mostly) jolly about sales

Looking better: Kendra Johnston, manager of the Downtown New Westminster BIA, says a better economy, a revitalized downtown and more young families moving into New Westminster means this year's Christmas shopping season has been better downtown this year than in previous years.