It’s the time of year to renew or sign up for a membership with the Oliver Community League. All individual and family memberships for Oliver residents are FREE.
Please click here to learn more about member benefits and to sign up or renew your membership.
If you’re looking for a fun way to spend the weekend, but don’t feel like running a marathon, you can join the Oliver cheer team from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in this year’s Servus Edmonton Marathon on August 18, 2019!
The Oliver cheer team will meet at 102 Ave. and 118 St. in front of Oliver School. If you’re interested in joining, contact Les at events@olivercommunity.com.
Get involved with our committees!
Civics:Sep. 9, Oct. 15*, Nov. 12*, 7 p.m.
This highly engaged committee meets on the second Monday of the month to discuss developments in Oliver.
July 31 Special General Meeting on Financial Statements
On July 31, we held our Special General Meeting to review and approve the league’s 2018 audited financial statements. We met quorum and the statements passed!
OCL financials are overall very healthy.
Recreation in Oliver: what are the possibilities?
The City of Edmonton is starting a recreation needs assessment and needs your input! This is the first step to planning urban recreation that enlivens Oliver now and into the future.
You’ve already provided a lot of input through the engagement the Oliver Community League has done in the past few years. The City wants to build and expand off that, to understand what recreation means to the people who live in Oliver - including physical, social, intellectual, creative and spiritual recreation.
The first phase of engagement begins August 12 and will continue until the end of October. In this phase, the City would like to know what you do for recreation - everything from sports to spending time with friends or participating in community clubs. You will also be able to provide feedback on the opportunities and challenges of recreation in Oliver.
Look for pop up booths at community events to give your initial feedback. A survey will be available the first week of October. Visit edmonton.ca/oliverwellnessreimaginedfor details.
An open house will be held early November to share the results of everything we have heard so far.
Integrated Strategic Development Team, City of Edmonton
Photo Credit: City of Edmonton
“Let’s chat about Inclusion” on August 22
What is the Community Inclusion Committee?
A few like-minded volunteers who met at the EFCL’s Leagues Alive conference in October 2018 have recently created the Community Inclusion Committee (CIC) to generate awareness, dialogue and action for people to recognize community diversity as an asset and work towards real inclusion.
“Let’s chat about inclusion” is the CIC’s kick-off event.
What will the event look like?
The World Café-inspired “Let’s chat about inclusion” event discussions will be facilitated by community leaders who navigate their lived experiences as members of Indigenous and ethno-cultural communities as well as disabled, youth and senior groups amongst others. The Oliver Community League’s Social Advocacy Director Marc Workman will be speaking at the event.
The aim of the event is to provide a venue for Community League members to discuss how to best foster inclusion within the community league framework.
When: Thursday, August 22, 2019.
Registration starts at 5:30 p.m.
Dinner will be served at 6 p.m.
Discussion time will be 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Where: Ritchie Community League, 7727 98 St NW, Edmonton, AB T6E 5C9
Find the Facebook event here and the Eventbrite here.
Open Streets event is taking place on Aug. 25
Paths for People is inviting all Oliver residents to join the massive street party on Sunday, August 25. It's called Open Streetsand the Oliver Community League will have a table!
What: Open Streets is a one-day event opening Edmonton’s iconic Jasper Avenue to walking, biking and rolling. It's being led by Paths for People, a local non-profit championing an Edmonton that’s human-centred by design.
When: Sunday, August 25, 2019 (event runs 10 a.m.-3 p.m.)
Where: 1 ¼ kilometers in downtown Edmonton
Jasper Avenue from 109 - 103 Street
108 Street south between Jasper Avenue + Plaza
104 Street north between Jasper Avenue + 102 Avenue
The streets on the route will be closed to motor-vehicle traffic and open to people - think paved parks for everyone.
Know your rights as a tenant
In collaboration with the Edmonton Community Legal Centre, OCL is holding a tenants’ rights workshop. Drop by to learn all about your rights as a tenant.
When: September 16, 6-8 p.m. Where: Grace Lutheran Church, 9907 114 Street
YEGyouth Program information for Fall, Winter and Spring released
Program information for the City’s YEGyouth drop-in program has been released, and is now available on the City of Edmonton’s website. The programs are 3-hours long, free and open to youth ages 13 to 17, providing hang out spaces, gym time, board games, arts, crafts and more. The new programming starts on September 16.
Dog Off Leash Ambassador Program
Backyard Play Safety Tips from Alberta Health Services
