9th Anniversary Issue 55 October - November 2017 • sjcommunitynewspaper@gmail.com • Urban Tree Nursery
Celebration in the park
Volunteers planting seedling at the new tree nursery (pictures courtesy Graeme Stewart-Robertson)
Youth and community partners celebrating in the park (pictures courtesy Crescent Valley Resource Centre)
By Anne Driscoll, Executive Director CV Resource Centre Shout out to community partners and neighbours who joined us Thursday September 21 in the Flemming Court Splash Pad / Potash Corp Play Park for the "Celebration in the Park." Sixteen trees have been planted in the park to provide shade, help keep the air clean, improve the soil, provide a rest-stop for birds and insects, and make the park a more beautiful focal point in Crescent Valley.
By Shauna Sand, Conservation Coordinator Atlantic Coastal Action Program (ACAP) Saint John has been able to transform a vacant lot into an urban tree nursery by partnering with landowners and community volunteers. The Crow Alley Nursery is located on the corner of Brunswick Drive and Middle Street and is planted with a diverse selection of indigenous tree species that are commonly used by ACAP Saint John in riparian, erosion control and habitat restoration projects. These trees will be left in the ground at this location for a period of two to five years to allow them to grow from seedlings into larger and hardier trees to be transplanted to necessary habitat improvement sites.
Thank you to City of Saint John, Saint John Deputy Mayor Shirley McAlary and Council members, Canadian National Railway Company retirees, CN #EcoConnections, Tree Canada / Arbores Canada, MP Wayne Long's office Jim Hennessey, and MLA Trevor Holder who joined children from Hazen White St. Francis School and Somerset Daycare, and neighbourhood residents and volunteers to celebrate.
ACAP Saint John seeks to embark on new environmental innovations that will not only address its core mandate of delivering science-based improvements to New Brunswick’s environment, but also integrate those enhancements with tangible benefits to Saint John’s generational challenges with respect to education, poverty, and safety.
Coordinator’s Comments Juanita Black, 647-4850, sjcommunitynewspaper@gmail.com
Here we are: another year of good news stories and celebrations from our neighbourhoods and community partners. We have a good mixture of stories related to our theme and sponsor Social Development / Wellness Branch, and many celebratory ads for the ninth anniversary of Around the Block. Nine years! It is hard to believe, from eight pages and 6000 copies to 16 pages and 9000 copies free bi-monthly and hand-delivered to homes in our priority communities, with drop-off locations at both hospitals, the library, doctors’ offices, corner stores and many seniors’ complexes. These are the stories and pictures that bind the communities and the partners that keep us moving forward. We have published 479,500 copies. Thank you to Around the Block advertisers who purchase ads, to the many volunteers who proof read, to each community volunteer who collects stories for their communities’ pages and our partners who send their updates. And thank you, our readers, for welcoming Around the Block into their lives. Page 1
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