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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Soul of the City Grant & Annual General Meeting for the Acadia Community Garden and Art Society April 16 at Acadia's Co-op community room at 7 pm

The AGM for the Acadia Community Garden and Art Society is:
Wed April 16 at 7 pm (tomorrow)
Acadia's Calgary Co-OP Community Room (second floor) 
It will be followed by a bit of social time and a brief mandatory gardener's meeting
Everyone Welcome!


------Soul of the City Grant ------
Wow! Laurie and I presented last night at Soul of the City event. Our project, with our fabulous partners, The Lutheran Church of Our Saviour is Acadia Grows: Art and Garden Come Together!
There were 7 other incredible projects presented and we thought it would be so hard to choose the five winners. Its was inspiring to hear all their project ideas!
We didn't make it to the top 5....but at the end, Calgary Economic Development announced that all the projects were so compelling that they felt all 8 should be funded!
So.... we are delighted to announce that, with our partners, The Lutheran Church of Our Saviour, we are hosting a fabulous community block party at the garden and inviting all that come to help paint a multicultural mural. We are planning for August 9th. Thank you Soul of the City! Thank you Calgary Economic Development!
More details to come soon! Thank you to everyone that supported us in this project and encouraged us to try!


Friday, April 4, 2014

Soul of the City Neighbours Grant Application - we made it to the final rounds!

Acadia Community Garden and Art Society and our fabulous charitable partner, The Lutheran Church of Our Saviour - We did it! We made it to the next round of the Soul of the City Neighbour Grant application.

We are in the final 8 of 41 applications!

We put together our awesome project: Growing Acadia: Art and Garden Come Together! More details to come!

Please show your support of this project please! Tweet about us, comment on our facebook and blog! You can buy tickets and help select the winners too!

Twitter @corinnesandhrst (just leave out the u in my last name)
hashtag: #acadiacommunitygarden
Blog - http://acadiacommunitygarden.blogspot.ca/
From the Soul of the City webpage...

"HELP US DECIDE THE WINNERS OF THE SOUL OF THE CITY NEIGHBOUR GRANTS

Thank you to the dozens of people/community groups who applied for a Soul of the City Neighbour Grant. Join us to select the grant winners at the 10th Soul of the City event, ‘Celebrating Community’ Monday, April 14 at Vertigo Theatre. Soul of the City Neighbour Grants is a partnership initiative of Calgary Economic Development and The Calgary Foundation."

You can find out more at this link! Come on out and support this home grown Acadia application!

Thank you for your support! Please share the news!

Corinne Sandhurst
President
Acadia Community Garden and Art Society


http://www.calgaryeconomicdevelopment.com/why-calgary-be-part-energy/soul-city