Interactive home audit (energy use)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, March 5, 2007
City launches online energy conservation tool
Approximately 27,000 students and their families in Greater Sudbury will be asked to take part in the c(IHA) over the next few weeks – an innovative and comprehensive education program that will provide a framework for changing habits when it comes to energy conservation.
The Interactive Home Audit was piloted by the Rainbow District School Board last year and has since been extended to all 94 schools in Greater Sudbury. Coordinated by the City of Greater Sudbury and the Dearness Environmental Society, the program features an online tool designed to encourage students, their families, and the general public to reduce electricity, energy and water use in their homes. All students in Greater Sudbury will be asked to complete the Interactive Home Audit. This activity will be positioned as a homework assignment, to be completed by students and their parents.
"This information will serve as an additional incentive for students' families to reduce their ecological footprint, conserve our resources, and improve the air that we breathe. As we all know, a better world begins in the classroom," said Mayor John Rodriguez. "I sincerely hope that everyone accepts this challenge."
The information users will find when completing the Interactive Home Audit includes:• The amount of energy being consumed in their homes• How much money energy use is costing per month• What efficiency measures can be implemented to reduce consumption• Dollar savings after efficiency measures are implemented• The impact that personal actions have on the environment
As a component of the Interactive Home Audit Challenge, a number of youth environmental teams, representing each of the four school boards, will be visiting neighbourhoods in Greater Sudbury during the month of March, to promote the IHA and Efficient Sudbury campaign. The youth teams will be sharing information on these two community initiatives and giving residents a free Energy Star compact fluorescent light bulb.
Tom Tamblyn, President of Dearness Environmental Society, developed the Interactive Home Audit to connect student learning about the environment with actions in our homes and community. As Tom stated recently, "we all have a responsibility to think globally and act locally. The home audit was designed to help students become ‘system thinkers', so they can better understand sustainability principles and the impacts of their actions on their community and their environment."
The Rainbow District School Board was pleased to work in collaboration with the Dearness Environmental Society to develop and pilot the interactive home audit website. "Through the website, we have been able to expand our environmental education and sustainability efforts from the classroom to the community," said Rainbow District School Board Chair Dena Morrison. "We closely monitor our energy use in Rainbow Schools and continue to implement efficiency measures in order to achieve savings. The Interactive Home Audit will give all homeowners an opportunity to model what we are doing in our schools."
The IHA can be found online at http://sudbury.yourhomeaudit.com .
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Media Contact:
Alison TaylorCommunications OfficerCity of Greater Sudbury674-4455, ext. 2513

Sheila Prusila appointment to the Greater Sudbury Library and Museum Board

It is with great pleasure that I congratulate Sheila Prusila on her> appointment to the Greater Sudbury Library and Museum Board. Sheila was> selected from a fairly long list of capable people and I am confident> that council has selected an excellent member to it's board. Best wishes> Sheila.> Sincerely,> Jacques Barbeau> councillor > Ward 2

Letter of Support re Anderson Farm Museum

Gwen Doyle and Richard Bois
Co-Chairs, Walden Can

This is a letter of support on behalf of the members of the Sudbury Art Club in support of the Recommendations in the Report of the Heritage Committee regarding the upgrading and proposed changes to the Anderson Farm Museum
This venue can become an important asset to the Walden and Sudbury Arts community; the proposed changes will enhance the use of the facility for not only art exhibits and art workshops, but the use by many different interest groups as well as increase the appeal of this venue as a museum.

Art groups such as the Walden Art Club who will host the Northern Ontario Art Association’s Annual Meeting and Juried show in the fall of 2009 can benefit greatly if this facility was improved to enable them to host a first class event. As a director of the Northern Ontario Art Association I lend full support to the Walden Art club in hosting this important event.

In addition it would allow more artists to use the facility for the Annual tour des Arts (Studio Tour).
Last year’s attendance proved that many Sudburians were willing to travel to the log cabin on site to view the art on display for this annual tour. Improving the facilities would greatly enhance the opportunity for more local artists to participate.

Many thanks are in order to Walden Can for your efforts to date and for your ongoing support of the arts in the Sudbury and area community and the Anderson Farm Heritage Committee Recommendations.

Liz Peekstok, President
Sudbury Art Club

The Walden-CAN Anderson Farm Museum and Cultural Center Task Force Up-date

The Walden-CAN Anderson Farm Museum and Cultural Center Task Force Up-date

The Walden-CAN Anderson Farm Museum and Cultural Center Task Force formally started up on October 25, 2006, consisting of members from the Heritage Committee that met all summer drafting the seventeen recommendations included in the Review of the Anderson Farm and Heritage Activities in Walden dated October 10, 2006. Co-Chairs of the Task Force were Marte Holouka and Les Burford. Sheila Prusila and Amanda Turcotte shared secretarial duties and other members consisted of Gwen Doyle, Mary Barr, Elsie Stephenson, Lynn Quinn, Allison Muckle and Reg White.

Our purpose in forming the Task force was to facilitate the implementation of the Final Report of the Walden-CAN Heritage Committee in cooperation and partnership with the City of Greater Sudbury staff.

We set seven goals that we hope to complete in a six month period:

1. To review the 17 recommendations.

2. To separate the recommendations into Governance and Budget
sub-categories.

3. To prioritize the recommendations in both the Governance and
Budget subcategories.

4. To develop a power point presentation for the City of Greater Sudbury Public Input Budget Meeting being held at City Hall on January 30th.

5. To develop an outline for our governance model.

6. To establish a working partnership with city staff and Ward Two Councillor Jacques Barbeau.

7. To establish a working partnership with Council as a whole.


In order to accomplish all of this, the Task Force met weekly at the Meadowbrook Retirement Village during the months of November and the first half of December. A sub-committee consisting of Les Burford, Mary Barr, Elsie Stephenson, Lynn Quinn and Gwen Doyle also held three meetings with City of Greater Sudbury Staff members Ron Henderson – Director, Citizen Services, Library & Museum Systems; Clair Zuliani - Manager, Library & Heritage Resources and Jim Fortin – Museum Curator, exchanging ideas and clarifying and gathering information in order to meet our stated goals.

Sheila Prusila and Allison Muckle were tasked with creating the Power Point presentation that will be presented to City Council on January 30th. This will be completed by January 10th and will be presented to the Task Force shortly after for their approval.

Letter of Support

January 5, 2007
ATTENTION: GWEN DOYLE and RICHARD BOIS
Co-Chairs, WALDEN CAN HERITAGE COMMITTEE
Dear Committee Members:
RE. HERITAGE COMMITTEE
ANDERSON FARM MUSEUM - LIVELY, ONTARIO
On behalf of the Northern Ontario Art Association, I would like to express our support of the
recommendations outlined in the Report of the Heritage Committee regarding proposed changes
and upgrading to the Anderson Farm Museum in Lively, and most especially changes to the
stable building to make it useable for an art venue / gallery.
The Anderson Farm Museum is a valuable asset to the community and to the City of Greater
Sudbury. The proposed changes would make the complex available to a broader range of users,
including local artists and art organizations. There is a definite need for more community art
galleries in Northern Ontario accessible to our Northern Ontario artists.
The Northern Ontario Art Association is an umbrella organization that encompasses 15 clubs
from all over Northern Ontario, representing over 500 artists. Four of these member clubs are
from the Sudbury area, and it has been a continual struggle for clubs to find a suitable location to
host the official opening of our annual exhibition and annual meeting or even to hold our annual
touring exhibition. Access to a complex proposed by the heritage committee would be a huge
benefit to the local art organizations and individual artists wishing to hold these and other
exhibitions.
We commend your committee for all your time hard work towards achieving this goal.
Yours truly,
NORTHERN ONTARIO ART ASSOCIATION
Christie Best Pearson,
President, NOAA
18 Field Street
Lively, ON P3Y 1A9

Letter of Support

Gwen Doyle and Richard Bois
Co-Chairs, Walden-CAN


This letter is in support of the 17 Recommendations in the Report of the Heritage Committee regarding the proposed changes and upgrading to the Anderson farm Museum.

We, as the Walden Art Club, fully endorse all of the recommendations, because we firmly believe that the Anderson farm Museum is a valuable asset to this community, and to the entire City of greater Sudbury. We would, however, like to see greater use of this facility by the public.

We feel that the proposed changes would enhance the usefulness of the site for many different groups in the community, as well as greatly enhance the appeal of the Anderson Farm as a museum. But, of course, before the public profile of the Anderson farm can be significantly raised, many of these proposals need to be carried out.

As an arts group, we would no doubt benefit most from the winterization and enhancement of the stable building, as an excellent local venue for art shows. The repairs and changes to the barn are another needed change, as it would be an alternative site in Walden to host our larger events.

We know, from our experience over the past three years, of a small groups of us renting the log cabin for the SCARF Studio Tour, that this is certainly a location that many people will visit to view an art show. We had so many visitors this year that we were unable to maintain a count, but estimate the attendance around 400 people, many of whom were from the City of greater Sudbury, as well as from further afield. But if the stable building were available, many more artists would have the same opportunity to be part of the SCARF Studio Tour, as well.

In addition, our club has been asked to host the Northern Ontario Artists Association
Annual Meeting and Juried Show for 2009 - which we would really like to do- however, we really need a large enough local venue to be able to do this. Anderson Farm would be perfect, if the proposed changes have been carried out.

We want to thank the Walden-CAN for all your efforts to date, and for your ongoing support of the Anderson farm Heritage Committee Recommendations, and for the arts in our community!

Wishing you all the best in 2007!

Lynn Quinn, President
Walden Art Club

What’s Happened to the Walden-CAN Heritage Committee’s

What’s Happened to the Walden-CAN Heritage Committee’s
‘Final Report & 17 Recommendations’ since Oct.10/06

1. At the Oct. 10/06, Walden-CAN Monthly Meeting:
a. Marte Holouka , Chair of The Walden-CAN Heritage Committee for the Review of the Anderson Farm Museum presented the Final Report & 17 Recommendations to the Walden-CAN Steering Committee and disbanded the heritage committee

b. Gwen Doyle, Co-Chair Walden-CAN accepted the Final Report
and a Resolution was presented to the Steering Committee & carried:
…That the Walden-CAN Steering Committee accepts and supports the Final Report & 17 recommendations as presented by the W-CAN Heritage committee
…And that we prepare a Letter of Support to accompany the documents
…And that both the Letter of Support & Final Report should be delivered to the Sudbury Library & Museum Board before the end of this week- Oct. 13/06
…And that we ask the Priorities Committee Chair to present these findings to the Priorities Committee in the near future
Note:
Documents + Letter of support were hand-delivered to:
Chair, Sudbury Library & Museum Board
Ron Henderson, Director of Libraries & Citizen Services
Catherine Matheson, General Manager of Community Development
Mayor David Courtemanche

c. The Co-Chair Walden-CAN asked that Marte Holouka and former members of the Heritage Committee form an Interim Group to work with Walden-CAN re: the next steps in the process

2. On Nov.9 Co-Chair Walden-CAN spoke with Ron Henderson re: the next steps in the process:
a. A Report of Ron Henderson’s advice/suggestions was made to the Steering Committee at Nov. 14 Monthly Meeting
b. The advice/suggestions re: sorting the 17 Recommendations into Themes and prioritizing each grouping was passed on to Marte & the Interim Group
c. Co-Chair, Gwen Doyle will participate in future Meetings with City Staff & volunteer/stakeholders and be the contact person with Ron

3. On Nov.13 Co-Chair Walden-CAN- after discussions with Marte - requested that this Interim Group form a Walden-CAN Task Force and prepare an Initial Work Plan to be submitted to Co-Chairs Walden-CAN for approval

4. On Nov.22, the newly formed Walden-CAN Heritage Task Force submitted its Initial Work Plan to the Co-Chairs for approval

5. Initial Work Plan was approved Nov.23/06 by Co-Chairs: Richard Bois & Gwen Doyle
6. On Nov. 24th the 1st Meeting of Walden-CAN Heritage Task Force & CGS
Management took place: a positive 1st step in the process

recomendationsby walden can

A Précis of the Recommendations by
Walden CAN Heritage Committee
for the Review of The Anderson Farm
12 Sept 2006

After several months of intensive work on all aspects of the Anderson Farm Complex, the Committee has made 17 recommendations that they believe will assist in making the site a destination for local and tourist visitation. By creating a program based on tradition uses of an agricultural area and offering venues for cultural groups and activities, new life will be added to the facility.

Recommendation 1a: Risk Management
- existing issues and reports of Security, Arson, Vandalism, Accessibility, Safety, Fire and Electrical Inspections and Storage to be investigated and corrected

Recommendation 1b: ROOF REPLACEMENT
- cedar shingle roofs of the Farm house, the Barn and the Granary be replaced

Recommendation 1c: WINTERIZATION OF STABLE
- 1800 square feet upper area be insulated and heated for cultural uses

Recommendation 2: HERITAGE DESIGNATION
- building, site and flora be evaluated and heritage designation assigned

Recommendation 3: NAME CHANGE
- The Anderson Farm Museum and Cultural Centre

Recommendation 4: GOVERNANCE
- Walden based Independent Board of Governance be established for the complex

Recommendation 5: CREATION OF FRIENDS GROUP
- tasked to raise funds for activities promoting Walden cultural heritage at Centre

Recommendation 6: TRILLIUM APPLICATION
- Center users create application for staging, seating, sound and lighting needs

Recommendation 7: TRANS CANADA WALKING TRIAL- Rainbow Routes Link
- in partnership with The Wild at Heart Refuge, Chartwell-Meadowbrook Village and the Anderson Farm Memory Garden, coordinated through Rainbow Routes

Recommendation 8: PERMANENT AND PART TIME STAFF INCREASE
- add a full time Curators Assistant and Programme Coordinator/Exhibit Technician
- add half time positions of Maintenance Person/Janitor and Clerk/Receptionist


A Précis of the Recommendations by
Walden CAN Heritage Committee
for the Review of The Anderson Farm
12 Sept 2006
(continued)


Recommendation 9: MEMORY GARDEN
- with community partnerships, a lock stone pathway and English style memory garden be created with chairs, benches and gazebos near the farm amphatheatre

Recommendation 10: GROUNDWORK
- to ensure consistency and standards, the services of the City Parks Dept. be used for all grounds keeping including flower beds, trees and shrubberies

Recommendation 11: SITE DESIGNATION AS PARKLAND
- change farm designation from residential housing to park for protection

Recommendation 12: CREATION OF VISITOR/RECEPTION BUILDING
- to greet the public upon arrival and provide an administrative area for staff

Recommendation 13: ELECTRICAL UPGRADE
- the barn Sub-Panel be re-wired to allow use by visiting groups and musicians

Recommendation 14a: CONCERT SERIES
- offering of public concerts at The Anderson Farm Museum and Cultural Centre and the Chartwell-Meadowbrook Village complex

Recommendation 14b: ART AND ARTISAN TOURS AND CONVENTIONS
- that local artists, artisans and their friends, create a program of workshops, conventions and displays at The Anderson Farm Museum and Cultural Centre

Recommendation 15: BUDGET CONSTRUCTION AND AMENDMENTS
- that in addition to the existing budget, credible budget lines for discharging our financial responsibly be created

Recommendation 16: COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
- the new Programme Coordinator create programs and exhibits by developing and renewing our established community partnerships

Recommendation 17: SITE ACCESSIBILITY
- an audit by the Friendly to Seniors group be undertaken to make the Centre an “accessible-to-all” facility