The Neighbourhood Shop

2169 Gottingen St. Kjipuktuk (Halifax)

The Gottingen St. Neighbourhood Shop is located at 2169 Gottingen Street and is open to the public during set hours on weekdays and weekends. 

The Neighbourhood Shop is a creative hub where local residents are invited to meet and connect with one another, take part in fun and practical activities led by other residents, and work together to plan and grow all sorts of neighbourhood projects. There is nothing for sale in the shop and it is not run for the purpose of generating profit. 

When you come to the shop, you’ll find a range of equipment and supplies, a welcoming team to introduce you to the space, inspirational project ideas, and open invitations to lead and take part in things that interest you. Whether it’s a focus on greening projects, collective cooking, fixing & repairing, fashion and fabrics, or anything else, it’s a space for neighbours to meet and do things with people who live nearby. 

A team of Project Designers will always be around to offer support to help start and grow project ideas that benefit you and the neighbourhood. If we don’t have the knowledge and skills needed to support, we’ll help to find other local residents who can help us to get going!  

Over time we hope to develop more of these spaces, and that they become familiar gathering and co-creation spaces that help to show what public spaces can be when they are designed around people and their natural gifts and creativity.