CiB judges coming on July 26

CK Dresden Arboretum

Chatham-Kent’s Communities in Bloom volunteers are asking residents to help them showcase Chatham-Kent to the world.

Chatham-Kent (CK) is competing at the International level of the Communities in Bloom (CiB) competition for the second year in a row. Judges will be kept busy evaluating the entire Municipality from Saturday July 26 through Tuesday July 29. Both 2014 judges are Canadians and both have previously evaluated CK as a national competitor.

CK CiB committee volunteers are excited by the opportunity to show Berta Briggs from Alberta and Jim Baird from New Brunswick just how much Chatham-Kent has accomplished in the last four to five years. This time, the volunteers have chosen a slightly different approach to showcasing our community. Since the judges are already familiar with each of our communities, the volunteers can highlight some of CK’s unique assets and focus on specific improvements since the last competition.

“It’s great to have the time this year to be able to show them things like the Nmaachihna Educational Centre and to take them to the world renowned RM Classic Car Exhibit,” said Tilbury CiB volunteer Kathy Smyth.

Throughout the year, CK’s CiB committee volunteers are busy collecting information on what the entire community, its service groups, businesses, schools, and municipal employees are doing in the categories of overall tidiness, environmental action, heritage conservation, landscape including turf and groundcover, urban forestry, and floral displays.

Having already provided the judges with proof of CK’s excellence in these activities, committee volunteers are putting the final touches on plans for the tour portion of the judging. The volunteers are encouraging everyone to show our community pride by picking up litter, eliminating curb and sidewalk weeds, pampering flowers and gardens, and neatly trimming lawns in these last few days leading up to the judges’ visit.

Watch for the international judges to be in your area the following days:

Saturday, July 26
Wallaceburg (a.m.)
Dresden, Mitchell’s Bay (p.m.)

Sunday, July 27
Chatham, Tecumseh Parkway, Nmaachihna Indigenous Enviro-Education Centre (a.m.)
Blenheim, Erieau (p.m.)

Monday, July 28
Airplane flight over Chatham-Kent, Cedar Springs, Wheatley (a.m.)
Tilbury, Chatham (p.m.)

Tuesday, July 29
Ridgetown (a.m.)

For more details on Chatham-Kent Communities in Bloom, visit www.chatham-kent.ca or call 519.360.1998.

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