February 28, 2014
Potluck:
Please join us for our Monthly potluck dinner at the Winston Heights Community Centre from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Our February potluck will be held on Friday, Feb. 28, 2014 and the following pot luck will be on Friday, March 21st, 2014.
Bring a dish to share and anything special you might like to drink (coffee, tea, juice and water are provided) and come on out to meet your neighbours for some great food and ever better company and conversation. We have toys for the kids to keep them occupied and usually we set up a craft table with markers and stickers and big rolls of paper.
If you’ve not yet made it out to potluck but would like to attend and want more information, please contact Mary-Beth at marybethwalshn2@gmail.com or at 403-209-1691.
*WINSTON HEIGHTS AND MOUNTVIEW ARE LISTED SEPARATELY BUT THE DATA WILL BE COMBINED TO REFLECT A SINGLE COMMUNITY*
Avenue Magazine Annual Best Neighbourhoods
Survey Is Now Open
The annual Avenue magazine Best Neighbourhoods Survey is now open online. Fill out the survey today to tell Avenue what makes your community great. The survey takes less than 10 minutes to complete and closes on Feb. 28, 2014.
You can find a link to the survey at http://www.avenuecalgary.com/survey.
The survey has two parts. The first asks which characteristics and amenities are most important in making a great neighbourhood. For example, survey respondents are asked to rate the importance of safety, friendliness of neighbours and walkability as well as the importance of having a grocery store, schools and parks, among other factors. The second part asks specific questions about your community and how it stacks up.
Avenue has partnered with Leger Marketing to gather the data and to create weighted criteria regarding what makes an excellent neighbourhood. After that, they also include objective third-party data, such as crime statistics, property values and other information, and crunch the numbers to create a ranking of Calgary’s best neighbourhoods.
By taking the time to fill out the survey, you get to have a say in the results. Make sure to do so before the survey closes on Feb. 28, 2014, by visiting http://www.avenuecalgary.com/survey. Keep an eye out for the results in the August 2014 issue of Avenue magazine.
February 25, 2014
Avenue Magazine Annual Best Neighbourhoods
Survey Is Now Open
The annual Avenue magazine Best Neighbourhoods Survey is now open online. Fill out the survey today to tell Avenue what makes your community great. The survey takes less than 10 minutes to complete and closes on Feb. 28, 2014.
You can find a link to the survey at http://www.avenuecalgary.com/survey.
The survey has two parts. The first asks which characteristics and amenities are most important in making a great neighbourhood. For example, survey respondents are asked to rate the importance of safety, friendliness of neighbours and walkability as well as the importance of having a grocery store, schools and parks, among other factors. The second part asks specific questions about your community and how it stacks up.
Avenue has partnered with Leger Marketing to gather the data and to create weighted criteria regarding what makes an excellent neighbourhood. After that, they also include objective third-party data, such as crime statistics, property values and other information, and crunch the numbers to create a ranking of Calgary’s best neighbourhoods.
By taking the time to fill out the survey, you get to have a say in the results. Make sure to do so before the survey closes on Feb. 28, 2014, by visiting http://www.avenuecalgary.com/survey. Keep an eye out for the results in the August 2014 issue of Avenue magazine.
Partners in Crime Prevention Workshop #2: Cybercrime
Date: Wednesday, March 5, 2014 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Location: Glamorgan Community Association 4207 – 41 Avenue SW
Cost: FREE!
Click here to register and to view other upcoming workshops
https://calgarycommunities.com/event/partners-in-crime-prevention-workshop-2-cybercrime/
February 20, 2014
Not everyone could make it to the Munro Park Visioning Session last night so here’s a little background. The idea behind the meeting wasn’t to decide what the park would become after this redevelopment but to help decide on the direction to go with the park over the future (the vision over the next 10-15 years), a plan to follow.
Here’s a quick look at topics that were discussed:
- Things we like about the current park
- The list wasn’t long but the top 2 were:
- Age and size of trees as well as size of the park
- The life brought to the park by the soccer players and their families
- Things we don’t like about the current park
- Most people had the same concerns:
- Homeless and vagrants
- Lack of amenities
- Issues with parking when events are taking place
- Ideas/Suggestions of things the community members would like to see in the park
- These are simply a guide from the community for developers. For lack of a better term, a WISHLIST, in NO particular order, and that may not come to life because of budget, zoning and park size:
- Cafe
- Patio space for restaurants across the alley on south side of park
- Better incorporate the bus stop so it invites people into the park
- Remove most/all of fencing (save the area by the playground)
- Upgrade the play ground
- Walking paths and bermed soccer pitch (possibly rotating from current location)
- Ability to flood above mentioned for possible skating in winter (making the park year round fun)
- Picnic tables and benches
- Flowers and/or flowering trees and shrubs
- Skateboard park (part of the city’s Skateboarding Amenities Strategy or http://www.calgary.ca/CSPS/Recreation/Pages/Skateparks/Skateboard-amenities-strategy.aspx)
- A water fountain
- Under planting of trees for the continual growth of new trees
- Incorporate the parks history
**This is just a small sample of ideas that were brought up. In no way is this a complete and comprehensive list of ideas nor the defining vision of the park.
If you have more ideas/suggestions on the vision of the park please join us at the next event on April 16, 2014 and then the final presentation on May 14, 2014 at the WHM Community Hall.
ONE LAST REMINDER
Don’t forget to tell Calgary how great this community already is by filling out the Avenue Magazine Annual Best Neighbourhoods Survey. Survey close Feb 28, 2014.
http://www.avenuecalgary.com/survey
February 19, 2014
As a volunteer in our community we would like to invite you to Who Done It & Who Won It: Vegas Edition!
This is the Federation of Calgary Communities’ annual volunteer recognition celebration. This year they will be taking us to ‘Vegas’ for a night of fun-money casino games like poker, black jack, and roulette, where you can win up to $1,000,000 in fun-money to bid on exciting prizes!
When: Saturday, March 1, 2014 @ 6:30pm
Where: Winston-Heights Mountview Community Association (520 – 27 Avenue NE)
Cost: FREE!
Dress code: Think Vegas – whatever that means to you
Visit the below link for more event information and to reserve your spot today!
http://whodoneit-vegasedition.eventbrite.ca/
February 18, 2014
Mondays 6-7 p.m., Feb. 24 – May 12 at the Scandinavian Centre, 739 20 Ave NW.
Ages 8-14
Concert participation April 27 and May 17.
For more information and to register phone Marg at 403-273-6681
*if PDF is not shown below please follow: Scandinavian Youth Choir
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