COMMUNITY CONNECTION AT THE HEART OF COUNTY BOUNTY

Two-day community event showcases local business and food

This summer, thousands of area residents joined us in Cardiff Park for our first two-day County Bounty event.

This event was an opportunity to promote the community by showcasing the incredible range of small local businesses and fresh food available in Sturgeon County.

Despite a blanket of wildfire smoke that reduced air quality, we were delighted to see thousands of people attend the event. It was a great way for the community to connect with one another and enjoy one of our wide-open spaces in Cardiff Park.

County Bounty featured a vendor village with more than a dozen vendors, food from 10 food trucks including a handful using ingredients from six local producers, a free kids zone with a petting zoo, fire truck, and giant inflatables, and entertainment on the Atco Stage, including local band The Hedstrom Clan.

Our friends and neighbours from Alexander First Nation shared Indigenous culture with a showcase including drumming, dancing and storytelling. We were proud to welcome Dallas Arcand – a three-time world champion hoop dancer, storyteller, inspirational speaker and musician – both days to share his art with us.

Sarah Hall, a local Indigenous artist, hosted a very popular intuitive feather painting workshop that sold out both days!

The event also helped raise money for the Morinville/ Sturgeon Rotary Club with the help of the first-ever beer gardens selling local products.

County Bounty has been held annually in Cardiff Park since 2018, but this year was the first year we held the event over two days. Work is already underway to plan the next County Bounty in summer 2024, and we hope to see you there!