Published in The BANAR September 2019 by Brent Lawrie, Blackburn FUNFAIR Chair Another exceptional FUNFAIR kicked off summer 2019! The weather was great Friday night, and all day and night on Saturday. All the excellent events, great entertainment and carnival rides were bustling with an
Published in The BANAR June 2019 by Don Kelly Once again, blue skies and the warmth of summer will be upon us. While warm temperatures may mean the arrival of mosquitoes and black flies this time of the year may also mean new potential hazards
Published in The BANAR June 2019 Although Mother Nature threatened to snow on the original date of the Spring Clean Up, we had a great turnout of 180 wonderful volunteers who came out when the sun shone on our rain date, Sunday April 28th. Together,
Published in The BANAR February 2019 by Brent Lawrie, Blackburn FUNFAIR Chair Thanks to everyone for last years excellent FUNFAIR 2018, and because of the great participation and sponsorship support, we raised $13 416, which has been put directly back into our Blackburn community. Fantastic!
Published in The BANAR February 2019. The BCA hosted a Volunteer Appreciation Dinner for an amazing group of volunteers on Saturday January 12th. The dinner was organized to thank the volunteers in the Hamlet that took time out of their busy lives. There are always
The Community Beautification Committee, consisting of Blackburn resident volunteers, has been hard at work since 2016, identifying big and small community beautification projects. We started small by installing 2 new benches – one on Bearbrook and one on Innes – near the Four Corners intersection