Community Pitch Night

Thursday, June 16, 2022 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm on Zoom

Facilitated by Friends of Fish Creek Volunteers, Staff and Community Members

Pictured above is a small team of volunteers who came together because a long-standing community member and volunteer, Joe Gerritsen, proposed the rejuvenation of signage along the Single Track Trail. Not only did Joe propose the idea, he backed the idea up with his time, energy and dedication. He mapped the signs that needed replacement or removal, and led a crew of volunteers using our new Stewardship Truck donated by Inline Pigging, in the field to bring the project to fruition. Over several outings, the team successfully finished the work, a project that never would have been completed if it hadn’t been brought forward by a community member.

Inspired by Joe’s and other community members’ willingness to step forward over the years, we are inviting community members to submit their ideas for special project that either:

• repair/improve existing park infrastructure,

• improve current Friends of Fish Creek programming, or

• reclaim/restore a natural area within the park.

Join us as an online audience member to hear about and vote on projects that aim to meet a need or resolve an issue in the park at this virtual edition of the Fish Creek Speaker Series! At this event, submission chosen for further exploration will be presented by short presentations, each followed by a Q&A session with opportunities for all community member to share their feedback on the ideas presented.

Click here to submit your idea for a special project!

All ideas will be reviewed, and a select few will be invited to present their idea to the community at a special edition of the Fish Creek Speaker Series – a Community Pitch Night – on Thursday, June 16, 2022. Submission deadline is May 16, 2022.

Photo courtesy of Ward Sanderson