<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi GREN Exec,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Below is the proposal submitted to the Greenbelt Foundation from the Ontario Greenbelt Alliance today. GREN is one of six supporting/participating groups along with David Crombie’s new Citizen Forum group. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The most important part of this proposal is that it will form the base funding that will allow the Ontario Greenbelt Alliance to continue to operate over the next two years. The OGA has been instrumental in the protection and stewardship of the Greenbelt, the defeat of Bill 66, the push back on the Conservation Authority cutbacks, the overuse of MZO’s, and many other issues of provincial significance. It is one of the few connections environmental groups in Waterloo Region have to the broader Ontario context so keeping this group alive and funded is particularly important in this era of Doug Ford and his approach to governing.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">While it is geared more towards larger environmental organizations with staff and fundraising (who will do the bulk of the work), the local deliverables are modest and within the scope of what we can accomplish at GREN - particularly with my ongoing involvement, assistance from Franz Hartman (the current chair of the OGA), etc.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please let me know any questions or ideas. We should hear more from the Greenbelt Foundation in a few weeks though there is a second proposal that will be need to be completed in the next few days that I will work on tomorrow.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers,</div><div class="">Kevin.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">-------------------------------------<br class=""><br class="">Kevin Thomason<br class=""><br class="">1115 Cedar Grove Road<br class="">Waterloo, Ontario Canada N2J 3Z4<br class=""><br class="">Phone: (519) 888-0519<br class="">Mobile Phone/WhatsApp: (519) 240-1648<br class="">Twitter: @kthomason<br class=""><a href="mailto:kevinthomason@mac.com" class="">E-mail: kevinthomason@mac.com</a><br class=""><br class="">-----------------------------------------</div></div>
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Franz Hartmann <<a href="mailto:franzgreenbeltalliance@gmail.com" class="">franzgreenbeltalliance@gmail.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">GBF Application Submitted</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">March 8, 2021 at 3:58:29 PM EST<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Tim Gray <<a href="mailto:tgray@environmentaldefence.ca" class="">tgray@environmentaldefence.ca</a>>, Lynda Lukasik <<a href="mailto:llukasik@environmenthamilton.org" class="">llukasik@environmenthamilton.org</a>>, Margaret Prophet <<a href="mailto:margaret@simcoecountygreenbelt.ca" class="">margaret@simcoecountygreenbelt.ca</a>>, Debbie Gordon <<a href="mailto:debbierawngordon@gmail.com" class="">debbierawngordon@gmail.com</a>>, Kevin Thomason <<a href="mailto:kevinthomason@mac.com" class="">kevinthomason@mac.com</a>>, Anne Bell <<a href="mailto:anneb@ontarionature.org" class="">anneb@ontarionature.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Hi All,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I just submitted the OGA application. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks to all of you for getting it to the finish line.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">For your files: attached is the budget, the key sections in the application and a Letter of Support from David Crombie.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I will be emailing Shelley tomorrow to set up a meeting with the OGA Steering Committee.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Now it's time for a herbal tea (because it's only Monday).<br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div>-- <br class=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class="">Franz Hartmann<div class="">Ontario Greenbelt Alliance</div></div></div></div></div>
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