Engage in a conversation about our community

1000 Conversations to Shape Our Future

Waterloo Region Community Gathering

Come help shape the future of your community.

This year you participated in a conversation about community as part of Tamarack – An Institute for Community Engagement’s 1000 Conversations to Shape Our Future campaign.  We want to thank you for sharing with us, now it is our turn to share with you.  We would like to invite you to a gathering we are hosting in collaboration with New Story Group, the Kitchener-Waterloo Social Planning Council, Festival of Neighbourhoods, Multicultural Cinema Club and the Abrahamic Peace Builders.  This gathering will be a chance to connect with the many different people who have shared in this campaign, to hear the stories and insights that emerged and then together help shape a vision for community in Waterloo region.

Come join us to learn, have fun together and create a common vision for our community.  A free lunch and child care is provided.

Date February 8^th

Time: 10am-1pm

Location: K-W YWCA Mary’s Place Community Room 84 Frederick St, Kitchener

Please RSVP by February 5th. Register at http://whatcommunitymeans.eventbrite.ca or contact Gillian 519-579-1096 Ext *3008. 

Questions?  Contact: Derek Alton – Derek@tamarackcommunity.ca

Neighbourhood Mobilization Alliance Meeting, Wed, January 15

The next Neighbourhood Mobilization Alliance meeting is Wednesday, January 15th at 7pm in the Conestoga Room of Kitchener City Hall.

Our last meeting, November 20th was not held due to lack of representation from the City. We will be discussing the items on the November 20th agenda on Wednesday evening.

We hope to see you on Wednesday

Neighbourhood Association Meeting, Sat 11, !0 am

Come join us for our Neighbourhood Association Meeting, Sat 11, !0 am.

We will be in room 201 of the Breithaupt Centre. Executive members will be there and the public is always welcome. 

MHBPNA programming at Breithaupt Centre

In November of 2013 we announced several programs we were proposing to run at the Breithaupt Centre. The majority of the programs there are run by the City. If our neighbourhood association runs programs and profits from them, then we can use those funds and do other things for our community.

Due to low enrollment, only one program will be running in January: 

CREATIVE LEGO BUILDING  
4-6 Years              Thu  5:30- 6:30 pm Jan 16       153509
Fee: $25.00   /8 wks
Play based free form LEGO building. Let your child's imagination build!  10 lbs of assorted LEGO and lots of kids.

There are still a few spots left in this program, so you can sign up in person at the Breithaupt Centre, or by entering "webreg kitchener" in Google or another search engine.

Survey for Statues in Victoria Park is now open

Victoria Park is within easy walking distance of MHBP and we often head there for festivals and other events, or just for a walk or bike ride. 

Recently, there has been a proposal to sponsor sculptures of all the Canadian Prime Ministers be created and placed in the Park. This would be part of the 2017 Canadian Sesquicentennial celebrations.

The city of Kitchener has a detailed page of information and links to explain the project. And there is also a link to a survey for everyone to vote.

Please read the city's information here and then vote here. It is up to all of us to decide whether or not we'd like to walk past Kim Campbell staring towards the clock tower, or Joe Clark kicking back with the trees and the grass. What are your views on Wilfrid, Charles, Richard, Pierre, Lester, John, John, John or John (among others) coming to our park for only $300,000 from taxpayer money?

Highlights from 2013 #1

Walking around the neighborhood over the past couple of weeks I have talked to a few people at house parties, walking their dogs and at the lantern walk. The "old Electrohome building" (AKA 152 Shanley) comes up as a topic. "What is going on with that building?" I am asked.

I would like to remind all the Blog readers that we posted two articles a few months back to explain the history and current status of the buildings. The first article is here and the second article is here.

We don't have anything new to report at this time, but we will talk with city officials about the progress of the "tax sale" and if any parties have shown interest in the site.

Stay tuned for more "highlights" from the past year.

More Photos from the Lantern Walk, Dec 23, 2013

Here are some additional photos from the Lantern Walk. We saw very beautiful lanterns made of ice, paper, glass etc. Thanks very much Julie!

If you click on the first one you can progress through all of them like a slide show.