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Changes at the BSCL

Acceptance, Adaptation, Change, and Reaching our Goals – these are all conversations we have often within the Boyle Street Community League.

Our Facility at 9538 103A Avenue is going through a small change at the end of March. A new movable wall (it will actually be a curtain to replace an inoperable moving wall) is being installed between our gymnasium and our gallery space. A small change, but a big job. If you have been attending any of our programs (especially sports) please check with us as some programs may be pre-empted while the renovation work takes place. We invite you to drop by and checkout our facelift in April.

The BSCL held its Annual General Meeting on March 17. Watch for League updates in the May issue of Boyle McCauley News as the date of the meeting did not allow us to make the deadline for this issue. You can also check online at our website www.boylestreetcl.com for AGM updates. This year we had two Executive Positions up for election: President and Secretary. We also had two General Directors (Members at Large) that sit on the board up for election as well. We looked forward to appointing a wonderful, dedicated, and diverse group of Boyle Street enthusiasts to help our community league grow, move forward, and “change” for the better. If you or someone you know did not make it to the AGM and would be interested in being involved with the Community League we do have a couple of working groups and committees that could benefit from your ideas and knowledge. Attend our monthly board meetings held every third Tuesday of the month at the Boyle Street Plaza 9538 103A Avenue or email us at info@boylestreetcl.com. Your community needs you!

We also had a small change in our programming. We have introduced a Hip Hop class on Tuesday nights at 7 p.m. at the Plaza with the facilitator being one heavy cat: the one and only Andre Hamilton, also known as Dre Pharoh. All ages are welcome and there is no class fee with a Boyle Street Community League Membership.

Boyle Street was host to NET (Neighbourhood Empowerment Team) on March 19. NET is a partnership between the police, the City, and community groups that focuses on community safety. This meeting was a chance to meet some of the police officers, social workers, and other NET leaders to talk about what we think could be done to make our neighbourhood safer. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns that you would like to share with NET in regards to Boyle Street and enhancing community safety, contact the League at (780) 426-9264 and we can provide you with the NET team contact information.

Boyle Street was host to NET (Neighbourhood Empowerment Team) on March 19. NET is a partnership between the police, the City, and community groups that focuses on community safety.

As the Abundant Communities Initiative starts to gear up in Boyle Street here is an update as provided from our hardworking ACI Volunteers at the BSCL Annual General Meeting. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer for ACI or with BSCL please contact us at info@boylestreetcl.com.

At the heart of the Initiative is a neighbour or two on each block who initiates a casual conversation with each household on their block/cul-de-sac/building floor, concerning their neighbours’:
  • Vision for their neighbourhood;
  • Activities and interests that they want to join in with neighbours; and, the
  • Skills, gifts, and experiences they are willing to share with their block or the whole neighbourhood.
The process at the neighbourhood level:
  • We work together with neighbourhood leadership to hire a Connector Coordinator who will:
  • Identify, enlist, and organize approximately 50 Block Connectors;
  • Facilitate and encourage the Block Connector’s conversation process; and,
  • Collate the information from the conversations into: vision priorities, interest, and activity groups and a skills and experience exchange.
The benefits:
  • Advances household connection and belonging within each block/cul-de-sac/building floor and within the neighbourhood as a whole;
  • Helps to shape neighbourhood life according to residents’ vision for their neighbourhood;
  • Facilitates neighbourliness by linking residents to groups, existing and newly formed, within the neighbourhood;
  • Enables care by linking the skills, gifts and experiences of residents to other neighbours and the neighbourhood; and,
  • Builds the capacity of the neighbourhood to collaborate with the municipality.

See you in May!

Karen is a resident of Boyle Street and the Secretary of the BSCL.

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