Mark your calendars for August 30, 2024, because that’s when the Uptown Asian Festival is happening! This is the ultimate celebration of Asian culture in Toronto, featuring music, food, art, and more between August 30 and September 1 at Richmond Green Sports Complex: https://www.uptownasianfestivals.ca/
Thank you to our Board Chair, George Vasilache, and Director, Jason Colterman, for attending the event's press conference last Thursday at Lexus of Richmond Hill.
The Richmond Hill Board of Trade is a proud community partner of the Uptown Asian Festival. Special thank you to the Markham, Richmond Hill, Vaughan Chinese Business Association for organizing the event and to the Canadian Asian Heritage Association for organizing this exciting initiative.
We were joined by notable York Region dignitaries: MP Leah Taylor-Roy for Richmond Hill-Oak Ridges-Aurora, Sherry Jiao, on behalf of MP Majid Jowhari for Richmond Hill, MPP Michael Parsa for Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill, MPP Daisy Wai for Richmond Hill, Mayor David West of Richmond Hill, Ward 2 Councillor Scott Thompson, Ward 3 Councillor Castro Liu, Ward 4 Councillor Simon Cui, Vaughan Local and Regional Councillor Mario G. Racco, and Markham Ward 2 Councillor Ritch Lau.
Special thank you to all the sponsors and our community co-partners: Canadian Municipal Business Gateway, The Cross-Cultural Community Services Association and the Vaughan Chinese Business Association.