by Geeks on the Beach | Oct 2, 2014 | News, Village Vibe
Village Development Project taking shape ›› Kelsey Singbeil Last October, the Fernwood Neighbourhood Resource Group (Fernwood NRG) announced its plans to purchase four properties in the heart of Fernwood Village. It was a bold idea that embodied our principle of...
by Geeks on the Beach | Oct 1, 2014 | Editorial, News, Village Vibe
›› Phyllis Ferguson, Steve Miller, & Linda Passeri Why did we make a 4,000 mile journey from Springfield, Missouri USA to Fernwood? We came because your soul pole project is the biggest that we found anywhere in the world. We wanted to learn how to put one on...
by Geeks on the Beach | Oct 1, 2014 | Events, News, Village Vibe
Did you know? There’s another municipal election coming on Saturday, November 15th, 2014 ›› Lee Herrin Historically, voter turnout in municipal elections in Victoria is dismal—in the last election in 2011 it was 26.3%, up a whole percentage point from 2008 when it...
by Geeks on the Beach | Oct 1, 2014 | Buzz, Village Vibe
›› Alysha Punnett “Isn’t it illegal?” “I heard you’ll get fined.” “We would love to grow food on our boulevard, but won’t the City remove it?” Does this sound familiar? I smile as Mike Large pedals his bike up to the Compost Education Centre’s...
by Geeks on the Beach | Sep 30, 2014 | Buzz
A profound (Fernwood) evening at City Hall ›› Bill McKechnie A report on a business meeting at Victoria City Hall might sound a bit dull, but a recent public hearing was, in the words of Councillor Shellie Gudgeon, “a profound evening.” Fernwood Urban Village, a group...
