Welcome!
Town Hall Meeting
September 27, 2012
Agenda
• Objectives of Town Hall meeting
• Introduction (Description of Director’s portfolios)
• Current BCA-supported programs and services
• Existing methods of communicating events to the public
• Where are we going?
• BCA-supported programs, services, projects moving forward
• Audience
feedback
•Question and Answers, your ideas and suggestions
• How
you can get involved
Objectives
• What do we want to accomplish at the end of the
meeting?
• Increase awareness about BCA-supported activities
• Inform residents about various ways the BCA can support
their community-oriented projects or events
• Receive feedback from residents on current BCA practises
and services
• Find out what residents want the BCA to fund/support
going forward
BCA volunteer board of directors
President
Past President
Vice-President
Blackburn Plus Fifty
Communications
Community Relations
Education & Youth
Environment
Membership
Parks and Rinks
Secretary
Social
Treasurer/Banking
Web Page
Funfair Chairperson - Outgoing
Banar Editor
Community Hall Bookings
Laura Dudas
vacant
vacant
Al Haggerty
Chris Fraser
Charles Kennedy
Darla Barrows
Paula Rosenquist
Jeff Miller
Ali Yassine
Sheryl Tracy
vacant
Alan Ross
Helen Rosseau
Trisha Cloutier
Evelyn Budd
Jan Whitehouse
How does the BCA support the
community?
• The BCA supports:
• Children and youth: Scouts, Les Guides, youth drop-in in
partnership with the Eastern Ontario Resource Centre,
puppet workshops, etc.
• Families: Fun Fair, movies in the park, Hockey Day in the
hamlet, community outdoor rinks, free public skating at the
arena, Santa pancake breakfast, Gloucester Recreational
Development Organization programming, etc.
• Environment: Spring clean up day, annual garage sale,
maintains parks in the summer, community gardens, rain
barrels, gardening work shops, etc.
How does the BCA support the
community continued…
• The BCA supports:
• Businesses: publishes the Banar, provides opportunities
for partnerships with local businesses to support BCA
events
• Seniors: 50 plus group, quilters, exercise programs, bridge
club, etc.
• Local schools: Ecole Sainte Marie gardens project, etc.
• Our community: Interprovincial bridge, Greenbelt,
municipal matters, operates the Blackburn Community
Hall, etc.
BCA funding explained
• The BCA receives the majority of its funding from the City.
• In 2012, we except to receive $17,200 from the City for our
recreational grant and minor capital funding.
o Additionally, we received $8,150 in 2012 for Outdoor Ice
and we have so far spent $8,500.
• In 2011, we received $14,374 for our recreational grant.
However, the minor capital funding was not available as in
2012.
How do we invest in the community?
• In 2012, we have so far spent 68% on community
programming, 25% for park grooming, 7% for administration
• Not all the City grant money is for programming – a large
portion of it aligned to specific programming, such as outdoor
rinks
Getting the message to residents
• The BCA communicates with residents through:
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Banar
www.blackburnhamlet.ca (including information on
booking the community hall)
Facebook
Signage
Monthly meetings (Sept. to June)
AGM in February
E-mail networks
New bulletin board case at Blackburn library
Word of mouth
Where are we going?
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The BCA will continue to support community programming
and services
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Work with the city on behalf of residents
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Partner with other community groups to maximize resources
and funding and expand the services we offer
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Improve existing services and resources, including the
community hall
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Engage residents, businesses, community partners
Ideas and suggestions?
• Question and Answers
• Feedback
Getting involved
• Attend a BCA meeting
• Follow along with community updates and events at
www.blackburnhamlet.ca or on Facebook
• Provide your feedback on an ongoing basis by e-mailing BCA
President Laura Dudas at llczekaj@yahoo.ca
Thank you