Once again it’s time for an update and the annual general meeting. Join us on Wednesday, June 22 from 7-9pm at the Bloomfield Centre in Room 108 to hear about progress in the past year, to make your voice heard and to get involved (note: volunteers and new board members are welcomed!). In addition to our reports, we’ve also invited HRM to report on the various activities on the site.
Here’s some of the things we’ll be talking about in detail:
Bloomfield Development Partnership
We were excited to see the recent HRM consultants’ report on best practices for community development and a workplan for moving ahead. The report recommends that a development partnership be formed with Imagine Bloomfield, HRM, a developer and a community organization. We are all very excited about this, and hope that this development model provides a new way of doing things with public space. HRM has just hired a second consultant who will focus on getting proposals from developers and organizations interested in being part of the development partnership and in being at the Centre itself. We look forward to working with this consultant to ensure that all groups who responded to our needs assessment are aware of the process and respond to the RFP.
PR and FUNdraising
Our Uncork Spring event held on March 31st was a great success, with lots of new faces and over $1200.00 raised for the work of Imagine Bloomfield. These events make the world of difference to us! Thank you to all those who attended.
Bloomfield Community Greenhouse
In partnership with HRM’s Sustainable Environment Management Office, the Ecology Action Centre, and with support from the Nova Scotia Department of Environment, Councilors Jerry Blumenthal and Jennifer Watts, we will be building a community greenhouse on at the Bloomfield Centre in the coming months. The greenhouse will be near the Bloomfield Community Garden, and will be available to community residents and organizations to join as members. This is a really exciting project, that has been a couple of years in the making. We envision local food and green building to be key elements in the development of the Bloomfied Centre. Come by the corner of Almon and Agricola to check on the progress and help out! If you are interested in getting involved, please contact Garity Chapman at garity@ecologyaction.ca.
Board Members
We are seeking new board members! If you are interested in being involved we’d love to hear from you. We are particularly seeking people with expertise in green building and architecture, facilitation and non-profit management, fundraising and event organizing. Please send a one paragraph biography with a brief statement of why you are interested in joining the board. Please email imaginebloomfield@gmail.com with Board Member in the subject heading.
All the best and looking forward to seeing many of you on June 22 from 7-9pm at the Bloomfield Centre in room 108.
