Champions and MotivatorsWhat is in motion?In motion is a provincial strategy to help all Manitobans make physical activity part of their daily lives for health and enjoyment. Our vision is to make adult Manitobans healthier by increasing physical activity in the province to 55% by the year 2015.Most of us already know the importance of active living. Physical activity increases energy, reduces stress and strengthens the heart and lungs. The result is a better quality of life for every age group. Yet less than half of all Manitobans of all ages do enough physical activity to improve their health. What's needed is the motivation to get ourselves and each other 'in motion'. The provincial government has joined with community partners in physical activity, health, healthy living, recreation, sport and education to raise activity levels and reduce barriers to physical activity.In motion has four key components.building partnerships developing strategies for target areasmeasuring successIn motion strategies will focus on five specific groups
ArtspaceCreate. Connect. Collaborate.Artspace is located in the eponymous Artspace Building (also called the Gault Building) in Winnipeg's historic Exchange District.The 55,000 square foot former wholesale warehouse is a place to create, connect and collaborate. It is home to many of Winnipeg's most interesting, important, and innovative artists and arts organizations, including Jazz Winnipeg, Prairie Fire Magazine and the highly-regarded indie film venue Cinematheque. Artistic cooperationArtspace excels at building community. By providing its members, tenants, and the Manitoba arts and cultural community at large with shared administrative support, affordable creation, production, exhibition and administration space, as well as arts management services , Artspace alleviates the isolation of creative practice, encourages collaboration and improves organizational efficiency. The cultural face of the Exchange DistrictArtspace makes deep and enduring positive contribution to the development of arts and culture in Manitob,a and is the major contributor to the Exchange District's standing as a historic and cultural destination.Artspace Inc. and the Artspace Building are the result of the Core Area Initiative a collaboration between Winnipeg's arts community and the three levels of government, targeted at revitalizing the Exchange District