Prescott Street Update
During the week I have been trying to understand the Town’s thinking on the cutting down of the beautiful row of trees on Prescott Street. I support the home owners’ in this issue as those trees were important to energy conservation in their houses by providing a foil to the southern exposure and [...]
Archive for July, 2006
Prescott Street Update
Posted in Uncategorized on July 15, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Communities in Bloom – Prescott Street Trees
Posted in Uncategorized on July 12, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Communities in Bloom – Prescott Street Trees
Yarmouth is a participant in the Communities in Bloom (http://www.communitiesinbloom.ca) program and will have an evaluation team in town on July 17th. This is a commendable step towards the much needed greening of our community. The CIB program includes nine components: floral displays, turf and groundcover, landscaped areas, natural [...]
Gulf of Maine Institute
Posted in Uncategorized on July 9, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Gulf of Maine Institute
I just spent an exciting week involved with the Gulf of Maine Institute’s Community Based Initiative Summer Workshop. This workshop, held at the Annapolis Basin Conference Centre, brought over 60 youth and adults from around the Gulf of Maine together to work on environmental projects. Teams of youth and adults from Massachusetts, [...]
