Moving Anouncement Letter _July 2019

If you live, work, or volunteer in West Broadway, you are invited to our organization’s Annual General Meeting:

Wednesday, June 12, 2019
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
GORDON BELL HIGH SCHOOL
Refreshments will be provided

Please click on our AGM Invite 2019 for more details.

WBCO is hiring for the following positions:

Urban Green Team Worker

Please check out our employment page for more details:  http://www.westbroadway.mb.ca/jobs 

The West Broadway Small Grants Fund is now accepting applications until 5pm on September 20.  Note that all projects must be completed and reports submitted by March 15, 2020.  Please see the Small Grants page of our website for details and applications forms. Note that there will be three intakes for the 2019-20 Small Grants season: One in June, September, and December.

We are now accepting applications for the 2019 Property Improvement Program! This is a good way to save costs on exterior repairs and renovations to houses and rental properties.

Applications and information here – http://www.westbroadway.mb.ca/pip

West Broadway Community Members, please join us on Thursday, May 2 at 6pm for an information session on reducing harms in our community. This event is brought to you by the West Broadway Directors Network and will include a workshop on the ABCs of Harm Reduction as well as facilitated discussion about how to keep/make West Broadway safe for everyone.

May 2 Event Poster

WBCO is hiring for the following positions:

Office and Communications Coordinator

Community Greening Coordinator

Please check out our employment page for more details:  http://www.westbroadway.mb.ca/jobs 

SAVE THE DATE: West Broadway Spring Cleanup will be Saturday, May 11th this year! More info to come in the next few weeks.

West Broadway Community Organization is proud to announce that our offices have relocated to 545 Broadway, the former home of Klinic Community Health and an important heritage building that has played a definitive role in the character and consciousness of this community for over a century. Known historically as Wilson House, the building was vacant through the 1990s and became a rallying point for local residents who united to paint murals on its boarded windows and cut grass grown long by an owner committed to demolition. This modest act of protest and neighbourhood pride was a galvanizing moment for West Broadway; residents and other stakeholders empowered by this success began to organize and by 1997 the West Broadway Community Organization was founded. To buy this property on behalf of West Broadway, in this our 20th year as an organization, is a symbolic return to our roots, and an example of what is possible when a community of people work together. Klinic Community Health continues to be an invaluable partner and resource for West Broadway and we are grateful to inherit a building that has been modernized and maintained in impeccable condition for the past 13 years. Thank you Klinic!

We are grateful to the hundreds of local residents, businesses, organizations, institutions, facilities, landlords, and service providers who gave their time and perspective to help create a new Five Year Community Plan for West Broadway. Launched October 25, 2016 this plan will guide community stakeholders in efforts to preserve the things about West Broadway that we all appreciate and to change the things that need to be changed. For more information and a PDF copy of the plan, click HERE.