Huron Community Association to offer programs
at Jean Steckle Public School this October
at Jean Steckle Public School this October
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by Helen Hall
Kitchener Citizen
August 7, 2014
They are springing up in neighbourhoods all around Fischer-Hallman Road.
People are coming together to create new community groups, and the latest to come on board is the Huron Community Association (HCA).
And city councillor Kelly Galloway-Sealock is getting pretty good at helping them get off the ground.
Representing Ward 5, which is bursting with new development, Galloway-Sealock recently helped the Huron Community Association become established, and prior to that, helped the Williamsburg Community Association come to life and get its own community centre in the Williamsburg Towne Centre.
“This group has been so energetic from the get-go,” Galloway-Sealock said of the volunteers in the new Huron Community Association.
Derik Fuller and Kevin Phillip are Co-chairs of the HCA.
Fuller said the HCA boundaries are Huron Road, Fischer-Hallman Road, Stras-burg Road, and Bleams Road. It includes about 7,000 homes that have been built in the past eight years, as well as the Huron Natural Area.
“The Huron Natural Area is a real gem in the city,” Fuller said of this natural park in their neighbourhood. It features walking trails and wildlife.
He said there are nine people on the board for the community association.
They were excited when Jean Steckle Public School opened this year on Woodbine Avenue, because it gave them a location within their boundary where they could do programming. They are looking at offering such programs as ballet, children’s sports, Zumba and pickleball in October.
Without its own community centre at this time, its administration will go through the Williamsburg Community Centre.
The Huron Commmunity Association also has plans for an outdoor “Movie Under the Stars” in Parkvale Park on August 30 at 8pm. The movie will be Disney’s Frozen.
There will be a number of food trucks at the event, and a portion of the proceeds from the sales will go back to the Huron Community Association. The movie is being funded by the Forward Church, which is located on Strasburg Road.
Fuller said he has lived in this neighbourhood for three years and decided to get involved.
“It’s where my kids are. It’s where I call home,” he said. “This neighbourhood has a ton of potential. We want to bring people together.”
You can learn more about the Huron Community Association by visiting its Facebook page www.facebook.com/HuronCommunity or following it on twitter @HuronCommunity.
Kitchener Citizen
August 7, 2014
They are springing up in neighbourhoods all around Fischer-Hallman Road.
People are coming together to create new community groups, and the latest to come on board is the Huron Community Association (HCA).
And city councillor Kelly Galloway-Sealock is getting pretty good at helping them get off the ground.
Representing Ward 5, which is bursting with new development, Galloway-Sealock recently helped the Huron Community Association become established, and prior to that, helped the Williamsburg Community Association come to life and get its own community centre in the Williamsburg Towne Centre.
“This group has been so energetic from the get-go,” Galloway-Sealock said of the volunteers in the new Huron Community Association.
Derik Fuller and Kevin Phillip are Co-chairs of the HCA.
Fuller said the HCA boundaries are Huron Road, Fischer-Hallman Road, Stras-burg Road, and Bleams Road. It includes about 7,000 homes that have been built in the past eight years, as well as the Huron Natural Area.
“The Huron Natural Area is a real gem in the city,” Fuller said of this natural park in their neighbourhood. It features walking trails and wildlife.
He said there are nine people on the board for the community association.
They were excited when Jean Steckle Public School opened this year on Woodbine Avenue, because it gave them a location within their boundary where they could do programming. They are looking at offering such programs as ballet, children’s sports, Zumba and pickleball in October.
Without its own community centre at this time, its administration will go through the Williamsburg Community Centre.
The Huron Commmunity Association also has plans for an outdoor “Movie Under the Stars” in Parkvale Park on August 30 at 8pm. The movie will be Disney’s Frozen.
There will be a number of food trucks at the event, and a portion of the proceeds from the sales will go back to the Huron Community Association. The movie is being funded by the Forward Church, which is located on Strasburg Road.
Fuller said he has lived in this neighbourhood for three years and decided to get involved.
“It’s where my kids are. It’s where I call home,” he said. “This neighbourhood has a ton of potential. We want to bring people together.”
You can learn more about the Huron Community Association by visiting its Facebook page www.facebook.com/HuronCommunity or following it on twitter @HuronCommunity.