<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 Executive,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I have been asked to pass along the invitation below. I have registered for the Townhall meeting and other folks (particularly rural folks) might be interested too. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers,</div><div class="">Kevin.<br 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=""><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="">Barbara Schumacher <<a href="mailto:bschumac@uwaterloo.ca" class="">bschumac@uwaterloo.ca</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="">Invitation to Environmental Townhall on May 19th at 7:00 pm</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="">May 5, 2021 at 6:32:21 PM EDT<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="">"<a href="mailto:kevinthomason@mac.com" class="">kevinthomason@mac.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:kevinthomason@mac.com" class="">kevinthomason@mac.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="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; text-decoration: none; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">Dear Grand River Environmental Network:</div><div style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 15px;" class=""><div class=""><font face="Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,Helvetica,EmojiFont,Apple Color Emoji,Segoe UI Emoji,NotoColorEmoji,Segoe UI Symbol,Android Emoji,EmojiSymbols" size="2" class=""><span style="font-size: 16px;" class=""><span tabindex="0" class="x_contextualExtensionHighlight x_ms-font-color-themePrimary x_ms-border-color-themePrimary x_ident_743_872">You are invited to join our virtual Environmental Townhall: Rural Economic Growth through Green Innovation on May 19th at 7:00 pm</span>.</span></font><br class=""></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,Helvetica,EmojiFont,Apple Color Emoji,Segoe UI Emoji,NotoColorEmoji,Segoe UI Symbol,Android Emoji,EmojiSymbols" size="2" class=""><span style="font-size: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div></div><div style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 15px;" class="">Register here:<br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 15px;" class=""><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/environmental-townhall-rural-economic-growth-through-green-innovation-tickets-153052922411" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" id="LPlnk15592" previewremoved="true" class="">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/environmental-townhall-rural-economic-growth-through-green-innovation-tickets-153052922411</a><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" class=""><div id="x_m_8428609911895315689gmail-m_-5242146201778261992divtagdefaultwrapper" class=""><font face="Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,Helvetica,EmojiFont,Apple Color Emoji,Segoe UI Emoji,NotoColorEmoji,Segoe UI Symbol,Android Emoji,EmojiSymbols" size="3" class=""><span id="x_m_8428609911895315689gmail-m_-5242146201778261992divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><div id="x_m_8428609911895315689gmail-m_-5242146201778261992divtagdefaultwrapper" class=""><font face="Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,Helvetica,EmojiFont,Apple Color Emoji,Segoe UI Emoji,NotoColorEmoji,Segoe UI Symbol,Android Emoji,EmojiSymbols" size="3" class=""><span id="x_m_8428609911895315689gmail-m_-5242146201778261992divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><div style="margin-top: 14pt; margin-bottom: 14pt;" class="">The world is changing. People are looking forward to emerging from this pandemic in new courageous ways that recognize we cannot return to “normal”. In fact we don’t want to return to normal. Investments in infrastructure, business, jobs, reconciliation, social justice, addressing inequality and lifting people out of poverty are part of our conversations on the street and in politics.</div><div style="margin-top: 14pt; margin-bottom: 14pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">So what does our future look like in rural Waterloo Region? 50by30WR and Nith Valley EcoBoosters are collaborating in response to Green PAC’s challenge to hold a townhall. What is our vision? What are you and I doing about it? What do we need locally from our elected officials at all levels of government to make a successful transition out of pandemic. </span><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 14pt; margin-bottom: 14pt;" class=""><font class="">Tell us your story about how you are creating jobs through green innovation.</font></div></span></font></div></span></font></div></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" class=""><div id="x_m_8428609911895315689gmail-m_-5242146201778261992divtagdefaultwrapper" class=""><font face="Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,Helvetica,EmojiFont,Apple Color Emoji,Segoe UI Emoji,NotoColorEmoji,Segoe UI Symbol,Android Emoji,EmojiSymbols" size="3" class=""><span id="x_m_8428609911895315689gmail-m_-5242146201778261992divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><div id="x_m_8428609911895315689gmail-m_-5242146201778261992divtagdefaultwrapper" class=""><font face="Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,Helvetica,EmojiFont,Apple Color Emoji,Segoe UI Emoji,NotoColorEmoji,Segoe UI Symbol,Android Emoji,EmojiSymbols" size="3" class=""><span id="x_m_8428609911895315689gmail-m_-5242146201778261992divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><div style="margin-top: 14pt; margin-bottom: 14pt;" class=""><font class="">Waterloo Region is a community of barn raisers - rising to the challenge together, caring for our people, striving for justice and equity and a leader capable of sustainable development and green innovation.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 14pt; margin-bottom: 14pt;" class=""><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/environmental-townhall-rural-economic-growth-through-green-innovation-tickets-153052922411" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><font size="3" style="font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont;" class=""><span style="font-size: 19px;" class=""><b class="">Attend and Build Rural Waterloo Region</b></span></font></a><br class=""></div><div id="x_m_8428609911895315689gmail-m_-5242146201778261992LPBorder_GT_16201752525520.9676185937149948" style="width: 348px; margin-bottom: 20px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Bring your bold ideas for climate action and a just transition for a livable future. Be prepared to ask our government representatives for what rural Waterloo Region needs. </span><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 14pt; margin-bottom: 14pt;" class=""><font class="">Please share this invitation with your networks.</font><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 14pt; margin-bottom: 14pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Courage calls on courage everywhere.</span></div></span></font></div></span></font></div></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" class=""><div id="x_m_8428609911895315689gmail-m_-5242146201778261992divtagdefaultwrapper" class=""><font face="Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,Helvetica,EmojiFont,Apple Color Emoji,Segoe UI Emoji,NotoColorEmoji,Segoe UI Symbol,Android Emoji,EmojiSymbols" size="3" class=""><span id="x_m_8428609911895315689gmail-m_-5242146201778261992divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><div id="x_m_8428609911895315689gmail-m_-5242146201778261992divtagdefaultwrapper" class=""><font face="Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,Helvetica,EmojiFont,Apple Color Emoji,Segoe UI Emoji,NotoColorEmoji,Segoe UI Symbol,Android Emoji,EmojiSymbols" size="3" class=""><span id="x_m_8428609911895315689gmail-m_-5242146201778261992divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><div style="margin-top: 14pt; margin-bottom: 14pt;" class=""><font class="">Looking forward to hearing from you. </font></div><div style="margin-top: 14pt; margin-bottom: 14pt;" class=""><font class="">Best wishes, </font></div><div style="margin-top: 14pt; margin-bottom: 14pt;" class=""><font class="">Barbara and Julie</font></div></span></font><font face="Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,Helvetica,EmojiFont,Apple Color Emoji,Segoe UI Emoji,NotoColorEmoji,Segoe UI Symbol,Android Emoji,EmojiSymbols" size="3" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><div style="margin-top: 14pt; margin-bottom: 14pt;" class=""><font class="">For 50by30WR and Nith Valley EcoBoosters</font></div><div style="margin-top: 14pt; margin-bottom: 14pt;" class=""><font class=""><span id="x_m_8428609911895315689gmail-m_-5242146201778261992LPlnk83780" class=""><a href="https://www.50by30wr.ca/events" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" id="x_m_8428609911895315689gmail-m_-5242146201778261992LPlnk83780" class="">https://www.50by30wr.ca/events</a></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 14pt; margin-bottom: 14pt;" class=""><font class=""><a href="https://www.nvecoboosters.com/" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk588180" previewremoved="true">https://www.nvecoboosters.com/</a></font><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 14pt; margin-bottom: 14pt;" class=""><a href="https://greenback.ca/" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk366208" previewremoved="true">https://greenback.ca/</a></div></span></font></div></span></font></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>