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Council issues proclamations to recognize June events

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A number of events will be recognized throughout the month of June, following Airdrie City council proclamations adopted at a regular meeting May 21. File Photo/Rocky View Publishing

The month of June will be a busy one in Airdrie – at a regular meeting May 21, Airdrie City council approved a number of proclamations recognizing various events throughout the community.

Airdrie Pride Society is celebrating a milestone year in 2019, as the organization prepares to hold its first-ever Pride Festival in Nose Creek Park June 22. Council has proclaimed June 2019 as Pride Month in Airdrie, and the pride flag will be raised at the old fire hall on Main Street from June 1 to June 30.

A second pride flag will be raised at the park the day of the festival, to officially mark the beginning of the event, and City hall will be illuminated in pride colours.

“Airdrie Pride has been exceptionally grateful for the City of Airdrie’s support and commitment to our community in the past, and looks forward to continuing this collaborative and impactful relationship,” said Kiersten Mohr, society president, in a letter to council. “Please trust that the positive impact of a flag on Main Street and support from City council is felt far and wide within Airdrie’s (and the surrounding area) LGBTQ2S+ community.”

In April, the City of Airdrie announced the community has been officially recognized as a Bee City, highlighting the municipality’s commitment to pollinator habitat within the City. As National Pollinator Week is celebrated June 17 to 23, the City of Airdrie Pollinator Working Group requested council proclaim the occasion locally.

Council’s proclamation will also see the illumination of City hall in yellow June 17, in honour of the event.

Another proclamation request was supported by council – recognizing June as Mental Health and Addictions Awareness Month in Airdrie – after a letter was received from Kim Titus, chair of the Thumbs Up Foundation.

“We founded Thumbs Up to advocate for positive change for mental health,” the letter stated. “Since our inception in June 2016, we have been promoting the concept of a necessary and urgent need for change within our community on the mental health and addiction front.”

The proclamation, according to Titus’ letter, would lend “official recognition” to the foundation’s work of educating the public on issues of mental-health and addiction, and emphasizes council’s commitment to increasing awareness.



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