Paint the Towne Strikes Again with Site 2 Refresh!

The second 'Paint the Towne' site was refreshed today with a coat of primer. Shortly a local artist will begin putting on the finishing touches with a neutral design....so stay tuned!

Before.......

After!

Check Out Our Aviva Community Fund Grant Idea: An Accessible Park at the Gino & Liz Marcus Community Complex on Drouillard Road

Wouldn't it be wonderful to see a brand new accessible all-ages park space at the Gino & Liz Marcus Community Complex on Drouillard???

Please check out our idea and vote daily. Together we can make this happen!

ROUND 2 begins October 24th so vote once a day! Thank you!

Paint the Towne Rolls On!

On August 30th we first wrote about our Paint the Towne project and we told you to stay tuned.....well here is the latest photo of the building.

Notice anything new?

Thanks to New Beginnings, and in particular their youth outreach worker Toni Soldevilla, the building is proudly displaying artwork painted by neighbourhood youth at the Ford City Funday event that was put on Sept 3rd by the Ford City Residents in Action.

Stop by sometime and have a look at the artwork. If your child was one of the artists maybe they can point out which part they did!

A big Ford City thank you goes to New Beginnings for helping us further beautify this building with your donations of time and materials.

Ford City FUNDAY- A Huge Success

Ford City Funday September 3, 2011

FUNDAY was back this year, and better than ever, to celebrate the end of summer and the return to school! With the help of sponsors and volunteers FUNDAY provided everyone in attendance with FREE food and entertainment. Funday included: jello eating contest, tee ball game, bird house building, water balloon toss, canvas painting, face painting, historic walking tour, bouncy house, live music and more to Ford City residents.

The Ford City Residents in Action thank all who attended the family funday! They would like to thank all the volunteers who worked hard in the heat to put on the event. A big Ford City thank you goes out to the sponsors: Local 444, Local 2458, Local 200, Excess Metals, Metro, City of Windsor, New Beginnings, YU Express, Windsor Family Credit Union, Champion Products, Windsor Taxi, Mainsonville Court, Long & McQuade, Canada Bread, Lowes, Drouillard Place, Windsor Fire & Rescue, Windsor Police Services and Computers for Kids.

Paint the Towne Site #1: Getting Fresh!

On August 25th the Ford City Neighbourhood Renewal kicked off its Pain the Towne program. Thanks to a partnership with Drouillard Place Teen Centre, who sent us two excellent painters, it only took 4 hours to scrape the paint and put on two fresh coats of white primer.

And guess what??? We're not done yet! Stay tuned.......

Before

After!

We would like to thank Spectrum Contracting and Drouillard Place

for sponsorship of this program.

Thank you to Browns Lounge for use of their ladder. Thank you to Canadian Salvage for donating the paint rollers.

Art in the Garden Youth Party August 13th

Update: Check out the Windsor Star Article Called "Ford City Gathers For Art's Sake" here, published August 15th as a follow up to the event.

Art in the Garden 2011