Community Involvement

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Community Involvement
Inspiration and information for volunteers,
municipalities and business working together to
improve the community
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Natural and Cultural Heritage Conservation
Includes efforts made by municipal, corporate
(all forms of local businesses) and private
citizens to preserve heritage within their
community. heritage policies, bylaws and
natural heritage management plan. Preservation
and restoration of buildings, homes, churches,
monuments, artifacts, sites, parks, heritage
gardens, trees et cetera. Interpretative,
cultural heritage, signage, Open Door programs
and initiatives. Preservation of traditions and
customs, festivals/celebrations, heritage foods
and the arts. Historical Society, Heritage
Advisory Committee.
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Natural and Cultural Heritage Conservation
Inspiration and information to help preserve,
restore, and create new community heritages
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Environmental Awareness
Includes environmental efforts by the
municipality, businesses and private citizens of
a community. sustainable development, policies
and by-laws, waste reduction, landfill sites,
hazardous waste collection, sewage disposal,
transfer/recycle stations, recycling initiatives,
plant health care, Integrated Pest Management
(IPM), water source, treatment and conservation,
naturalization, environmental clean up
activities, environmentally friendly
transportation.
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Environmental Awareness
Information and inspiration related to education
and action on recycling, composting and
naturalization
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Tidiness
Includes an overall tidiness effort made by
the municipality, businesses, and private
citizens of a community. tidiness of green
spaces (parks, etc), medians, streets, sidewalks,
ditches, road shoulders, signage, vacant lots and
buildings with regards to garbage, weeds,
maintenance and repair, dog droppings,
notices/posters, graffiti and vandalism.
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Tidiness
Information and inspiration to keep homes,
businesses and the entire community, neater and
cleaner
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ONTARIO AWARDS CEREMONY
2007 PROVINCIAL AWARDS September 14 16, 2007
WOODSTOCK, Ontario

• CiB Ontario Salutes and Recognizes your
  Communitys
• Efforts and Achievements
• - A perfect networking opportunity to learn from
  others
• Informative plenary sessions
• - FUN

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Thank you to our Sponsors Partners