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From: Trudy Beaulne, Festival of Neighbourhoods Committee
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Re: 16 Annual Kitchener Festival of Neighbourhoods
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Sunday October 25, Kitchener City Hall
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Kitchener’s Festival of Neighbourhoods is a not-for-profit initiative open to Kitchener residents and
organised in by a three way partnership of the City of Kitchener, the Social Planning Council of
Kitchener-Waterloo, and John MacDonald Architect.
Every year since 1994, Festival of Neighborhoods has invited citizens to plan events or projects in their
neighbourhods and to register these with the Festival. To qualify, a clear neighbourhood areas must be
defined and activities must have been open to all neighbours in that neighbourhood area. neighbourhoods
that bring people together. Activities that are held between April 1 and October 1 may qualify to be
registered $10,000 capital improvement grant from the City.
Doon Mills neighbourhood
The, defined as Robert Ferrie Dr., Marigold Crt., and Topper Woods Cres.
hosted a potluck BBQ block party for the Neighbours there hope the grant can be put toward a new park
where children can play and make new friends. The process they will undertake will include inviting a
minimum of 50 households to discuss project options. We expect a small committee to be set up to work
with City staff to develop the project ideas to determine what is possible and feasible before presenting
back to the neighbourhood for their approval. Council approval is the next step before the project is
implemented.
Festival of Neighbourhoods encourages citizens to plan activities, projects or events in their
neighbourhoods, in effort to build stronger, safer and healthier neighbourhoods and increases quality of
life.
In addition to the grand prize, several other Kitchener neighbourhoods were honoured for their efforts,
including:
The Ward Challenge
pitted city councillors against one another in a friendly competition to encourage
and support the residents in their neighbourhoods by attending and supporting events and encouraging
Councillor Kelly Galloway’s south
neighbourhoods to register and share their event with the festival.
ward
received the award with 21 registered events for 2009. In 2009 a new award has been created – the
Gourd – which will be presented to Ward Challenge winners in the future.
The Newcomer Award
was sponsored and presented by the City of Kitchener Safe and Healthy
Advisory Committee to a neighbourhood that registered an event for the first time. This award comes
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with a cash prize to be used towards next year’s event. The Newcomer Award winner was the
Grove neighbourhood.
The Neighbourhood PillarAward
was sponsored and presented by Julia White, Co-operators Insurance
Agent, to a neighbourhood that has registered events for five or more years. This year’s Neighbourhood
Stanley Park Community Association
Pillar award went to the.
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The Arts and Culture Award
was presented by the Waterloo Regional Arts Council to a neighbourhood
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that incorporated the arts into their event. The 2009 Arts and Culture award winner is the
Applewood / Rosemount School neighbourhood.
The Youth award
was sponsored by the Waterloo Regional Police Services and co-presented with the
Kitchener Youth Action Council to a neighbourhood that registered an event that one or more youth 14-
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21 years of age helped to organize and plan. The 2009 Youth award winner was the
neighbourhood.
The Inclusion award
was presented by the Independent Living Centre to a neighbourhood that very
deliberately, and with specific intention, created an inclusive event – welcoming everyone regardless of
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ability, cultural background, religion or age. This year’s Inclusion Award winner was
area
for their Family Fun Day event.
The Safer Neighbourhood Award
was sponsored and presented by the Waterloo Region Crime
Prevention Council to a neighbourhood that hosted an event with the intention of creating a safer
community through activities related to community safety, safety awareness and crime-prevention. The
Stanley Park Community Association
2009 Safer Neighbourhood award winner was the .
The Green Neighbourhood Award
was presented by the Regional Energy Efficiency Program (REEP)
to a neighbourhood that built community through an environmentally-conscious activity. This year’s
Guerin Avenue neighbourhood
Green Neighbour award winner was the for its Fun Day event.
The Neighbourhood Connections Award
was sponsored and presented by the Social Planning Council
of Kitchener-Waterloo to a neighbourhood that expressed a desire and demonstrated a need to improve
their neighbourhood or the quality of life for its residents. The Social Planning Council selected four
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neighbourhood areas around and will work with them to develop a vision and action plan
to address a quality of life issue within that neighbourhood.
The 2010 Festival of Neighbourhoods planning is underway. Registration will begin April 1, 2010 and for
the first time ever will be year round so activities can be registered that took place since the last day of
registration in 2009.
Kitchener Safe and Healthy Community Advisory Committee is asked to consider:
a)Sponsoring the newcomer award in 2010 and
b)How the Festival of Neighbourhoods initiative could help achieve Safe and Healthy priority
objectives.
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