The event — which takes place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wed., Mar. 10 — will carry the theme Learn | Share | Energize and will feature topics ranging from community organizing, parks and gardening, grant program funding and plenty more.
The Gathering will take place through the Zoom virtual meeting app and will open with the morning keynote address Community Collaboration — Tapping the Untapped Potential of Ordinary People. The facilitator will be Sylvia Cheuy, consulting director in collective impact with the Tamarack Institute, and the focus will involve finding ways to collaborate with funders, community organizations and resident leaders.
Cheuy will share stories and tools that demonstrate how a community’s strengths can be linked and directed to achieve an endless range of shared priorities.
The day will continue with a look at current and upcoming community projects, including the Maple Creek Communities in Bloom Soiree that will be entering the virtual arena in 2021, as well as the Yorkton Sidewalk Concerts and other special events.
The afternoon keynote speaker will be Rick Van Duyvendyk from Dutch Growers and the host of the popular CJME weekend radio program Garden Talk. Van Duyvendyk will present a talk entitled Parks on the Prairies, which will touch on the types of plants in the province as well as diversity, location, spacing and maintenance. A special focus will be on protecting plants from mechanical damage, something he has found to be a problem in many communities in Saskatchewan.
The event will close with a round table discussion that will explain how communities use Saskatchewan Lotteries Community Grant program funding.
The deadline to register is Mar. 8, and you can do so by clicking right here, and, best of all, the event is completely free of charge.
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