Fun times with neighbours

Thank you to everyone who came out today! 

The weather turned out to be great, if a little windy. 

Plenty of people, some food, soccer, getting to know each other, and even a tiny bit of magic. 

We will definitely have to try this again!

Picnic this afternoon

Despite Arthur's best efforts, we are on for the neighbourhood picnic this afternoon. Join us at the Orlebar Park at 1pm and bring a snack to share with your neighbours. Don't forget your water and sunscreen!

Rain date

Just in case... Still hoping for Arthur to pass us by in time for Sunday afternoon... but...

Rain date for the neighbourhood picnic is next Sunday, July 13th at 1pm.

Check here, on twitter, or on Facebook for updates this weekend.

Picnic!!

First Meet and Greet

Last night, there was an initial group meeting of residents.  The objective behind the meeting was to build neighbourhood awareness, and build community through an informal meet and greet.  One component of the gathering was updating residents on a micro-grant application submitted by a few area residents.

It was quite neat to meet so many people interested in seeing where this goes.

For those who couldn't make it, we chatted about our interest in developing a stronger sense of community in the neighbourhood and exploring ways to make the park a place for all age groups.

As a first step, we thought we'd set a date for a neighbourhood picnic. The date we are working with is July 6th, around 1pm, at the park.

In the meantime, we can keep chatting about the various aspects of the project within the Facebook page. Feel free to share your ideas and thoughts as well, and please keep spreading the word to your neighbours.

The Facebook group was started last month in efforts to start to spread the word and to engage a larger audience, so anyone living in the area bounded by University, Euston, Longworth and Allen is more than welcome to participate.

If you know of people who want to be involved but who don't do Facebook, feel free to share this blog site as a place for basic updates, but we will also have to depend on word of mouth and posters as well. For what it is worth, I also try to post some of this on Twitter under @sammyjmurphy.