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We are facing a critical time for the arts, culture, and heritage (ACH) sector. As the pandemic creates global economic instability, governments at all levels are facing significant deficits in the current fiscal year, and are starting to look at their budgets for 2021. As municipal deficits climb, municipalities across Canada have been lobbying federal […]

A Message from EC3 Hello friends, As the COVID 19 situation around the world continues to develop, the Electric City Culture Council (EC3) has been speaking to arts, culture, and heritage (ACH) workers and organizations, artists, and other stakeholders about how best to serve our community. Through these discussions, EC3 continues to roll out Peterborough […]

Guides and Advice for Reopening Arts and Culture Organizations A Message from EC3 Hello friends, It’s official: our region of Ontario has now entered Stage Two of the Reopening Ontario program.  Many businesses and organizations have reopened or are in the process of reopening, and more are getting set to reopen as soon as they’re […]

A Message from EC3 Hello, The COVID-19 crisis has put pressure on many artists and arts, culture, and heritage (ACH) organizations to rapidly adapt their way of working, and their way of reaching out to audiences, sponsors, and donors. Some of these challenges are technological – how to adapt to a digital-first model – and […]

Gift Certificates, Listings, Online Advantage Support and More A Message from EC3 Hello all, During these strange times, it can be a struggle for many organizations to reach their audiences, and, needless to say, it would be really helpful to get some cash flowing. EC3 has been working with the DBIA, and the Chamber of […]

Peterborough Arts Alive: Local Live Streams and Digital Events Hello all, The current pandemic may have shut down pretty much every venue and canceled or postponed more great events than we can count, but Peterborough artists and arts organizations are still hard at work. They’re finding innovative ways of bringing art and entertainment into people’s […]

A Message from EC3 Hello all, We are now in Week 6 of COVID-19’s Canadian shutdown. As the pandemic stretches on, and the shutdown shows signs of continuing for quite a while, governments and other organizations continue to release more programs of support for struggling Canadians. EC3 is working with colleagues across the country, in […]

A Message from EC3 Hello All, This continues to be a strange and stressful time for people across the country, and in particular for artists and ACH (arts, culture, and heritage) workers and organizations. There continues to be a flurry of announcements about new COVID-19 support and recovery programs and changes to existing assistance programs. […]

Dear Friends and Colleagues, EC3 wants to send a shout out to all local artists, cultural workers and arts and heritage organizations. These are very tough times and we want to say thank you for everything you are doing now and all that you do always, to make our cultural lives in Peterborough so rich. […]

PRHC needs N95 masks to help hospital staff working during the COVID-19 epidemic. If you have any unused and unopened masks you would be willing to donate, please follow the instructions below OR drop off in the covered plastic crate on the veranda at 591 Gilmour St. and EC3 will get them to the hospital. […]