July 2023 One Fairview homeowner’s experience with Solar If you look up at Fairview’s rooftops you may start to notice a growing trend: Solar panels are popping up on more and more homes. Have you ever considered getting solar on your home? If so read on. We had a 4.88KW solar system installed on our […]
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Found in Fairview July 2023
July 15, 2023 by yvonne
Yee-haw! Stampede is here! And with it, all the free pancakes you can imagine eating, all the cowboy hats you would ever want to see and that is just on Flavelle Road! Many years ago, when my teenager was a kidlet, lower Flavelle participated in Neighbour Day. It was fabulous! A fire truck showed up, […]
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Qigong at Flavelle Park
June 23, 2023 by yvonne
The 60+ Collective will have a Qigong instructor come to Flavelle Park for 8 weeks THIS SUMMER! If you would like to participate please contact 60plus@fairviewcommunity.ca Qigong, pronounced “chi gong,” was developed in China thousands of years ago as part of traditional Chinese medicine.It involves using exercises to optimize energy within the body,mind, and spirit, […]
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Fairview Beautification Committee
June 15, 2023 by news
June 2023 The Faireview Community Association has received a generous grant from the Federation of Calgary Communities (FedYYC) to activate and energize a portion of Fairview Park. The Activating Spaces Grant is designed to help communities turn spaces into places! We have received the gift of some seating and a spinning puzzle tower to bring […]
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Flavelle Rink Update – June 2023
June 15, 2023 by yvonne
June 2023 We had a great season of skating and hockey! I believe Fairview may have been the one of the last communities still skating so late into the season. There was an army (actually about 12) volunteers that came out for the take down of the boards and clean up. I can’t THANK YOU […]
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Paint the Pavement
May 1, 2023 by yvonne
May 2023 At the last Fairview AGM, we put a call out for people to help with “Paint the Pavement”. One late October weekend around 20 volunteers got together to express their creativity, visit together and play a part in creating safer streets. The finished painting was briefly shown in the newsletter before the snow […]
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Found in Fairview March/April 2023
April 1, 2023 by yvonne
by Michelle Stensrud, Roving Reporter Do you wear a uniform to work? I don’t (unless you count PJs as a uniform), but this month’s resident does. Meet Dexter, a hardworking puppy. He wears a yellow jacket to work every day. He works so hard because when he grows up, he wants to be a guide […]
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Meet My Pet: Nia
January 11, 2023 by yvonne
December 2022 Ryder has the most adorable, fluffy, energetic Pomsky dog. A Pomsky, in case you aren’t sure, is a Pomeranian Husky. Her name is Nia, and she is nearly four years old. Nia was born in Edmonton and is from a breeder. Ryder’s family went and picked her up when she was eight weeks […]
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Fairview Paints the Pavement
January 11, 2023 by yvonne
December 2022 At the end of October, some of your neighbours got together for a painting party! Fairview Board member and organizer, Alicia Davis, received #ActivateYYC funding towards initiatives that transform space into place, promote movement, safety, and neighbourliness. It is a program of the Federation of Calgary Communities. She used this grant towards a […]
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