Chestermere Bakes a Pie for a Good Cause

Kudos to the ACE Community of CHESTERMERE for taking pie making to a whole new level! This September, participants from their second community pie making workshop made 25 pies for the Chestermere Regional Food bank pie auction held recently at their Red Ribbon Competition during the town's annual County Fair.

Not only were there participants of all ages, the editor of the local paper as well as some police officers in SERIOUS flak jackets, all came together to make pies for the cause. This community effort raised nearly $1000 for the local food bank. YEAH Chestermere!

"Seems we love to make pies in Chestermere," says head pie maker and ACE Community leader, Jennifer 'Grannie Jen' Peddlesden.  "And where did THAT come from?" she continued,  "ACE!"

Thanks for your fantastic work in Chestermere, Grannie Jen!

Click here to check out pics from this latest event. And if you want to see more pie action, here is earlier an ACE video of Grannie Jen making one of her now famous pies.

Trails in Trochu!

Kudos to TROCHU who have managed to turn their ACE Communities seed funding into a Return on Investment (ROI) of 561%! Amazing!

The Town of Trochu’s ACE initiative is set to construct a network of 2,714 metres of eight foot wide, gravel based, asphalt historical walking trails. The trail will promote physical activity and act as a lasting tool to preserve local history while truly transforming the community. The fulfillment of this project will also see a beautiful network of pathways, completely landscaped with native trees and plants, historical markers, bridges, benches, garbage cans, bollards and other decorative touches.

Way to go, Trochu!

Trochu is also stepping up to be a mentor for our next group of ACE Communities at the upcoming ACE 'Diversity Friendly Communities' gathering in October. Thanks so much for sharing your experiences with the next generation of ACE Communities!

Official Launch of Hinton's Greenhouse

The Hinton Community Greenhouse is bursting with sweet red peppers, juicy tomatoes, strawberries, peas, squash and even cucumbers. What a time for thanks and celebration!

The Hinton Community Garden Society hosted a Grand Opening ceremony and harvest celebration on the Labour Day weekend and community residents all shared the local produce, success and new opportunities that this brings for Hinton! Starting out as one of the first ten Active Community partners (now ACE), this hard working group has created this “Third Place” where everyone can participate and be part of ensuring a local supply of fresh, organic produce!

Greenhouse founder, Jerome Cranston, said that: “since the plan was first dreamed up and presented to council in January 2009, there has been so much community support. This is really a grassroots project thanks to the thousands of hours of volunteer labour, and from the support of sponsors especially Kinder Morgan Canada, Alberta Recreation and Parks Association and the Town of Hinton”. Hinton is pleased to have a new executive lead by Noel Corser that is working hard to take this to the next level!

And to see pics of this great event, click here!

For more information on this amazing process please contact Kate Wright at kathrynwright77@hotmail.com or visit their website at http://hintoncommunitygreenhouse.org