The Snow Castle is open! For the month of January the Snow Kings winter festival will host concerts and performances in the coolest venue in town. It was a pleasure to participate in its construction, and this year there's a little something extra.

My wife and I - with some help from a few volunteers - have constructed a parklet that is now installed outside the castle gates! It has benches, planters, free book/toy exchange, a community message board, a giant Connect Four game, and bike parking. The parklet will stay outside until the end of March, then it will be disassembled and stored until summer, at which time we'll install it in downtown #Yellowknife . We wanted to make something to make our city streets more welcoming and provide a place for people to enjoy their city.

Thanks for the support from the Institute for Circumpolar Health Research, 8 80 Cities, Makerspace YK, SHIFT NWT, and our volunteers