Morning Coffee – By Aaron Hall
Weather forecast for Thursday, July 6, 2017
Today – Mainly sunny. High 31. Humidex 36. UV index 9 or very high.
Tonight – Partly cloudy. Low 18.
Community Partnership Fund – Core Grants
The Municipality of Chatham-Kent is pleased to announce that applications are now available for the 2018–2021 round of the Community Partnership Fund – Core Grants.
In keeping with its commitment to encourage community development through partnerships with community groups, Council allocates funds to be given each year to the successful applicants from the competitive CPF-Core Grants process. Core Grants is a fund that provides multi-year funding. Funding will be available for four years for non-for–profit organizations that have an ongoing presence in Chatham-Kent and a track report of providing quality programs and services to the community.
The deadline for applications for this round of funding is Friday, September 1, 2017 at 4:30 p.m. Grant guidelines and application forms are available at all municipal centres, information desks and public libraries throughout Chatham-Kent, and are also available online at www.chatham-kent.ca under the Residents heading. (Choose the “Community Funding” link, then click on “Core Grants”.)
All applications will be reviewed by a committee of representatives from various municipal departments that will make recommendations for Municipal Council to consider.
Closed session council meeting
Chatham-Kent Council will be meeting in closed session Thursday, July 6, 2017 at 6 p.m. to discuss the following:
Proposed disposition of land by the municipality or local board and advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose with regard to Offer to Purchase land in Bloomfield Business Park. Section 239(2)(c) & (f), Municipal Act, 2001.
Council will not be holding an open session on that day.
Dresden Rotary Summer Concert Series starts today
Dresden is continuing to celebrate Canada 150 at their first installment of the Rotary Summer Concert Series on Thursday evening, July 6.
There will be a free barbecue and Canada 150 Birthday Cake for all in attendance.
There will also be a 50-50 draw
Don and Bonnie Cook will provide entertainment at the event.
The barbecue starts at 6 p.m. and the entertainment runs from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Dresden Garden Tour this Saturday
The Dresden and District Horticultural Society is holding their Canada 150 Celebration Garden Tour this weekend.
The tour is set to be held on Saturday July 8, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and in recognition of Canada’s 150 celebrations, the theme this year is ‘Blooming with National Pride’.
Registration and map pick up will be at the outdoor education centre, pavilion beside the bridge, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
There will be eight gardens included on the tour, which will feature an array of flower and vegetable gardens.
For details, click here.
Photo of the day
Youthful entrepreneurship was on display at the Civic Centre Wednesday as owners of five of eight summer companies set up shop in the building’s atrium.
Summer Company is a provincially-funded, municipally-directed program that provides young people with an opportunity to operate their own business for a summer before returning to school.
Gary Schatz, Business Consultant with the Chatham-Kent Small Business Centre, said applicants submitted their product ideas along with a business plan.
“We reviewed each application to make sure the proposed business was viable and then mentor them through the summer,” he said. “We provide advice and guidance but they have to do the work to make their business succeed.”
Those chosen for the program receive $1,500 at its beginning and another $1,500 upon completion of the term. They also get to keep whatever profits they make.
This year’s businesses include Web and graphic designs, a community market garden, technology support, handmade personal care products, sandblasting and a clothing line. For more information on Summer Company follow the link here.
World news
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Wildfire blazes through Kaleden
Controversial giant rubber duck was apparently money well spent
Volvo will only make electric or hybrid cars starting in 2019 🌱
Justin Trudeau met the Queen in Edinburgh
NYPD officer Miosotis Familia dies after being shot on duty
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