Inglewood: The Calgary community comes of age

So you've got a bit of money in your pocket, a spring in your step, it's warm outand you want to bewhere the action is.

Time to hit one of Calgary's main streets.

• Calgary's many main streets and what they say about the city's character
• Kensington Road: What makes it all it is?

In Calgary's oldest community, residents are working hard to maintain the character and charm of their mainstreet.

They've even comeup with theacronym for how they want it to lookgoing forward:KISS "keep it slightly sleazy."

According to a 2014-2015 city survey of Ninth Avenue S.E., KISS is not a call forlittered sidewalks,sex shops and seedy bars. It's more like a protest against thegentrification of Inglewood.

"It's true. None of us want to see this place become completelyhomogeneous, you know, with all the same people," saidlongtime resident Liz Tompkins.

• AUDIO |Main Streets:Inglewood

The City of Calgary figures there areabout 24 main streetsin Calgary each one a uniquejumbleof shops, sidewalks,restaurants, coffeeshops and homes that cometogether to create a bit of urban magic.

As part of our Calgary at a Crossroads projects, the Homestretch's Jenny Howehas been pulled on her boots and iswalking our main streets.

• AUDIO | Main Streets: Kensington
• AUDIO |Main Streets: Higher Grounds Coffee Shop
• AUDIO |Main Streets: Purple Perk regular Gerry Edwards
• AUDIO |Main Streets: Origins, Evolution, Success of Calgary's Main Streets

Calgary at a Crossroads is CBC Calgary's special focus on life in our city during the downturn. A look at Calgary's culture, identity and what it means to be Calgarian. Read more stories from the series at Calgary at a Crossroads.