by mvboronowski | Sep 8, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
Ever notice that Vancouver’s English Bay skyline is constantly littered with those, squat, red-hulled ships? Or maybe not. They’re such an omnipresent feature of our surroundings, that we pay them little heed despite their importance. Each of these modern-day...
by mvboronowski | Sep 5, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
Some things go well together. Peas and carrots. Redheads and green (at least according to Theo Lamb) and of course, BBQ and Labour Day weekend. This weekend I was lucky enough to get an invite from BBQ-lover Mike Worth. Pitched outside the Waldorf Hotel, Re-Up BBQ was...
by mvboronowski | Sep 4, 2011 | 100 Community Builders
Who are you? I’ve been told several times that Chatterton is an apt last name for a communications gal like me. It’s certainly true that I’m seldom short of opinions and, my friends and family would add, random trivia. That last bit is because I’m curious about the...
by mvboronowski | Sep 2, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories, Business & Entrepreneurship
I’m writing this on a sunny Saturday afternoon and I just returned from Our Community Bikes (OCB), which is located on Main Street in the Mount Pleasant neighbourhood of Vancouver. As part of the PEDAL Collective, OCB provides an inclusive space for people who...
by mvboronowski | Sep 1, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
As it turns out, the recipe for Community is very simple; Singing in public, beer, and a little dash of wild animal. Surprisingly, I am not talking about drunken nights of karaoke (exclusively). I recently spent 6 weeks studying in Copenhagen, Denmark and followed...
