June 28th,
preceding our 3rd annual “Movie in the Park”, provided a beautiful
stage for the ribbon-cutting ceremony officially opening our ACE Centennial
Trail Project. Congratulatory messages from Crowfoot MP, Kevin Sorenson as well
as visiting mayors and corporate representatives, completed the formal portion
of the event. Our industrious Trails Committee, decked out in sunny yellow
shirts and typically, taking part in making the evening a success, could not
stop smilingJ We
appreciate that this ‘jewel in our crown’ would not have been possible without
such volunteerism, and enthusiasm from community, government and corporate sectors
. This speaks volumes to the ACE commitment we made, seemingly so long ago in
some ways, and yet in reality, a few short years.
When we
started on our ACE journey, Coach Carol Ohler facilitated us through several
gatherings whereby we decided upon our three key projects. We soon realized
that we were stronger as a united effort so agreed to collectively work on
completing the Trails project first. Check. A week later, we had a call out to those
Trochu-ites who had initially identified a Skateboard Park, and a Family-Fun
Center Make-over of our old curling rink as their ‘passion projects’ . We will again soon be meeting to discuss how
to bring these dreams to reality as well, with the added bonus of experience
following the Trails project and added enthusiasm as the ideas have had time to
germinate while the Trails were being built.
Other
recent exciting news has been the ‘okay’
from the Province to move on the
modernization of our K-12 school slated to open in 2014. Again, an energetic
group of parents and school alumni has spear-headed an initiative to raise
funds for enhancements to the build, primarily a state of the art, larger- than
-regulation gym. The Trochu and area community, businesses and individuals have
once more, amazingly, answered the call. I strongly believe that what was
always in this rural community, exists in yours too; however, the
catalyst to get things started and keep them rolling, has been our ACE
involvement. If your community has not
experienced being an ACE Community, you can still be “Active, Creative and
Engaged” , and the good news is that we ‘alumni’
are happy to share success stories and to
answer questions. Also, the capable ACE
Leaders are as close as the web-site (www.acecommunities.ca) or phone and host informative
webinars, can help plan a workshop in your community or give other valuable
direction you may not even know that you need... ‘ cause it never hurts to ask J
Have a
wonderful summer- and don’t just hold on to your dreams of a better community…do
it !
Trochu out!
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