Placemaking

Downtown Kitchener has a distinctive energy that makes it unique, special, and instantly recognizable to all who know and love it. It’s the heart of innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship for the region, steeped in history and filled with pride. 

To reflect this energy, the combined teams of Arts & Entertainment and Downtown Development created the Canvas in the Sky initiative, inviting local artists to submit artistic proposals for a vinyl banner series to be hung on light poles along King Street in downtown Kitchener, connecting the west side to the east side.