Bruderheim wins CIB Provincial Award

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The Town of Bruderheim is excited to announce that the Town was successful in winning the 2011 Communities In Bloom Provincial Award, (5 Blooms and the winner for Alberta for point scores) and will be competing NATIONALLY in 2012.

Congratulations to all Communities in Bloom volunteers, Town staff, and residents who helped to make our community shine this summer! Your efforts are the reason the Town achieved this outstanding success!

This is very exciting for our community. We will also be part of the Communities in Bloom Greater Edmonton Area showcase in Quebec City in October 2011 at the National Awards Ceremony. Our Spring Creek Wetland Interpretive Centre project will be talked about as a project that a small community of 500 - 3000 population was able to complete. The intent of this presentation is to provide communities across Canada with small demonstrations of successful projects in the Greater Edmonton Area and invite everyone to the CIB National Presentations that will be hosted in Alberta next year.

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Communities in Bloom is a volunteer based, Canadian non-profit organization, committed to fostering civic pride, environmental responsibility, beautification and to improving quality of life through community participation and the opportunity to participate in a national program. The Alberta Recreation and Parks Association oversees the Alberta's Provincial Edition of the Communities in Bloom initiative.

The program now includes more than 500 municipalities across the country and an international challenge involving municipalities from the United States, Japan and several European countries.

Communities are invited to participate in the provincial or national editions, within their population category.

Communities have recognized numerous benefits from participating in the program including:

Increased civic pride and community involvement.
Participation from all ages and walks of life.
Citizens, groups, organizations, business and municipal government all mobilized and working together.
Year-round projects and continuous improvement for the entire community.
Information and cultural exchange within the community and with neighbouring, national and International communities.
Valuable information and feedback from the judges.
Decreased vandalism.
Economic development and increased property values.
Marketing and promotional opportunities.
Positive benefits for the tourism, hospitality and retail industries.
Improved quality of life. (Source: Communities in Bloom website)

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