The Sudbury Green Party of Ontario Constituency Association is accepting nominations for its annual Business Excellence Awards. Nominated Local Businesses will be evaluated according to the Green Party's 10 Key Values which are: Sustainability, Social Justice, Grassroots Democracy, Non-Violence, Decentralization, Community-Based Economics, Gender Equality/Feminism, Diversity, Personal and Global Responsibility, and Ecological Wisdom. .
The local winner will be advanced into the regional competition, with the regional winners competing for the Green Party's Provincial Award of Excellence. All winners will receive a listing on the Green Party's Business Excellence web page for a period of one year.
Send nominations to Joel Zazulak, Apt 1 51 Mont Adam, Sudbury ON, P3B 2V1,Email: jz@editthis.ca, on or before March 15, 2009. The local winner will be announced on March 25, 2009,
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Business Excellence Awards
Friday, January 30, 2009
FaceBook Friday - Mimi and Lulu's
Located in the historic Capitol Theater and home for years to Capitol Bingo , Mimi and Lulu's are part of a growing wave of young vibrant and creative small businesses that are choosing to set up shop in Sudbury's Downtown Core.
The funky showcase store is a creative haven in the middle of the Downtown carrying the products of over 20 local artists, offers a regular calendar of workshops and just plain home spun goodness you can feel when you walk into the storefront.
Owners Megan Conacher and Danielle Fraser
are using Face book to help to spread the word about their Fair Trade African products, up cycled jewelery, hand crafted arts, locally made yoga totes and more to a growing fan base.
With a Facebook group of close to 400 members they are now using the event calendar to publicize their upcoming good old fashioned Valentines exchange wine and cheese event, featuring live music by Sudbury's Will Gillespie, Friday, February 13, 2009 Time:7:30pm - 11:00pm in support of Le Centre Victoria pour femmes.
Mimi and Lulu's exciting designs, folk art and eye for color and splash make you believe that Sudbury's Main street is on the road to a new vision of creative revitalization. Now all it needs is a little more love and community support!
Monday, January 26, 2009
Monday Maps - A Sudbury Sense of Place
It seems that no matter who you are or where you are from, living or visiting Sudbury leaves a strong impression, based not only on the Northern landscape but the iconic sights and landmarks that help to define the 'experience' of Sudbury. In this photo taken by Daniel James on holiday from Texas, we see the CPR Railyard, which since 1883 has marked Sudbury as a settlement. Located in the Downtown it continues to be a unique Sudbury Cityscape feature as rail cars and trains rumble through the city.
While a local Group ImagineSudbury is proposing to remove the tracks and explore opportunities for Downtown renewal the sense of place engendered by the old railyard is something that marks the Downtown as unique. With the beautiful heritage railway station also in disrepair and underutilized the long gone glory days of rail travel as a transportation hub have been bypassed by the building of the Paris Street bridge and arterial roadways which most Sudburians use to avoid the downtown and rarely if ever venture into.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Sunday Sudbury Morning
Recent news articles have highlighted the silent involvement of Sudburians over the past few years in the occupation and war in distant Afghanistan. From the nationally publicized death and funeral cortege of Warrant officer Gaétan Roberge, to a Group support recently launched for families (at least 30 Sudburians are currently serving ) to local retired police in training missions the 'war on terror' has received some minor local media attention.
This got me thinking a little about previous conflicts and the past involvement of Sudbury which I then looked up on the Sudbury Public Library database photography archive.Pictured above are Nickel plated shells from the First World War which INCO proudly helped to create and below a Gun Turret and a range of shells made from MOND Nickel (INCO's Predessecor) in Sheffield
And finally, aside from the technological breakthroughs in War machinery that Sudbury's industrial base has contributed, we can reflect on the human costs of war. Pictured below are the Air Cadets from Coniston at Camp Borden in 1944 including Pat Forestell whose family tragically lost 5 siblings in WW 2
Front row L-R: Ruddy, Jack; Gosselin, Fernand; McCrindle, Bruce; Bukacheski, Mike; Prevost, Raymond.
Second row L-R: Rivais, Alfred; Cresswell, Bob; Gosselin, Roland; Conlon, Pat; Conlon, Bob; Laforge, Romeo; Chisolm, Gordon; Spencer, Leonard; McLaughlin, George.
Third row L-R: Aggiss, Fred; Squires, Ron; Gobbo, Francis; Conlon, Ken; Lafontaine, Marcel; Olivier, Harold; Laporte, Roland; Davie, Mike; Prevost, Donald; Forestell, Pat.
Back row L-R: Laporte, Maurice; Lajeunesse, Murray; Johnson, Norm; Gaudette, Maurice; Albert, Maurice; Smith, Stan; Cresswell, Jack; Olivier, Prosper; Collin, Wilfred.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Facebook Friday - Lets Fix Our Amphitheatre
Every Friday, GreenSudbury profiles a Facebook group that is using the social network to talk about and share information about Sudbury
Following the 2008 Sudbury City Council defeat of a proposal to develop a multi purpose arts facility, local artist Rod Bazinet began a campaign to preserve and upgrade the city's best known outdoors arts venue -Bell Park Amphitheatre.
With a public meeting under its belt, a letter writing campaign to local City Councilors and a facebook group with over 300 members the Lets Fix Our Amphitheatre group is raising the issue of arts facilities, civic pride, and an artistic political voice to speak out for the city's heritage and funding priorities.
They have uncovered a previously approved plan for the Grace Hartman venue upgrades and are following the current budgeted items including parking, Jim Gordon Walkway, canteen improvements on Ramsey lake home to Northern Lights Festival Boreal, Sudbury Dragon Boat Festival, SummerFest and more.
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Tuesday Town - Sudbury Smorgasborg
I've been thinking about a theme for regular Tuesday blogs and settled on a Tuesday Town theme - Links and stories that focus on urban issues for Sudbury.
Last week close to 60 people attended the 2nd workshop of the day from Gil Penolasa of the Walk and Bike For Life Organization at Tom Davies Square with a focus on livable Cities and pedestrian issues including trails, biking, walking and urban planning. Keep an eye out for the follow up Community Action Plan and read one attendees letter 
Sudbury City Council is now debating the adoption of a Traffic Calming Policy. . The history of the studies completed to date are available here.
Sudbury Transit Buses were in the news last week with a bus/train collision and the under reported announcement of a $26 million dollar Bus Barn as Sudbury's infrastructure project.
Meanwhile, as the proposed Sudbury School of Architecture is touted as a cure all for what ails the downtown, the City looks to a Building DesignCulture project for inspiration.
And the Imaginesudbury campaign to move the rail lines is termed a pipedream by local media.
Note the similar fate of other recent projects like the StreetScape Project or the Arts Facility and try to ask yourself why is this occurring?
It certainly seems that other northern towns have more success like the Sault, Thunder Bay or NorthBay
Next week on Tuesday Town - some simple solutions and suggestions for sudbury's Design woes.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Monday Maps Paris France -
Ok. I warned you that Google Street View was addictive, so I've decided to launch a regular Monday Maps Feature. Each Monday a great Google street view from around the world starting with this gem from Paris France - Le Jardin Robert Cavelier de la Salle. What makes this map so interesting is the well designed public space and street life. Notice the wide plaza leaving lots of room for families and pedestrians and less room for cars. The result is a green space with walking, soccer, bike and scooter parking and a real sense of a public plaza.
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