by Geeks on the Beach | Oct 28, 2019 | Buzz, Editorial, Village Vibe
›› Mila Czemerys Fernwood NRG is thrilled to be hosting our annual fundraiser The Gift of Good Food. We’ve partnered up with community centres across the capital region and are aiming to raise $100,000! This amount of funds would support 200 families with much needed...
by Geeks on the Beach | Aug 9, 2019 | Editorial, Village Vibe
›› Lee Herrin This September will mark 21 years I have been part of Fernwood NRG: 11 years as a Board member from 1998 through 2009, and 10 years as Executive Director since August of 2009. Twenty-one years is a long time, and I’ve decided it’s time for me to move on...
by Geeks on the Beach | Apr 9, 2019 | Buzz, Editorial, News, Village Vibe
›› Lee Herrin Over the last 10 years, I have written a number of editorials about Spring Ridge Common(s), and it is time for another stroll down the woodchip covered path of memories. The Common grows on land owned by the Greater Victoria School District (SD61), who...
by Geeks on the Beach | Dec 5, 2018 | Buzz, Editorial, News, Village Vibe
Fernwood NRG’s Child Care programs are Victoria’s only location for BC’s new Universal Child Care Prototype ›› Lee Herrin After months of applications and meetings with the Province of BC, Fernwood Neighbourhood Resource Group’s Child Care Program has been selected as...
by Geeks on the Beach | Aug 7, 2018 | Editorial, News, Village Vibe
Self-reliance makes Fernwood better ›› Fernwood NRG The opening of the new building at 1310 Gladstone completes a project that has been over five years in the making. And with the sale of the Cornerstone Café to our neighbourhood’s very own Fernwood Coffee Company,...
by Geeks on the Beach | Jan 31, 2018 | Buzz, Editorial, Village Vibe
›› Lee Herrin We have some bittersweet news to share with our neighbours. We have sold the Cornerstone Café to the good people from the Parsonage Café, who are losing their space on North Park. The Cornerstone Café is now closed, but the Parsonage crew hopes to reopen...
