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What's going down... Uptown has Valumart, midtown (even though it's a made up neighbourhood) has Central Fresh and now downtown has their own grocery store. The shelves are getting stocked at J&P Grocery in downtown Kitchener (8 Queen St. N.). Look for an opening

What to do... CBC KW has what must be the definitive list of things to do with your kids this March Break. The Irish Real Life Festival has events for all ages this week - check out their site for the full run down. We've listed a few

What to read. 1. The Pablo Escobar of hummus - Terry Pender takes you deep into the heart of Waterloo's seedy hummus underbelly 2. Digital Kitchener: Putting Smart City Concepts Into Action - how Kitchener is using tech to make it easier for citizens to engage with government

What to read. WeRally 2021 is Waterloo Region's campaign to host the 2021 Canada Summer Games. This Tuesday, February 28, head downtown to THEMUSEUM for a rally to show the evaluation committee why Waterloo is the right choice! Emceed by Mandy Bujold and Mike Farwell, the rally starts

What to read. Michael Litt from Vidyard writes about how being married to a novelist makes him a better leader. GM Canada launched their Maven car sharing service in downtown this week. StyleFrugal in downtown is closing. There's a whiskey bar and a BBQ joint opening in uptown.

What to read. The City of Kitchener plans to spend $900K sprucing up ‘tired’ section of Queen Street - which is awesome as it's the primary way to get from the future LRT stop on Duke into downtown. Our Lady Peace's Raine Maida stopped by Communitech

What to read. Through a random series of connections, I found myself at Jimmy's Lunch with the seemingly everywhere at once Dave Inglis and Emily Squirrell, owner of The Present mediation studio in uptown Waterloo. We had a awesome conversation about meditation over some damn good eggs. If

What to read. Andrew Coppolino takes you around the culinary delights of Belmont Village on the Explore Waterloo Region. As the underpass construction gets closer to finishing, big changes are planned for King Street West with condos, apartments, retail and offices. Apart from rigorous research, experimentation, and verification, the process

Eating and drinking and working. If you've got a few minutes, the City of Kitchener is looking for input on what types events you want to see around town. I tried voting for a winter TacoFest, but there wasn't a write-in field. DineSpecial is a new

Eating and drinking and working. If you enjoy this newsletter, but wished it was on Twitter, then you need to check out #WRTalk on Twitter every Wednesday 7:30 to 8:30pm. I also just found out about In The Loop KW. It's a great place to find