A community grows where civic pride is shown.<\/p>\n
A community grows where beauty is shown.<\/p>\n
Clean, Green, Beautiful North Bay hosted a Streetscapes Award Ceremony on Sunday, announcing the winners and runners-up for 2025.<\/p>\n
What made this year\u2019s initiative extra special was piloting the expansion of the program to include new categories.<\/p>\n
The ceremony honoured people in the Business, Overall Curb Appeal, Edible Garden, Nature Garden, and Street Recognition categories.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe idea behind this is to recognize the diversity of spaces in our community and the people who care for them. I know even with the pilot categories, we\u2019re already thinking about other ones to add to next year, to make sure that we can recognize everyone who is doing their part to make our city beautiful,\u201d shared \u00a0Kylie-Anne Grube, Streetscapes Initiative lead.<\/p>\n
The first-place winners were presented with a plaque, while the runners-up were honoured with a framed certificate in recognition of their efforts.<\/p>\n
Winners were announced by identifying the property.<\/p>\n
The winner for the O\u2019Natural category was 668 Fisher Street, 892 Jane Street was selected for the Edible Gardens category, followed by 140 McLean for Overall Curb Appeal. In the Business category, The LUXE Nail walked away the winner, and finally, residents of Pinegrove Crescent won for Street Recognition.<\/p>\n
Hariett Madigan, chair of Clean, Green, Beautiful, shared how the Streetscapes program aligns with the mission of Clean, Green, Beautiful North Bay.<\/p>\n
\u201cClean, Green, Beautiful was founded to bring the beauty of the waterfront and a stewardship culture to the whole community. It\u2019s not just about flowers and plants and trees, it is about how we come together as a community and support each other,\u201d noted Madigan.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you want to change a culture in the community, you can\u2019t just talk about it; you have to demonstrate it. You have to take action.\u201d<\/p>\n
She went further, explaining that creating a beautiful Streetscape can result in conversations, neighbours talking to neighbours.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to create a community that is kinder and more accepting and more resilient and inclusive. And we can do that by creating beauty wherever we are,\u201d added Madigan. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
There is still ample opportunity to support Clean, Green, Beautiful North Bay in continuing the work it undertakes for the community.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have got our Fall community-wide cleanup coming up. So, we are encouraging businesses and schools to pick up litter on September 19th, and then for the rest of the community and residents, we are hosting it on September 20th,\u201d shared A.J. McGarrity of Clean, Green, Beautiful.<\/p>\n