WinterLights Celebrations 2009/2010 Edition

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On March 6, 2010 WinterLights Celebrations honoured thirty-three participating communities from across Canada during the annual WinterLights Celebrations Symposium and Awards Ceremony, held this year in the City of Charlottetown in Prince Edward Island.  

At the awards ceremony, the winners were announced in their respective categories, and each participating community received a special recognition for an outstanding program or community feature. As well, six communities were recognized for outstanding achievements in selected criteria, and the special Mentoring Award was presented to the Town of Bay Roberts, Newfoundland & Labrador. The “most appealing community display” award for on-site community exhibits was also presented by Municipal World.

Now into its ninth edition, WinterLights Celebrations is the winter edition of the popular Communities in Bloom program. During the months of November and December, trained volunteer judges evaluated participating communities on the program’s five criteria: Visual Presentation, Festive Season Celebrations, Winter Pleasures, Goodwill Programs and Tourism & Promotion.

Ted Blowes, National Chairman of Communities in Bloom, thanked and congratulated all the participating communities, stating that “In this Olympic year it is gratifying to see the many exciting ways in which proud communities right across Canada are, ‘with both mittens’, celebrating the immensity of our Canadian winters”.

WINNERS PER POPULATION CATEGORY

1 – 7,500: District of Chetwynd, British Columbia

7,500 – 30,000: City of Fort St. John, British Columbia

Over 50,000: City of Kamloops, British Columbia

Winner’s Circle: Town of Happy Valley – Goose Bay, Newfoundland & Labrador

CRITERIA AWARD WINNERS 

Home Hardware Goodwill Programs Award

City of Brampton, Ontario

National Capital Commission Winter Festival Award

City of Barrie, Ontario

CN Tower Visual Presentation Award:

North Glengarry – Alexandria Town, Ontario

Ted Blowes Services Ltd Festive Season Celebrations Award: City of Prince George, British Columbia BaAM Productions Winter Pleasures Award:

City of Stratford, Ontario

Communities in Bloom Foundation Youth Involvement Award:

City of Vaughan, Ontario

WINTERLIGHTS CELEBRATIONS MENTORING AWARD

Town of Bay Roberts, Newfoundland & Labrador