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<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'>Our meeting this month will be an unusual one – occurring in two places:<BR>
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We will start at 7:15 at Cambridge City Hall and then go to the home of GREN founding members Daphne and Gord Nicholls for the rest of our meeting.<BR>
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<B>Thursday January 21:<BR>
7:15 pm: Cambridge City Hall, 50 Dickson Street (in downtown Galt). Tour of this “green” building led by the designer Bob Paul.<BR>
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8:15 pm: Daphne and Gord Nicholls’ home, 36 The Crestway, Kitchener<BR>
</B>1) Updates on GREN Committees<BR>
2) Brainstorming on GREN goals and work for 2010<BR>
3) Updates by GREN members.<BR>
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Because of the extra time involved in moving between locations, we expect this meeting to go until 9:30.<BR>
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Please read the note below from Daphne with details on the City Hall visit and on how to get to the Nicholls for the 2nd part of the meeting.<BR>
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John<BR>
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Hello GREN members,<BR>
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Our next GREN meeting will be a "progressive" one. You might like to car pool.<BR>
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We'll start, as usual at 7:15, at the new Cambridge City Hall in Galt. It is an award-winning building with Gold LEED certification and many environmentally-friendly components. We'll have a one hour tour of the building with the man who was influential in its design, Bob Paul and also Adam Cheney, starting at 7:15 pm, Thursday, January 21st. (Check the Cambridge City Hall website for a map). To avoid the stoplights in Preston, I like to drive down Blair Road and George St., turn, left and go over the Park St. bridge, and past 2 sets of lights to Cambridge St.. Turn right on Cambridge St. to the entrance to the parking lot on the left, behind city hall, opposite Thorne St. There are doors to the lobby from three sides of the building.<BR>
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The second part of the meeting will start at about 8:15 at Daphne and Gord Nicholls' home, which is north of 401, near old highway 8/King St. E. We live in a "covenented community" that began about 58 years ago, Grand Hill Village. "The Village" has been a terrific example of participatory democracy, and is a major reason for our interest in the environment.<BR>
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Coming north from Cambridge on King St. E. pass the lights near East Side Mario's, and Sportsworld Dr., on the right, the lights by the Brick, on the left, and move to the left lane past the TD Canada Trust, at Deer Ridge DR.. This is the 4th set of lights north of 401.<BR>
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Turn left on Deer Ridge. Take the first right, Grand Hill Dr.. Pass 2 left turns, Wagon st. in the new subdivision and Folley Lane ( with 4 mail boxes and no street sign). Turn left on the tail end of Grand Hill Dr. (It's like a #9). Take the first right, the Crestway, and drive to the crest of the hill. We're #36, with a cream-coloured mail box. Please, DO NOT park in the sloping driveway, and watch your step if it's icy.<BR>
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Dress casually ... if there are more than 20 people you may have to sit on steps or the floor.<BR>
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Daphne<BR>
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John Jackson<BR>
17 Major Street<BR>
Kitchener, Ontario N2H 4R1<BR>
519-744-7503<BR>
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