Shape Oshawa returns to Oshawa Centre May 1
Mark your calendar for the Shape Oshawa Open House at Oshawa Centre (419 King St. W.) in front of Old Navy on Wednesday, May 1 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. You could win a $25 Oshawa Centre gift card!
The City of Oshawa’s Open House returns this spring with another full day of interactive displays, give-a-ways and vehicle displays and even more opportunities to connect with staff from key program and service areas.
Have your say
We need your feedback on a number of City projects and initiatives now available for public input on Connect Oshawa. Drop in to discuss them in-person with City staff and complete an online or paper feedback form.
As a thank you for your participation, those who complete a feedback form between Wednesday, May 1 and Friday, May 3 at 4:30 p.m. will have the chance to win one of ten $25 gift cards for the Oshawa Centre. Full prize conditions and details are available below.
Learn and explore
Browse our interactive displays where you can ask questions and learn more about many of the City’s programs and services, including:
- fire safety;
- City Centennial and downtown events;
- jobs and recruitment;
- diversity, equity and inclusion;
- waste collection and diversion programs;
- recreation programs;
- pet adoption and fostering programs;
- cycling trail networks and active transportation opportunities;
- municipal by-law and licensing services; and much more!
Families won’t want to miss Sparky the Fire Dog who will be making appearances throughout the day, or the chance to see firsthand some of the unique vehicles in Oshawa’s fleet, including the electric-powered Boomer Buggy, which performs sidewalk inspections across our city. Take photos in our Parks garden display and at a 100+ selfie booth.
For City of Oshawa updates, visit Oshawa.ca/NewsCentre to follow us on social media, subscribe to news and alerts, and have your say on Connect Oshawa.
Shape Oshawa Draw Rules & Conditions |
As a thank you, community members who submit completed The Corporation of the City of Oshawa (the “City”) community engagement forms on live projects (“Feedback Forms”) between 12:00 a.m. Wednesday, May 1, 2024 and Friday, May 3, 2024, by the deadline of 4:30 p.m. on Friday, May 3, 2024 (the “Deadline”), will have the opportunity to enter a prize draw (the "Shape Oshawa Draw") for the chance to win one (1) of ten (10) $25 gift certificates to the Oshawa Centre.
Rules & Conditions for Shape Oshawa DrawThe Shape Oshawa Draw is open to anyone 18 years of age or older who is an Oshawa resident, business or property owner or a student enrolled at a post-secondary institution in Oshawa. Participants may enter the Shape Oshawa Draw by completing and submitting a Feedback Form(s):
Each completed Feedback Form submitted will count as a new entry. In order to be considered complete, the Feedback Form(s) must contain constructive input with respect to the form’s topic. The City reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to determine whether a Feedback Form is considered complete to qualify for entry into the Shape Oshawa Draw. No purchase is required to enter the Shape Oshawa Draw. The City reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to disqualify any participant who violates the Shape Oshawa Draw Rules & Conditions. The winners of the Shape Oshawa Draw gift card prizes will be selected by random draw. The odds of being selected to win a gift card will depend on the total number of eligible entries received by the Deadline. No more than one (1) prize will be awarded to a single person. The potential winner will be contacted by the City between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Friday, May 10, 2024 via the preferred contact method provided on the submitted Feedback Form and receive instructions at that time regarding how to claim the gift card. If a potential winner does not claim their gift card as directed by the City within five (5) business days of being contacted by the City via email or phone, a new potential prize winner will be selected by random draw. Any subsequent new potential prize winner will have five (5) business days to claim the gift card after receiving notice by the City. This process will continue until the gift card has been claimed. Prior to claiming the gift card prize, a potential winner must show valid government-issued photo identification, and any other information required by the City in its sole and absolute discretion, to City staff containing a current photo, name and address, or an Oshawa post-secondary institution student card to confirm their identity and eligibility for the Shape Oshawa Draw. Employees of the City of Oshawa are not eligible for the Shape Oshawa Draw prize. Substitution prizes are not available and the gift card is non-exchangeable, non-transferable and is not redeemable for cash. By participating in the Shape Oshawa Draw, Entrants agree that all decisions of the City in relation to the Shape Oshawa Draw, including the determination and awarding of the gift cards, are in the City's sole and absolute discretion and are both final and binding upon the Entrant. The City reserves the right to cancel the Shape Oshawa Draw at any time for any reason without further notice and without any compensation to any person. The Entrant acknowledges and agrees that as a condition of accepting the gift card, the Entrant agrees to indemnify the City from and against any and all actions, charges, claims, costs, damages, demands, liabilities, losses, suits, proceedings, costs and expenses, including, but not limited to, claims for personal injury or for property damage, resulting from or relating to the Entrant's participation in the Feedback Forms, the Shape Oshawa Draw or the acceptance, use or misuse of the gift card by the Entrant or any other person. By participating in the Shape Oshawa Draw, the Entrant hereby releases and holds harmless the City from any and all actions, charges, claims, costs, damages, demands, liabilities, losses, suits, proceedings, costs and expenses, including, but not limited to, claims for personal injury or for property damage, resulting from or relating to the Feedback Forms, the Shape Oshawa Draw or the acceptance, use or misuse of the gift card prize. By participating in the Feedback Forms and/or the Shape Oshawa Draw, the Entrant acknowledges and agrees that personal information may be collected and disclosed by the City pursuant to the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, as amended. The Entrant acknowledges and agrees that the City may contact the Entrant with respect to the Shape Oshawa Draw by email or phone. |