Submitted by Joseph Gallant, Primary Healthcare Manager & CAC Founding Board Member
In 2013, our broader community came together to look at our collective assets and strengths and identify gaps that we could work on together to fill. One of those gaps was communication and linking together our cluster of Villages and communities. In May 2014, community members came together again and agreed that this would be the priority that we spent our collective efforts on and thus, the Fundy Communication Network was born.
In 2013, our broader community came together to look at our collective assets and strengths and identify gaps that we could work on together to fill. One of those gaps was communication and linking together our cluster of Villages and communities. In May 2014, community members came together again and agreed that this would be the priority that we spent our collective efforts on and thus, the Fundy Communication Network was born.
The mandate from the community was to build a print and electronic newsletter, which would include a community calendar, and so we formed our founding Guiding Committee and worked with our partners to build a solution that ended up going above and beyond that mandate. By Fall of 2014, the Fundy Communication Network became Connecting Albert County and published the first version of its website in preparation for the first publication at the beginning of 2015. In January 2015, Connecting Albert County published and distributed its first text only, 2-page newsletter. Since then, Connecting Albert County has grown and evolved to what we see today. In print, it is now a 20+ page publication, with pictures! Online presence has added social media platforms and the website relaunched and has continued to evolve.
As a member of the founding Guiding Committee, I have had the privilege to see this community organization grow and develop, walk it through incorporation and, after my time as President, see it continue to grow and change to meet the needs of the community. The financial and volunteer support from donors, advertisers, and community partners is what has made and continues to make this possible; thank you!
I leave you with further words of gratitude. Thank you to the founding Guiding Committee for your commitment to making this a possibility; it was a journey worth taking. Thank you to Janet Wallace, the first contracted Coordinator, for your expertise and tireless effort to make this publication a reality and your dedication to improving and advancing Connecting Albert County. Thank you to the Board of Directors, since incorporation, and Coordinators Amanda and Melody for continuing the work through to today and beyond. Finally, thank you to the community for your support from the beginning; without you, Connecting Albert County would not be celebrating ten years of bringing people together through sharing local stories, news, and events.
As a member of the founding Guiding Committee, I have had the privilege to see this community organization grow and develop, walk it through incorporation and, after my time as President, see it continue to grow and change to meet the needs of the community. The financial and volunteer support from donors, advertisers, and community partners is what has made and continues to make this possible; thank you!
I leave you with further words of gratitude. Thank you to the founding Guiding Committee for your commitment to making this a possibility; it was a journey worth taking. Thank you to Janet Wallace, the first contracted Coordinator, for your expertise and tireless effort to make this publication a reality and your dedication to improving and advancing Connecting Albert County. Thank you to the Board of Directors, since incorporation, and Coordinators Amanda and Melody for continuing the work through to today and beyond. Finally, thank you to the community for your support from the beginning; without you, Connecting Albert County would not be celebrating ten years of bringing people together through sharing local stories, news, and events.
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