The city of North Battleford is heavily promoting the idea of getting to know your neighbours during the month of June.
To that end, the city’s Leisure Services department as well as the Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design Committee have organized four community barbeques for the month.
The idea is for residents to get to know their neighbours, as well as meet Leisure Services staff and learn more about summer programs in the community.
The events will run on Thursday for four weeks during June. The first is on Thursday, June 1 with a barbeque at Connaught School from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. The next events are at Fairview Park on June 8, Kinsmen Park on June 15 and Centennial Park on June 22, all running at the same times.
The events will be free of charge. Free hot dogs, juice and cookies will be available. There will be games and a bouncy house for the kids set up as well.
The city had held similar events during last summer as well, all of which had the same goal of encouraging people to know their neighbours as well as to spread the message about the various community initiatives happening.
In addition to these events, June 9 to 11 is being proclaimed Block Party Weekend in North Battleford, with City Hall encouraging people to stage block parties in their neighbourhoods. The city has also waived the $25 block party permit fee for the remainder of 2017.
