Acadia Community Garden and Acadia Resident's Information Session

Hi Everyone,

The Acadia Community Garden and the Acadia Residents Information Session are coming up in November.  I posted the details here:

Acadia Community Garden Next Meeting

Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 7:00pm at the ARC. Contact: Corinne Sandhurst 403-253-2577 or emailacadiagarden@yahoo.ca. Come and Join Us.

The garden's facebook page is: Acadia Community Garden - please "like" us and help spread the word!  Our main winter goal is getting the word out about the garden proposal.  The proposed site is

Acadia Residents Information

Session - Everyone Welcome!

Saturday, November 24, 2012 from 1:00-3:00 pm

at the ARC - 240 - 90 Ave S.E. in Rose Hall

1. Crime Prevention - safety and security

2. Bluffs/meadows mile - Development update along Blackfoot Trail

3. Acadia Strong Neighborhood Initiative - Survey Results

Please come and get updated on these topics

Mix & Mingle with Snacks & Refreshments - Coffee, Tea, etc.

For more news - Click here for the Acadia Community Association website   


I know some residents do not receive the "Hello Acadia" newsletter, so here is the link to the digital version:  Click here for the November Hello Acadia

Here is the November update for the Calgary 2012 gigyyc.com Acadia Community Garden grant posted on the gigyyc.com website today:   Calgary 2012 Acadia Garden Grant page


Sincerely,

Corinne

The Calgary 2012 Lipdub video is out Tomorrow 9 am

I wrote a bit about our families involvement with the Sweet City Woman lipdub on the Suburban Calgary Artist Network - It comes out tomorrow and Calgary 2012 would love to see the lipdub video go viral.

For the lipdub tomorrow starting at 9 am   http://www.youtube.com/user/Calgary2012cc?feature=mhee

For a bit about how at least 4 Acadia residents were involved - http://southcalgaryartistnetwork.blogspot.ca

If you know anyone else connected to Acadia (live/work/play/School) I would love to write a post about where to find them in the video.

What fun it was!

All the best,

Corinne

Sweet City Woman Lipdub and WSKEO #100

All of Calgary has been invited to come Saturday at 10 am and join in making the lipdub of our awesome city!  It's going to be fun!   For more info - http://calgary2012.com/lipdub

It's an incredible weekend to check out interesting buildings that are off limits to the public.  Check out http://www.doorsopenyyc.org  for all the amazing events.  One event is "We Should Know Each Other #100" at King Edward Open Doors event.  http://transformkingedward.ca.  

It's also Alberta Culture Days http://culture.alberta.ca/culturedays/default.aspx

Wow! This is an Awesome City!

Have a great weekend!

Corinne

Acadia Community Association AGM Sept 7 7 pm

Acadia community association annual general meeting! Sept 27 7 pm. Hope to see you there!

Acadia Community Garden - Calgary 2012 Grant Winner!

We are delighted to report that the Acadia Community Garden is a recipient of one of the August www.gigyyc.com grants for $1200.00. We were one of the Cultural Ambassador picks. Thank you Calgary 2012!

Thank you to everyone that voted for the garden! We could not have received our grant without you!

Congratulations to all the other public and cultural ambassador grant recipients.

If you have a great idea for a grassroots initiative for Calgary, there is still time to put in your grant application and get everyone voting for your project for the next round of grants!

Here is the link to our project http://www.gigyyc.com/event/2012/acadia-community-garden

The next meeting will be in October, the date will be announced soon.

Please share the wonderful news with everyone in the community of Acadia!

My View from Acadia July 24, 2012

I am delighted to share with you information about the following:

1. Second annual "Acadia Arts/Culture/Good Eats' Jane's Walk for May 2013, 
2. South Calgary Artist Network (SCAN)
3. The Acadia Community Garden 
4. My blog, “My View from Acadia”
5. Calgary 2012 GIGYYC Grants for grassroots projects throughout the city 
6. Grants for grassroots projects in the community of Acadia 

 Details as follows: 

1.  Acadia Jane’s Walk - http://www.janeswalk.net/

1A.  If you have any ideas for other arts/culture/good eats stops for the Jane's walk, please let me know.  I would like to encourage anyone with any type of connection to Acadia (live/work/play/go to school/love of Acadia) to get involved in showcasing arts/culture/heritage/good food including performing (dance/sing/comedy/act/anything)  along the way for walkers, displaying their visual/performance art etc.  

1B If you would like to be a stop along the way, we would pop in for about 5 minutes (unless you wanted us for longer) and we would love to hear history about your business/organization or involvement in the community, why you are in Acadia, what your most popular or personal favorite  Acadia Commuinty  food/drinks/arts/culture/heriitage/history/stories and your favourite places to go in Acadia.  

Please let me know if this is of interest and/or if we could put up advertising to get the word out about the Jane's walk (postcards or small poster).

2.  Suburban Calgary Artist Network -  http://southcalgaryartistnetwork.blogspot.ca/

If you would like to be included on the blog for the Suburban Calgary Artist Network (formerly known as the South Calgary Artist Network), please let me know.  I could set it up as an interview, or you can just send me a blurb about you/your business/organization and/or your connection to the arts/culture/heritage in one of the suburbs of Calgary.  We are a new network and our intent is to connect individual artists and groups of all abilities, ages and disciplines in the suburbs to help create awareness of the vibrant arts communities outside of downtown. 

3. My View from Acadia Blog - http://acadiastrongneighbourhoodinitiative.blogspot.ca/  

I have my own blog called My View from Acadia  I would be happy to include info about your business and/or community involvement on it.  One of my goals for being a volunteer with the Acadia Strong Neighbourhood Initiative to strengthen the connection between Acadia residents and our Acadia businesses. 

4. Acadia Community Garden - We are in the beginning stages of developing a community garden in Acadia with the support of the Acadia Community Association and the City of Calgary.  If you are interested in learning more, please contact Linda Berry at acadiagarden@yahoo.ca 

Please consider voting for the Acadia Community Garden on the Calgary 2012 grassroots initiative grant website - anyone can vote and your votes count every day!!!!  Please ask your friends and families to vote too!  http://www.gigyyc.com/event/2012/acadia-community-garden

1. Private Acadia Community Garden Blog - if you are interested please ask me for an invite to it:  http://acadiacommunitygarden.blogspot.ca/?zx=cc2694f12909919c
2. Follow on Pinterest:http://pinterest.com/cpsandhurst/community-garden-ideas/  
3. Follow on Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/pages/Acadia-Community-Garden/276681105730429 

5.  Calgary 2012 Grants - www.gigyyc.ca   has grassroots grants that Cultural Ambassadors and the public are voting on.   Each month 24 projects receive funding.  I am one of the Cultural Ambassadors.  If you have a great community grassroots idea - please consider applying for your project and ask everyone you know to vote vote vote for you too!

6. Acadia Strong Neighbourhood Initiative  - Grants through the City of Calgary available 10 years of varying amounts each year to give out and be used by Dec 31 each year.  Applications are easy just in case you know anyone that has a great Acadia grassroots community idea. This year, the amount is $2000.00 or less.  The City of Calgary Contact is Viviana Reinberg  for more info and applications for the grants as well as other community initiatives.

Viviana Reinberg, MSW, RSW 

Community Social Worker 

Community & Neighbourhood Services, The City of Calgary 

South Area, 502 Heritage Drive SW 

Mailing address: P.O. Box 2100, Stn. M, # 100, T2P 2M5                    

403, 537-7596,  Fax: 403, 221-3568

Thank you for your consideration.  Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns or would like more information about any of the above. 

Sincerely,

Corinne Sandhurst

Calgary 2012 Cultural Ambassador 

Acadia Jane’s Walk Leader

Acadia Strong Neighbourhood Inititiave Volunteer

Acadia Community Garden Volunteer

Corinne and Geoff Sandhurst, Artist

23 Atlanta Crescent SE

Calgary, AB

T2J 0X9

403 253-2577

http://sandhurstsculpture.blogspot.com/           www.sandhurstsculpture.ca

Sweet City Woman LipDub call for participants

As a part of this year's Cultural Capital of Canada activities, Calgary 2012 will produce a video to celebrate the authentic and inclusive spirit of Calgary. The video will utilize the popular “Lip Dub” format, and will feature the Calgary 2012 Cultural Capital theme song, Sweet City Woman by the band The Stampeders. Register yourself or your community group, sports team, office department, dance school, art troupe, congregation, club, family or circle of friends to participate by 4:30pm on Friday, June 29, 2012!

http://www.calgary2012.com/lipdub

Why not put together a group of amazing Acadians! I started a team  and you are welcome to join it or start your own.   Interested in joining mine?  (403) 253-2577 or email corinne.sandhurst@gmail.com

It's going to be fun!

Corinne

My View from Acadia - June 2012

South Calgary Artist Network - This Thursday, June 21 from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm at the Fish Creek Library.  We are a small group just starting out.  Purpose - to connect artists from all over at a free south location, with free parking and free coffee/tea generously provided by the Fish Creek Library. All Ages, All Disciplines, All Welcome.   Have a project to share? We would love to hear about it. Practice your presentation skills on us! Geoff will share his experiences with  collaborative process working with 550 students to create an outdoor sculpture if no one else would like the podium!
http://www.globaltvcalgary.com/video/prairie+sculpture/video.html?v=2240126906&p=1&s=dd#gil+tucker

Got a great idea for a community cultural project but need some seed funds?  Check out  www.gigyyc.com  for a chance at some grants brought to you by Calgary 2012  www.calgary2012.com

Do you think Calgary is Awesome and want to up the awesome factor with an awesome idea?  So do these people - Check out Awesome Calgary for a chance at a grant of $1000.00 directly from the pockets of some Awesome Calgarians: http://www.awesomecalgary.org/

 The Acadia Strong Neighbourhood Initiative has grants available for grassroots Acadia community projects...contact Viviana Reinberg with the City of Calgary at:
Viviana Reinberg, MSW, RSW
Community Social Worker

Community & Neighbourhood Services, The City of Calgary
South Area, 502 Heritage Drive SW
Mailing address: P.O. Box 2100, Stn. M, # 100, T2P 2M5                   
403, 537-7596,  Fax: 403, 221-3568

Sweet City Woman Lipdub - the whole city of Calgary is invited to help out in September.  Be part of my lipdub team or start your own!  http://www.calgary2012.com/lipdub  Deadline for your team is June 29th.  There are examples on the link - it will be amazing!  Interested in joining my team?  Contact corinne at corinne.sandhurst@gmail.com

Looking for an interesting baby or child gift - consider checking out http://babybot.com/  They are not in Acadia but they will ship to your home and are a Calgary on-line business.   I saw their items at the SIT Pop up store that is open until October.
SIThttp://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Domicile+Interiors+furnishing+Calgary+homes+businesses/6651977/story.html

Want to meet some neighbours?  I am looking for likeminded people to consider starting in Acadia what Brentwood is doing with MONdays  (meet your neighbour on a monday since 2009).  Check out this facebook site:
https://www.facebook.com/events/401475026571837/  WSKEO (We Should Know EAch Other) by Mark Hopkins will be there also. They are meeting at the First free little library - what a great grassroots idea.   Meeting Neighbours, Free Library and inviting the city - what an amazing idea!

Acadia Youth Action Group Contact:

Karla Cote   BSW, RSW

Community Social Worker

Community & Neighbourhood Services, The City of Calgary

South Area, 502 Heritage Drive SW

Mailing address: P.O. Box 2100, Stn. M, # 100, T2P 2M5                   

403, 537-7597,  Fax: 403, 221-3568

Acadia Community Garden - next meeting is The next Acadia Community Garden Meeting is

Wednesday, July 4th 7-8:30 pm at the Acadia Recreation Complex. We appreciate that the Acadia Community Association is provided us with meeting space for the Garden meetings. Thank you!  All welcome!

#Sceneyyc is the twitter hashtag for cultural events happening around Calgary. 

Mobile App for Events around Calgary - http://www.sceneyyc.com/ Calgary 2012 has a mobile app for cultural events in calgary - check it out at calgary2012.ca  

Tourism Calgary official website - visitcalgary.com - Want to know what's going on in town but don't use a mobile app?  Check out the Visit Calgary website.   Add your own events too.

s-PARKS - See Calgary Herald for this interesting and innovative idea from Ald. John Marr - anyone interested in learning more?  http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/seeks+grant+temporary+urban+parks/6797413/story.html

2nd annual Acadia Jane's Walk May 2013  - Acadia Arts,Culture and Good Eats - Interested in being involved or learning more? Please contact me at corinne.sandhurst@gmail.com.  The first one was so much fun, I am leading it again. Where do you love to eat? What artists are here in Acadia - all disciplines, all levels, what is Acadia culture to you?  Where should our walk visit? What is your favourite food shop? I would love your input, advice, involvement, participation!  What is janes walk?   Please see the website at http://www.janeswalk.net/


That's my view from Acadia this month!  

Acadia Community Garden update

We are building our first planter box for the Acadia Community Garden on Sat June 16th. Time to be announced.  It will be a landmark to show the community where the garden will be. All welcome to help build - watch fore more info.

Wed July 4th - 7 -9 pm.  Next Garden meeting and we have a home for our meetings right at the Acadia Rec Complex. Thank you to the Acadia Community Association for providing us with our home!  

Please help get the word out!  Please talk to your neighbours and friends. If you know anyone in the apartments, please encourage them to come check it out!   It's a garden for our whole community!

Confirmed meeting location CO-OP June 6 7-9 pm

Wed. June 6th 7 -9 pm at:

Acadia Calgary Co-op:

8818 Macleod Trail SE
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
T2H 0M4

The Cafe is on the north west corner inside the store.  Please come prepared to support our community Co-Op with purchase of a coffee or....  Co-op confirmed its fine for us to use the cafe as long as we support the cafe while we are there.

http://www.letsfind.ca/ca/alberta/calgary/coop-macleod-centre/1655

Calgary Ukrainian Festival in Acadia!

3rd Annual Calgary Ukrainian Festival - Right here in Acadia June 2 & 3 - at the Acadia Rec Complex.  Awesome!

http://www.calgaryukrainianfestival.ca/

City of Calgary Strong Neighbourhood Int. Update

Acadia Strong Neighbourhood Initiative 

Update-May 2012

From Viviana Reinberg, City of Calgary

(Sorry Everyone - this update looks much better in an email - please email Viviana if you would like her to email it to you - Corinne.)

Viviana Reinberg and Tamara Baldwin

Community Workers, Community & Neighbourhood Services, South Area Office

 viviana.reinberg@calgary.ca , (403- 537-7596), tamara.baldwin@calgary.ca (403- 537-7582)   

The Strong neighbourhood Initiative (SNI) is a way of supporting residents to further strengthen their community’s economic, social, and environmental well-being.  It may involve increasing social contacts, enhancing opportunities or seeking better supports for children and families.  We support residents in identifying priorities and projects they want to undertake.  

Here is a list of activities and projects which residents are involved in:

• A resident’s group

People coming together to discuss issues and identify areas they would like to become involved in.  This group is providing direction to SNI staff and participating in the various activities listed below.  

We welcome new participants to this group so please let us know if you are able to join us. Contact Tamara 403-537-7582 or Viviana 403-537-7596

• Jane’s Neighbourhood Walks

Guided walks organized by The Calgary Foundation in Calgary. A resident from Acadia volunteered to do the Acadia walk which took place May 5^th and was entitled: “Acadia: Past, Present & Future”. Further information: http://www.thecalgaryfoundation.org/ne_upcomingevents.htm

• A Traffic Committee 

This group is being revived.  If you have traffic concerns in Acadia or would like to help please contact Keith 403-862-1589

• A Community Garden Committee

Development of a garden on the grounds of the community association.  If you would like to assist please contact Patricia pdfair@telus.net  or Linda 403-270-841.  

• Youth Action Group

Creation of a youth group where youth identify issues important to them on which they would like to take action.  Youth from 13 to 17 are welcome!

Contact Karla, 403- 537-7597

Other ideas on the table…

• Multi-age, Multi-purpose Playground. 

• Seniors Outreach

• A Cultural Event 

An event showcasing talents, contributions. “Our Acadia, our Culture”?

Emerging Themes 

(From conversations at residents’ gatherings)

• Attend to the diversity in Acadia: needs of immigrants/newcomers.

• Needs of families with  young children

• Accessibility of services- collaborative promotion of existing services/programs 

• Better use of existing physical spaces

The residents group will be looking at these ideas and others that may emerge through the conversation.  Let us know your thoughts around these and/or if you can assist with the organizing of one of them

We continue our efforts to engage residents from Acadia in a variety of ways. The idea is to let people know about SNI and find ways in which they can participate in making Acadia the type of community they envision for their future. Here is a list of activities we are presently working on: 

• An information session 

This is to report back to the community on the findings from the 620 residents who responded to the survey last year.  It’s expected that this will take place in the fall.

• Engaging residents from high density areas

We continue having conversations with residents at townhouses and apartment complexes to make sure everybody’s voice is included, and to give the opportunity to participate in the Acadia SNI. If you live in one of these areas or you can get a group of residents together, we would love to hear from you so that we can look at ways of organizing some type of small scale conversation.

• Supporting the residents and youth group 

We’ll provide information, support in whatever areas they identify for moving forward. 

• Encouraging residents to organize block parties

These are a great way to build neighbourliness and a sense of community. We provide information and support to make these happen.

• Supporting  and promoting new initiatives

We will support the development of social and/or economic initiatives that bring about increased awareness of social issues and/or actions to improve social conditions. 

We need your assistance in promoting these initiatives within the community.  We hope you find this update helpful.

Sincerely,

Viviana Reinberg and Tamara Baldwin

Community Workers, Community & Neighbourhood Services, South Area Office

 viviana.reinberg@calgary.ca , (403- 537-7596), tamara.baldwin@calgary.ca (403- 537-7582)   

This is a blog set-up by a resident of Acadia: http://acadiastrongneighbourhoodinitiative.blogspot.ca/

Acadia is a Strong Community…only YOU can Make it Stronger!

Time is set for the Acadia Jane's Walk - 10:00 am 2 hour walk

Time is set for the Acadia Jane's Walk - 10:00 am 2 hour walk

I am still looking for interesting info to share with participants!

Acadia Jane's Walk May 5th Tentative time 10:30 am

Hi!  I have made up a volunteer Acadia Jane's Walk Blog. Pleasea check it out and consider helping with information or a 2 minute presentation along the walk.  We live in a lovely neighbourhood with wonderful people. Please help me lead an interesting and fun Acadia Walk.

http://acadiajaneswalkvolunteer-corinne.blogspot.ca/

Jane's Walk Blog

http://acadiajaneswalkvolunteer-corinne.blogspot.ca/

Keeping up this blog

Hi Everyone, To avoid confusion, mostly for myself, I am keeping up my blog at this location.  :)  Please stay in touch :)

A Message from Mayor Nenshi

from Info@backyardbees.ca

Kirk Anderson presentation - urban beekeeping
Saturday March 17th, 2012
5:00pm - 9:00pm
Calgary Canoe Club, 6446 Crowchild Trail SW
Pay what you want
Please bring a potluck item and your own coffee/tea mug

The goal of the event is the same as before:

Kirk Andersons presentation begins with a rich storytelling of the birth and life of Backwards Beekeepers in Los Angeles, and more recently NYC, and all the projects it has inspired over the years. Kirks great sense of humor mixes in anecdotes, principles of practice as a community group, and examples of success in practice through-out the presentation. Backwards Beekeepers offering of educational opportunities, mentorship and collaboration with families and community groups has progressed in to becoming one of the largest urban beekeeping communities in North America. Kirk will share stories of these projects by sharing photos and videos highlighting projects taken on by different members of the LA beekeeping community. Eliese Watson of Apiaries and Bees for Communities will share her template, 6 Steps to Building the Hive Mentality. These steps will aid in guiding the goals of the conversation.  By now everyone’s imaginations are stimulated and projects for their own communities start forming. People are free to ask questions, and tangents are very likely realized by the end of the seminar. 

Like a magic switch is turned on, people’s inner ‘villagers’ come alive and the best thing to do here is to put them into small groups and stick crayons in their hands!

There are a number of simple exercises we can offer but at this point people generally know what they want to do and self-govern. We finish things off with some action planning and next steps.

The goal of this event is to have the community of beekeepers formulate a plan for swarm catching throughout the summer coordinated with the advice of Kirks experience. The more people who attend the better! Trust Me! from Info@backyardbees.ca

Blog Name Change Announced - My View From Acadia

I have started a new blog called "My View from Acadia" as I am excited to be blogging about other events and happenings in Acadia as well as the Acadia Strong Neighbourhood Initiative.  If you have any events or happenings that you would like to share with your fellow residents through my blog, please email me at cgsandhurst@shaw.ca.  Thank you!  This will be the last post on the Acadia Strong Neighbourhood Initiative Blog - please check out the new blog at:

http://myviewfromacadia.blogspot.com

Acadia Winter Carnival This Saturday from 11 am - 3 pm

Saturday, Feb 25th, 2012 from 11 am - 3 pm.  Free skate 12:15 - 1:30 pm

Door prizes
Cake Walk
Games, bounce house and lots of fun
hot doges, drinks an dmore...
children free, Adults $2.00

Non perishable food item(s) as a donation to the Calgary Food Bank greatly appreciated.

Sat March 24, 2012 CIWA meeting for Immigrants -Acadia Location

                       CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

              

            For immigrants in Canada – You can get involved!

Come to a workshop and learn about:

• Equality and human rights
• Volunteering and voicing your opinion
• The government and voting
• Being involved in your community

Next workshop date:       Contact:

Saturday, March 24, 2012       Shannon Edeonu (403) 263-4414 ext 199

1:00 – 2:30 pm       Shannone@ciwa-online.com

Christ Moravian Church       Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association

600 Acadia Drive SE, Calgary       www.ciwa-online.com

(403) 271-2700

        

        The Government of Canada provides funding

        to support this initiative. 

                       

Feb 29 6-8 pm followup meeting

This email was sent out to people that came out to the information gathering sessions.  For anyone that has not yet participated, please contact Viviana and Tamara if you would like to get involved.  Please help get the word out to all your Acadia Friends and Neighbours ;)  

If you participated in the Oct/Nov sessions, but did not receive this email....please reply to Viviana and Tamara below;)

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Dear Acadia Resident:

We thank you for your participation at the resident gathering of October-November 2011.  By now, you would have received an update about the Strong Neighbourhood Initiative in Acadia;  and as mentioned in that email, we are planning the next steps. 

As an immediate action, we would like to meet with people like yourself who are familiar with the initiative and have already participated in a first gathering to express views about Acadia. At this time, we would like to take the conversation a bit deeper and go further than the physical aspects of the community. 

As one of the people who expressed an interest in moving forward, we would like to invite you to participate in a conversation café for February 29^th from 6 to 8 pm.  At this event, we are asking you to have a conversation based on the following question:

“In order to leave a legacy for future generations, we need,  we need to have more conversations about….”. 

This time around there will be plenty of opportunity for dialogue and by the end of the session we are hoping that people will identify an area they would like to move forward on.  This might be the first step towards some type of action oriented group.

In order to determine the best location for the size of the group, and prepare for food; we are requesting that you RSVP by February 16^th.  If you need to bring your children to the gathering please let us know and we might be able to offer some type of on-site care.

Thank you again for your interest in this initiative and your desire to make Acadia a better community for everybody.

Sincerely,

Tamara Baldwin

403-537-7582, Tamara.baldwin@calgary.ca

Viviana Reinberg

403-537-7596, viviana.reinberg@calgary.ca

Viviana Reinberg, MSW, RSW Community Social Worker Community & Neighbourhood Services, The City of Calgary South Area, 502 Heritage Drive SW Publish PostMailing address: P.O. Box 2100, Stn. M, # 100, T2P 2M5                 
403, 537-7596,  Fax: 403, 221-3568

Love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic and we’ll change the world.  Jack Layton

Feb 29 6-8 pm followup meeting

This email was sent out to people that came out to the information gathering sessions.  For anyone that has not yet participated, please contact Viviana and Tamara if you would like to get involved.  Please help get the word out to all your Acadia Friends and Neighbours ;)  

If you participated in the Oct/Nov sessions, but did not receive this email....please reply to Viviana and Tamara below;)

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Dear Acadia Resident:

 

We thank you for your participation at the resident gathering of October-November 2011.  By now, you would have received an update about the Strong Neighbourhood Initiative in Acadia;  and as mentioned in that email, we are planning the next steps. 

 

As an immediate action, we would like to meet with people like yourself who are familiar with the initiative and have already participated in a first gathering to express views about Acadia. At this time, we would like to take the conversation a bit deeper and go further than the physical aspects of the community. 

 

As one of the people who expressed an interest in moving forward, we would like to invite you to participate in a conversation café for February 29^th from 6 to 8 pm.  At this event, we are asking you to have a conversation based on the following question:

“In order to leave a legacy for future generations, we need,  we need to have more conversations about….”. 

This time around there will be plenty of opportunity for dialogue and by the end of the session we are hoping that people will identify an area they would like to move forward on.  This might be the first step towards some type of action oriented group.

 

In order to determine the best location for the size of the group, and prepare for food; we are requesting that you RSVP by February 16^th.  If you need to bring your children to the gathering please let us know and we might be able to offer some type of on-site care.

 

Thank you again for your interest in this initiative and your desire to make Acadia a better community for everybody.

 

Sincerely,

 

Tamara Baldwin

403-537-7582, Tamara.baldwin@calgary.ca

 

Viviana Reinberg

403-537-7596, viviana.reinberg@calgary.ca

 

 

Viviana Reinberg, MSW, RSW Community Social Worker Community & Neighbourhood Services, The City of Calgary South Area, 502 Heritage Drive SW Publish PostMailing address: P.O. Box 2100, Stn. M, # 100, T2P 2M5                  
403, 537-7596,  Fax: 403, 221-3568

Love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic and we’ll change the world.  Jack Layton

Acadia Community Garden - Next Meeting February 15, 2012

Tonight was the first meeting for Acadia Community residents interested in creating a community garden behind the Acadia Recreation Centre.  




NEXT MEETING -  Please Come join us!

Date: Wednesday,  February 15^th 2012

Time: 7:00 pm

Location: Acadia Recreation Complex (240 - 90 Avenue SE)

If you have any questions, please contact Patricia Fair at 403-286-9759 or pdfair@telus.net .  


Blog and Facebook
I am starting Acadia Community Garden's private blog and private Facebook page to make it easy for the group to communicate, share pictures of other community gardens, ideas, and planning.  Come out to a meeting, sign up for the blog and Facebook page, and have lots of fun with us!  


Calling all Acadia Artists!
If you are an Artist residing or working in Acadia and are interested in partnering with the community garden group to help beautify the space, please contact Geoff Sandhurst at cgsandhurst@shaw.ca  or (403) 253-2577.  Geoff is also developing a south Calgary Artist Network as a sub group of the CADA Artist Network. Please feel free to call about more info if you are interested. 


Thank you, 


Corinne Sandhurst

Email from the City of Calgary that was sent with Survey results in previous post

Dear Resident of Acadia:

Thank you very much for your interest in the Strong Neighbourhood Initiative. Some of you participated in a resident gathering in October-November of 2011 where we provided more specific information about this initiative. To those of you who did, we thank you for your time and input.   As promised at the gathering, this letter is to update you on the Strong Neighbourhood activities and let you know about the next steps. 

At the gatherings, we presented residents with the information collected through brief surveys, graffiti walls (residents writing ideas on paper attached to a wall) and previous resident gatherings; and participants had a chance to build upon what others offered. In terms of information, we collected everybody’s ideas and have provided you with an updated version of them.  Some of these ideas are related to living within a geographic area such as outdoor recreational activities and facilities, high level of traffic, amenities, etc. Be assured that we will make sure that all these concerns are kept in mind as we progress forward. At the gatherings, it was apparent that people enjoyed meeting neighbours and had a good time engaging in conversation with them. We will keep this in mind by allowing time for socializing in our future plans.  

As next steps, we will be hosting a meeting with those people who expressed an interest in taking the initial ideas further. At the same time, we will continue meeting with residents who don’t know about the initiative by having smaller scale gatherings at different locations in Acadia.

Another piece of update is about the surveys. Last fall, we were busy collecting a total of 613 surveys both in-person and on-line. Five people were the lucky winners to gift cards from the names of those entered for survey prizes. We will be letting you and the rest of the community know about the results of the surveys when the compilation of the data is completed.

We will be in touch with you to let you know about new developments and concrete initiatives that people might be interested in pursuing. In the meantime, you can find information about SNI at:

  http://acadiastrongneighbourhoodinitiative.blogspot.com/

                                                                                          

Thank you again for your participation and ideas.

Tamara Baldwin

403-537-7582, Tamara.baldwin@calgary.ca

Viviana Reinberg

403-537-7596, viviana.reinberg@calgary.ca

Viviana Reinberg, MSW, RSW Community Social Worker Community & Neighbourhood Services, The City of Calgary South Area, 502 Heritage Drive SW Mailing address: P.O. Box 2100, Stn. M, # 100, T2P 2M5                    
403, 537-7596,  Fax: 403, 221-3568

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