What a Great Neighbourhood!

I find it interesting how 1 person talks to 1 person, and then that can start a whole chain of events. A couple of months back, Kylie Portaccio was at a board meeting to discuss our preschool starting up, and she happened to mention to me about the Alison Neighbourhood Community Centre. She was talking to Courtney who runs the centre and relayed some info about the neighbourhood where CV is planted. I was intrigued. I contacted Courtney and set up a meeting. I met her and learned lots about the demographics of the area, what they are doing, and light bulbs began to come on as to how we could partner.
So I had Courtney come to our Leadership Team Gathering in mid-September to chat with us about our neighbours...more ideas began to flow from that.

Yesterday, the Community Centre was having a party to celebrate the clean up and restoration of the tunnel at the end of Elgin St. There were around 10 folks from CV there - really cool. And the networking that took place and connections with the neighbours was even better. Ideas were flowing and it's so great to be a part of this neighbourhood. Take a walk around and thank God for planting us here. What a huge blessing!

Check them out at www.alisonneighbourhood.org