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BY GREG PRICE insight magazine


and environmental responsibility through community involvement. The Taber faction has made its mark many times over in its history, including getting provincial recognition.The mayor at the time, Dave Duggan, declared June 21-25 to be Tidy Up Taber Week in 2003, in which school clubs and various organizations participated.That year, businesses put a fresh coat of paint on along with planting various white planter boxes to spruce up where they did commerce. In November of that year, there was a


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ommunities in Bloom has been making a difference across the nation as a non-profit organization committed to fostering civic pride


Christmas tree auction that helped give some seed money ($2,500) to the organization. Initiated in its earliest days


through the Taber and District Chamber of Commerce, early projects included clearing away evergreens where the current Japanese Gardens are. “It was big,overgrown, absolute mess,”said Jean Holman, an original member of Taber’s Communities in Bloom organization, of the area near the current Taber Police Service station in 2004.“Everyone knew something had to be done there.We got on that and the Japanese community helped us. It turned out to be something everyone loved.” After building the Japanese Gardens with


the aid of donations and elbow grease,Communities in Bloom moved further down the road to where the Cenotaph is, where curbing was put in along with some landscaping. Another early project was the rock area near the Aquafun Centre in 2005. “As we got more visible,peo-


ple wanted to be part of our group,” said Holman, adding as the group began to grow from its humble beginnings, they approached the town for funding, in which the first couple of years, CIB was reimbursed for their receipts. “Now they just grant us an annual fee.At first they were giving us $5,000,and now they have raised it to $6,500.”


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