October Updates
The Quick Rundown:
1. Membership Time
2. Flood Mitigation
3. Traffic Calming Delay
4. Halloween, AGM, Xmas
Howdy Rosemontians! I hope everyone is doing well and staying safe.
Start Up BBQ!
For those who were able to make it, we had a fantastic Start Up BBQ in September. The weather was great and we had tons of Spolumbo’s sausages, drinks, catching up with familiar faces and meeting some new ones. A huge thank you to everyone who helped out, including Bent, Carly, Heather, Jacquie, Mel, Austin, Eliza, Craig, Maura and many others that helped clean up afterwards. Always great to be able to start the new school year with some fun.
It’s Membership Sign Up Time!
Did you know that you need to register for a new community membership every year? Well, ya do and it’s time! But the good news is that it is easy to do and FREE for Rosemont residents this year.
Why get a membership you ask? Discounts to our events (or in some cases, completely free, like the BBQ we just had!), 10% off hall rentals, voting at the AGM and some community sports leagues (as well as our shinny program) require community membership.
Flood Mitigation
You may see some bulldozing and landscaping around the hall. We are doing some flood mitigation and sidewalk enhancements on the south side of the hall.
This work has been a long time coming for us (3+ years) and we are very excited to improve the water movement, drainage and general swampiness around that area. The proposed changes include a slope away from the hall, some concrete barriers along the parking lot to divert the water towards a swale which should flow towards the creek and new paved pathway to the south and west side doors. A big thank you to our City liaison, Aaron, for helping to ensure this is getting done this year.
UPDATE
Traffic Calming Underway!
We previously posted that the traffic calming measures for Rosemont were delayed due to unforeseen construction cost increases.
But we’ve received good news from the City and the traffic calming improvements will go ahead this year as originally planned.
The project webpage will continue to be updated at calgary.ca/RosemontStreets. For any questions or concerns, please email NeighbourhoodStreets@calgary.ca
Our AGM will be held on Nov 23 at 6:30pm.
We will once again plan for in-person and virtual options. More details in the next newsletter and online.
Christmas Market in December
And I know it’s a bit premature to start thinking about Christmas and the holiday season, but I recommend throwing a reminder in your calendar for Dec 3. We will be hosting our 2nd annual Christmas Market at the hall. It was a huge hit with a ton of positive feedback last year so we recommend penciling it in now.
I think that does it for this edition. Just a reminder that we have a new website and our email blasts look a bit different so don’t put them in your junk folder!
Keep looking after your families, friends, neighbours and yourselves.
Have a wonderful September everyone!