The Downtown Commercial Core has joined the over 150 communities across the city that have community associations.

The association announced their legal incorporation last week. It marked a major milestone after discussions to form the association began last year.

The newly formed association plans on running a newsletter, programs, and events tailored for Downtown core residents.

“Now that we’re legally Incorporated, that means we can do all of those actual legitimate things,” said Paul Fairie, one of the co-founders of the association.

“We’ve been working with the city and neighbouring associations for a couple months, but now we can actually do things rather than just meet,” he said.

Currently, there are six board members for the association. Several dozen more downtown core residents have said they are looking to help with association events.

As a part of Calgary’s Greater Downtown Strategy, the idea is to create more of a neighbourhood feel. In that is a plan to bring more events and routine services to the area.