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It was an amazing event last night at the 3rd Annual Faces of Holland Silent Auction! Making an impact by supporting local families through The Barkann Foundation. It was a packed room of community leaders and trailblazers. If you are interested in learning more about how you can get involved with The Faces of Holland - Connect with Alexis Cohen of Alexis Cohen & Associates 🫶🏽 #communityengagement #communityinvolvement #servicebeforeself #fosteringgrowth #connectingcommunites #businessgrowth #relationshipbuilding #businessdevelopment

"He's all sizzle, no steak." Jas Johal's and Richard Zussman's scathing assessment of Ken Sim, FCPA, FCA in "Ken Sim - Our Deeply Unserious Mayor?" on 980 CKNW. (Excerpt) "Now, as I've said, this highlights for me, the bigger issue which essentially is we have a Mayor who is not very serious for a city dealing with very serious challenges. "It's a city with a $2 billion budget, yet still goes cap in hand looking for corporate sponsorship because it has difficulty balancing its books. "You have a fiscal conservative who in the last 2 years raised property taxes by 18%, yet Kennedy Stewart raised property taxes by 24% in 4 years. At the rate this mayor is going, taxes will be even higher than that leftwing Mayor, Kennedy Stewart. "Think about this for a second...community centre fees have gone up, parking fees have gone up. This mayor promised to bring in his 3-3-1 policy which means you'd only have to wait 3 days for approvals when it came to home additions, 3 weeks for townhouses, 3 months for midrises and 1 year for highrises...has any of that come to fruition? I don't think so...no one has seen that. "He's also increased the mayor's budget...it's now a political office more than anything else. "He's run on being trasnparent. Try getting information on FIFA World Cup from him. "And what about infrastructure? Look at the Kits Pool, a landmark in the city. It's not going to be open this summer at all. The Stanley Park train...I don't even think it's wheelchair accessible. And on and on it goes. "He says he wants to fix the Park Board, now he says he wants to get rid of Park Board. That's fine if you agree with him but that tells me he doesn't even get along with his own people. "This man has been handed a super majority and what have we seen from him? Not a lot. And considering he's the first Asian major in the city...congratulations to him, I think that's a wonderful achievement...but has he levereaged that to build the City, to push the City, to challenge the City when it comes to anti-Asian racism in a meaningful way. Has he gotten involved in part of the broader conversation around foreign interference? "He doesn't have the gravitas in my personal opinion. That's what I have seen. He's all sizzle, no steak." City of Vancouver ABC Vancouver TEAM for a Livable Vancouver #vanpoli #vancouver Colleen Hardwick Bill Tieleman Business Council of British Columbia Greater Vancouver Board of Trade                  https://lnkd.in/gPYwmqSD

Did you see it? 🤩 Thank you Look East for spending some time with us last week to help celebrate our 70th year and find out about our new branding and the special people involved in what we do. If you missed it you can watch the full feature on iPlayer👇 https://lnkd.in/efv6Td3C If you want to scroll forward we are at 4:59 minutes. #embracecharity #embracebedford #familieswithdisabilities #disabilityinclusion #disabilityawareness

Being part of a community, and gathering in person can save lives. Research suggests that social capital (the networks of relationships among people who live and work in a particular society, enabling that society to function effectively) leads to outcomes like higher trust, an increased sense of connection, better individual wellbeing, and as a result, longer life expectancy*. Festival for the Future (FFF) is a community characterised by pragmatic optimism. This is because it's an event built on intergenerational connection. Festival participants span all ages and backgrounds. They are hungry for a future that is as diverse as it is collective and as purposeful as it is impactful. And they're up for being put on the spot for a dance battle (shoutout to Ben from Create Now, pictured). Last year we worked with Guy Ryan, Katie Trott, and the wider Inspiring Stories team to help translate FFF's values into storytelling opportunities to help champions like Tory Whanau and Quack Pirihi grow the community. This year, we're attending as participants to recharge and find resources for the second half of 2024. After a year that started with conversations where we asked, "is this going to be a harder year than the one the economy shut down for two months so we could stop the spread?", we need to constantly find reframes. And this is the event to do it. Whether you're young or old, fill your cup at Festival. It's happening next Wednesday and Thursday (July 17tn and 18th) at the TSB Arena in Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) and there are tickets still available. Hope to see you there. 😊 Tickets at ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gitxZtE *https://lnkd.in/gGJc_SME #FFTF24 #FestivalForTheFuture #ForwardThinking #Changemakers

At Morta, we aspire to enable the industry and our community to adopt excellence at scale. One of the many ways we do that is by having our community events. Couldn’t make it to our last community event? You can watch the recording here: https://lnkd.in/d35RMmys #BrickByBrick #MortaCommunity #CommunityDay

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🚀 Exciting news! 🎉 Our latest blog post is live! 📝 Got sponsorships? Helping the community? But not sure how to share that news? Check out our blog here: https://lnkd.in/e5CysGzQ #MarketingStrategy #MediaImpact #BusinessSuccess 🌟

It’s stress awareness month and as part of that there are things we can all do to aid our own wellbeing. One of the 5 ways to wellbeing is to give. There’s lots of research about the positive effects of taking part in social and community life with some studies showing that people who help others are more likely to rate themselves as happy. Below is a great opportunity with a local charity close to my heart Motiv8 to do just that, whilst improving our community 😊I’m looking forward to taking part! So what ways do you give back? Is there anything you can do today to be kind and helpful to others, however big or small? #wellbeing #stressawarenessmonth