June 14th, 2009
The Avenue Dog Walking Group has been so popular there is now a second one. This group also meets every Monday, but begins at the Nova Plaza (89 Street & 118 Avenue) at 7:30 and heads west to 95 Street. The group then crosses 118th Avenue and heads east to 83 Street. They cross the Avenue once more and return to the Nova Plaza.
June 8th, 2009
The pressure of everyone’s hard work on the Cromdale is having an impact. CRUD members and community residents have been requested to provide a second round of letters or emails to Councillor Ed Gibbons so the city can demonstrate the community need for a Municipal Government Act (MGA) order to demolish the building.
Our letters and emails must be positive and include why you think the Cromdale should be demolished (ie. criminal activity, graffiti, bylaw nuisance, etc.). If the letters are negative and say the city should have done something sooner, they will not be used. Please focus your letter on the building itself and why is should be demolished.
Write again, even if you have written before. Your voice is being heard and we must speak up. We’ve included a sample letter to help get you going, but please do not copy it as it is very important that each letter be individual and in the voice of the writer.
Thanks to everyone for your continued support in this fight.
Please send your e-mail to: ed.gibbons@edmonton.ca
Or letter to: 2nd Floor, City Hall
1 Sir Winston Churchill Square
Edmonton, AB T5J 2R7
crud cromdale letter 2 (click to download)
CRUD
May 8th, 2009
CRUD’s Family Park Crawls are the place to be on Sundays at 3:00 pm. Families meet at one of north-central Edmonton’s great community parks, play for a while and then walk to another park for more fun. While the kids play, parents can take the opportunity to clean up the parks if they wish. Come and enjoy the neighbourhood parks and meet new families. Join CRUD at the following locations:
July 12 – Westwood Park (122 Street / 105 Avenue)
July 19 – St. Patrick School (95A Street / 121 Avenue) and Delton School (89 Street / 121 Avenue)
July 26 - Delton Park (88 Street / 123 Avenue) and St. Gerard School (85 Street / 124 Avenue)
August 2 – Eastwood Park (86 Street / 118 Avenue) and Eastwood School (81 Street / 120 Avenue)
August 9 – Elmwood Park (75 Street / 125 Avenue)
August 16 – Spruce Avenue Park (103 Street / 115 Avenue)
August 23 – Norwood Square (95 Street / 114 Avenue) and Norwood School (95A Street / 111 Avenue)
August 30 - Alberta Avenue Park (93 Street / 118 Avenue) and St. Faith Park (92 Street / 117 Avenue)
Sept 6 – Parkdale School (85 Street / 116 Avenue) and Parkdale Park (85 Street / 113 Avenue)
Sept 13 - St. Alphonsus School (82 Street / 116 Avenue) and James Kidney Park (78 Street / 119 Avenue)
Sept 20 – Sheriff Robertson Park (81 Street / 111 Avenue) and Jane Salisbury Park (77 Street / 112 Avenue)
Sept 27 - No Park Crawl (Family fun at Kaleido Festival)
*Park Crawls will resume (weather permitting) in May 2010
May 8th, 2009
Hello everyone,
After the success of last weekend’s family park crawl we’ve decided to
hold another one, this time on Mother’s Day, this Sunday.
CRUD has booked part of the Parkdale/Cromdale Community League (13335 85th
street). We will bring our BBQs over and get a liquor license (so mom can
have a champagne!) The kids can play in the park, dads can bbq what they
bring and mom can sit back and relax and be waited on by her family. This
event will be an afternoon and evening social event, beginning at 3 pm.
The only expense is what you want to bring (eat, drink, plates etc.) We
will supply the venue and barbecues.
If you’re planning on coming just drop us a line through an email at info@crudedmonton.org.
This promises to be a really fun event and we hope to see you out!
CRUD
April 20th, 2009
Take back Alberta Avenue with Community Response to Urban Disorder (CRUD). Join us from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm at the Alberta Avenue Community Centre, 9210-118 Avenue.
Avenue Takeovers invite community members to reclaim public space and promote a healthy community through a unified presence. This show of strength disrupts illegal activity such as drug sales, graffiti and prostitution.
To help celebrate spring participants are invited to tidy up the neighbourhood as they walk in groups along the Avenue. Garbage bags and plastic gloves will be on hand for those who want to pick up trash and help clean-up the Ave.
Refreshments will be provided.
March 26th, 2009
Hello CRUD volunteers,
As many of you know CRUD, and you, our volunteers, have been working to do something positive with the Cromdale Hotel on 118th Avenue. The derelict and abandoned hotel is a haven for criminal activity and an eyesore in our community.
Now it’s time for your help. CRUD needs you to write to our city councillors, the mayor, our MLA, MP, fire inspectors, the police, bylaw, and the owner of the Cromdale Hotel to let them know how the building makes you feel unsafe and degrades our neighbourhood. Together, we can raise a big stink about the Cromdale and the detrimental effect it’s having on our community.
CRUD has already written to the owner of the Cromdale, Terry Nyquvest, to ask him what he intends to do with the building. We politely asked Mr.Nyquvest to reply to our letter by today, March 25th. As he hasn’t, it’s now time to kick our letter-writing campaign into action.
We hope you share our concerns about the Cromdale Hotel. Please read the following attachments.
We’ve included a sample letter and a list of contacts with email and postal addresses. Please work on this letter and send it by the end of March, either by email, fax or through snail mail.
Following the letter writing campaign we would like to stage a peaceful demonstration. We will keep you posted on when and where, but tentatively mark April 18th on your calendars.
Thanks again for your interest in keeping our neighbourhood safe and helping keep it a great place to live and work. If you have any questions please contact us at info@crudedmonton.org or 780.996.4728.
CRUD.
March 24th, 2009
CRUD (Community Response to Urban Disorder) will be holding another Avenue Takeover this Sunday, March 29th at the Alberta Avenue Community Centre, 9210-118th Avenue.
We hope to see you there. Together we can make a difference in our community.
Please click the image to enlarge for more information.
March 24th, 2009
We wanted to let you know about a street march happening in our community this Friday night. It’s called Take Back the Night and it’s an annual event held to help end violence against women and reclaim the safety of our streets. This year, it will begin on 118th Avenue at the AB Avenue Community Centre. See the attached poster for more details.
March 13th, 2009
The Avenue Dog Walking Group meets every Monday evening. For those who live towards the east end of 118th Avenue they will meet at 6:30pm near the steps of St Alphonsus Church (11828 – 85 St). The group will then walk west along 118th Avenue until they meet up with those who live toward the west end of the Avenue at The Carrot (9210 -118 Ave) at 6:45pm. Everyone is welcome to join in along the way.
February 12th, 2009
Watch this video about C.R.U.D. from the Edmonton Sun;