Beach(es) Beat
I am pleased to bring you news of two significant developments that mean a great deal to me.The first is that after two years of angst, self-doubt and sheer terror I have at last finished the book about this area that I started two years ago. The manuscript and the photographs are now in the capable hands of ECW Press and I am told the book will be launched early next year. The book would never have happened without the co-operation of a number of very good people so I am grateful for this opportunity to thank them all.The second item that I find significant is something that in the long run could mean good news for this entire community. A meeting attended by Centre 55 CEO Bob Murdoch and other movers and shakers was held recently to solicit various ways in which the community could bring its many attributes to the attention of the city at large.The meeting was called by the Beach Business Improvement Association and was held in the Beaches Library which is just across the street from the Beach IGA and a few blocks east of the Beaches Lions Club meeting place. I mention this to point out that while we don't agree on everything (including what the proper name is for this Eden by the Lake) at least it shows we have diversity and I think diversity is the characteristic that we have to sell.We have a bustling main street called Queen Street and I know we have a Main Street but it is not the main street and the more I look at this sentence the more I think that perhaps that is a topic for another day.Plus we have sand in the summer and snow in the winter and although I realize that snow is not exactly a novelty in this part of the world it is nice to know that it's there if we need it.We have restaurants to feed the hungry and beautiful parks that are as quiet as it ever gets around here and a first-rate library that is even quieter than the parks. The library also possesses another valued asset because it is an excellent place to sit and contemplate how fortunate we are to have all this diversity at our fingertips.Now, all we have to do is figure out ways to keep those condo-crazed developers away from our beloved turf.
The first is that after two years of angst, self-doubt and sheer terror I have at last finished the book about this area that I started two years ago. The manuscript and the photographs are now in the capable hands of ECW Press and I am told the book will be launched early next year. The book would never have happened without the co-operation of a number of very good people so I am grateful for this opportunity to thank them all.
The second item that I find significant is something that in the long run could mean good news for this entire community. A meeting attended by Centre 55 CEO Bob Murdoch and other movers and shakers was held recently to solicit various ways in which the community could bring its many attributes to the attention of the city at large.
The meeting was called by the Beach Business Improvement Association and was held in the Beaches Library which is just across the street from the Beach IGA and a few blocks east of the Beaches Lions Club meeting place. I mention this to point out that while we don't agree on everything (including what the proper name is for this Eden by the Lake) at least it shows we have diversity and I think diversity is the characteristic that we have to sell.
We have a bustling main street called Queen Street and I know we have a Main Street but it is not the main street and the more I look at this sentence the more I think that perhaps that is a topic for another day.
Plus we have sand in the summer and snow in the winter and although I realize that snow is not exactly a novelty in this part of the world it is nice to know that it's there if we need it.
We have restaurants to feed the hungry and beautiful parks that are as quiet as it ever gets around here and a first-rate library that is even quieter than the parks. The library also possesses another valued asset because it is an excellent place to sit and contemplate how fortunate we are to have all this diversity at our fingertips.
Now, all we have to do is figure out ways to keep those condo-crazed developers away from our beloved turf.
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