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ELM Report- October 2024

ELM REPORT – OCTOBER 2024 NEWSLETTER Report date: August 29, 2024 August is nearly over and what an extremely challenging month for gardening it was in Edgemont!  If you live in the more northern part of Edgemont, you may have experienced the devastating effects...

Replacing Screens for Pages: A Celebration of National Book Month

By Genie H, a volunteer with the Edgemont Youth Press “It is a truth universally acknowledged” that Gen Zers are chronically attached to their beloved hand-sized screens. With the average Gen Z spending 7 hours and 18 minutes on their phones daily, approximately...

October 2024 – President’s Message

Usually when October comes around, I pay special attention to those things in my life that I am thankful for. This October is no exception although I have to say, based on the emails I’ve received, I’m taking a bit of a different view. Fences. The first things I’m...

September 2024 President’s Message

President’s Message – September 2024 As September presents itself, we can pat ourselves on the back to tackling the challenges of summer and coming out unscathed, for the most part. Road construction – a summer challenge we’ve come to accept as a necessary evil. Water...

ELM Report September 2024

ELM REPORT – SEPTEMBER 2024 NEWSLETTER Some good news just arrived from the City Newsroom! We have graduated to Stage 1 water restrictions; our home turf and gardens may survive after all with an additional hour of sprinkler use per week! In the meantime, it has been...

Lady Bug Life Cycle

Ladybug Life Cycle: An Amazing Life Ladybug eggs are very small, oval and pale yellow. The mother ladybug usually lays her eggs on the undersides of leaves to protect them from predators. She will leave her eggs close to food (aphids) so they will have plenty to eat...

August 2024 President’s Message

President’s Message – August 2024 Thank you! Thank you! Thank you to all the volunteers who stepped up to help with our summer programs. Thanks to all who attended the Nordic Rodeo and the Pancake Breakfast. Thanks to all who welcomed forty new Canadians at the...

July 2024 President’s Message

President’s Message – July 2024 Yahoo!! It’s July! The Annual General Meeting is behind us, and the new Board of Directors is making plans. Please look at the contacts page in the newsletter or on the website to see who is new and who we’ve recycled. Many thanks to...

June 2024 President’s Message

President’s Message – June 2024 By the time this issue of Inside Edgemont appears in your mailbox, the ELM committee will have been busy planting greenery and flowers in our pots and flower beds. It always makes me smile when I pull into Edgemont and am welcomed by...

Dandelions

As many of you have noticed, our community parks and green spaces are sporting a vibrant yellow this season, thanks to the abundant presence of dandelions. While the shift in the City of Calgary's policy to no longer classify dandelions as weeds has led to their...

ECA EVENTS & PROGRAMS

[1] Thank you to Julia Hayter, MLA  Calgary-Edgemont, for wordsmithing our vision statement.

Welcome

About the ECA

The Edgemont Community Association is the means through which Edgemont residents can have a say in their neighbourhood. The ECA manages and maintains the Edgemont Community Centre and the Rink in John Laurie Park and runs the ELM program. Our facilities and programs, along with the City maintained amenities, the parks, playgrounds, tennis courts and pathways, bring residents together to build community connections.

The ECA Mission Statement: Within Edgemont, through the efforts of a spirited and cohesive volunteer organization and support staff we will:

  • foster a sense of community
  • provide a leadership forum,
  • enhance learning opportunities, and
  • enhance social, cultural, and recreational opportunities of the community, in a fiscally responsible manner.

The ECA Vision Statement: Our vision is for the Edgemont Community Association to be the anchor of our community and a hub for neighbors to gather.[1]

 

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With great respect we acknowledge that we live, play, and work on the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta, which includes the Blackfoot Confederacy (comprising the Siksika, Piikani, and Kainai First Nations), as well as the Tsuut’ina First Nation, and the Stoney Nakoda (including the Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Wesley First Nations). The City of Calgary is also home to Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3.