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December 2024 Newsletter

2024 Community Outreach Survey The Community Association is working on new and improved ways to connect with the neighbourhood, and big events like our annual Moonlight XC Ski and Winter Carnival are coming up in early 2025 (stay tuned for details). As part of an increased focus on outreach, we want to hear from you …

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Third places in Convent Glen Orléans Wood

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Matthieu Gagnon, Vice-President The Pumpkin Alley organized by my fellow community association board member, Arnold van den Hoeven, made me realize two important things, our neighbours are generally awesome and we need more of these types of things. The highlight of the event to me was how casual it was. The park, on a regular …

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My First Time Winter Sowing

Gillian Cantello, Environment Committee I have always loved gardens, but I am far from being an accomplished gardener. I had never grown anything from seed. That changed when I became part of the Convent Glen Orleans Wood Community Association’s Environment Committee and got to know some of the members, who are wonderful gardeners. One of …

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CGOWCA Pilot Project – A Community Forum

Starting in November 2024, the Convent Glen Orleans Wood Community Association will be launching a new pilot initiative: a community forum (minus the Facebook algorithm). I wanted to share some of the reasons we wanted to try this out for the community and what we hope to do to keep it as a safe, productive …

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