{"id":92057,"date":"2020-11-30T08:00:56","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T13:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=92057"},"modified":"2025-07-23T21:10:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T01:10:52","slug":"giant-christmas-tree-goes-up-at-former-empire-lot-to-add-a-little-light-to-an-unusual-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/giant-christmas-tree-goes-up-at-former-empire-lot-to-add-a-little-light-to-an-unusual-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant Christmas tree goes up at former Empire lot to add a little light to an unusual season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>We&#8217;re all feeling a little stressed these days as COVID-19 fatigue takes its toll, but thanks to a collaborative effort the corner of Main and Centre streets will be a little brighter this season.<\/p>\n<p>Owners of the former Empire lot, the Rotary Club of Huntsville led by Peter Redwood and the Downtown Huntsville BIA, municipal staff, and businesses in the community have collaborated to put up a giant Christmas tree and brighten spirits.<\/p>\n<p>Huntsville Mayor Karin Terziano referred to the initiative as a good news story. &#8220;We\u2019re getting a great big Christmas tree to try to brighten up our COVID\u2026 year,&#8221; she told her fellow councillors at their November 29 meeting.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019ve had some real community spirit here,&#8221; she said of all those who have donated their time or resources towards the project.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox three times per week!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re all feeling a little stressed these days as COVID-19 fatigue takes its toll, but thanks to a collaborative effort the corner of Main and Centre streets will be [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[26,2415,2286,2309],"class_list":["post-92057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-breaking","tag-christmas-tree","tag-community","tag-covid-19"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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