Businesses still open as construction on 33rd Avenue S.W. nears completion for an improved resident and visitor experience.
It’s a bit different to visit Marda Loop these days. It’s a little dustier, a little louder and, we must admit, a little more challenging to get around with the road construction.
Marda Loop is one of Calgary’s most dynamic and fastest growing areas, and it’s getting a big makeover of its main street. After a year of construction, the new and improved streetscape is taking shape, and by this fall most work on 33Avenue, and the return of two-way traffic. It will actually be better than the ‘old normal,’ it’ll be a better place to visit, shop and live than ever before,” says Bob van Wegen, executive director of the Marda Loop BIA.
Streetscape improvements include wider sidewalks, curb bump-outs for safer pedestrian crossings and better visibility at intersections. There will also be more trees, planters, new light poles and other colourful decor. And later, there will be a multi-use pathway on 34“It’s really a total makeover, responding to the huge growth of the area into something like a little town centre in the heart of southwest Calgary,” says van Wegen.
Marda Loop’s population has increased by an estimated 15 per cent, and the number of businesses has increased by almost 50 per cent, from 130 in 2014 to over 190 today, so the project supports growth into the future.anniversary of the founding of the Marda Loop BIA, the organization of local businesses that puts on the Marda Gras Street Festival . The BIA started out with only 79 businesses, and some of them are still in operation.
“As a new business owner in the area that offers a service-based business that is about making women feel their best, I love that Love the Loop has offered my clients the ability to get rewarded for supporting me and other businesses while we navigate the construction season,” says Kelly Summers, owner of Belle Beauty Lounge. “Everything helps! And we appreciate the work the BIA is doing.
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