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      • 21 APRIL 2023
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      Community Advocate Encouraged by Citizens’ Response to Housing Crisis

      Community Advocate Encouraged by Citizens’ Response to Housing Crisis

      When she looks around Brantford, Birgitta P.M. says she sees a growing number of people who are affected by the housing crisis. But she also sees many concerned citizens who are ready and willing to do something to help.

      And this is encouraging, Birgitta says.

      “I see people waking up to and becoming aware of the homelessness crisis and who are beginning to care enough to look for and create viable possibilities and real options and opportunities,” says Birgitta, a Brantford resident and community advocate.

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      • 21 APRIL 2023
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      Citizen-Led Housing Initiative Births New Circles

      Citizen-Led Housing Initiative Births New Circles

      The April 4 citizen-led Tiny Homes Working Circle in Brantford, Ont. saw the creation of new, smaller working groups, all aimed at helping carry the pilot project to build two tiny homes in the city through to fruition.

      This feisty and persistent community movement is unfolding in natural step with the gifts and talents its members are bringing.

      As the movement has been developing, and its members express their interests and offer their gifts, the working circle has been shifting its form to support them.

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      • 19 APRIL 2023
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      Citizens Forge Ahead to Directly Address Housing Crisis

      Citizens Forge Ahead to Directly Address Housing Crisis

      Not willing to wait any longer for a system response to the housing crisis in their community, a group of citizens in Brantford, Ontario has taken it upon themselves to do what they can. Two community-led summits and six months later, a small group is making progress in the direction of building two tiny homes

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      • 13 APRIL 2023
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      Bulldogs’ Brantford Move Welcomed by Sports Fan Bob Beazley

      Bulldogs’ Brantford Move Welcomed by Sports Fan Bob Beazley

      When the Hamilton Bulldogs announced in February they’d be relocating to Brantford for the next three seasons, lifelong sports fan Bob Beazley was happy he’d now have a chance to enjoy hockey games close to home.

      And Bob got his first taste of Bulldogs hockey recently when he attended the team’s premier open practice at the Brantford Civic Centre, where he’d not seen a game since the Brantford Blast played in the arena prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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      • 13 APRIL 2023
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      BetterStreet Founder Visits Brantford Tiny Homes Working Circle

      BetterStreet Founder Visits Brantford Tiny Homes Working Circle

      Tony D’Amato Stortz, who has a wealth of experience helping tiny-home communities thrive in Canadian cities, spent an hour with the March 7 Tiny Home Working Circle to share his insight and help the group advance their efforts to create affordable housing in the Brantford, Ontario community.

      Tony combines his knowledge of social services, building management and carpentry to help guide groups looking to start tiny-home communities in their cities.

      To date, Tony, who is the founder of BetterStreet, an organization that develops strategies to address homelessness, has helped launch tiny-home communities in seven Canadian cities, including Kitchener and Belleville.

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      • 13 APRIL 2023
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      Mentor says Project SEARCH Program is Fostering Interns’ Personal and Professional Growth

      Mentor says Project SEARCH Program is Fostering Interns’ Personal and Professional Growth

      Reflecting on her time mentoring students involved with the Project SEARCH initiative, Audrey Bekendam says what stands out most for her is the personal and professional growth she’s seen the interns experience.

      Audrey, who works in the housekeeping department at St. Joseph’s Lifecare Centre, says that while some of the interns were initially shy and withdrawn around residents and staff members at the Brantford long-term care home, it didn’t take long for them to acclimatize to life at St. Joe’s and get into the groove.

      “It has been very eye opening; (it’s like watching) a flower developing,” Audrey says.

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