Sharing the celebration with the next generation
On Friday November 13, Mayor Sean Cameron and Councillors Juanita Pelly and Diane Roberts went to the People's Place Library to share a light-themed storytime with Elizabeth Glinz and present a gift to celebrate 100 years of the Town of Antigonish Electric Utility.
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Elizabeth Glinz read Night Lights by Susan Gal. Councillors Diane Roberts and Juanita Pelly and Mayor Sean Cameron joined story time, too!
The People's Place Library
Beyond its role as a traditional library, the People's Place Library is a gathering place that provides children's programming, bookable office space, workshops, visitor services, visual art platforms, and so much more in the heart of Antigonish. As we celebrate the centennial anniversary of our municipal electric utility, we think forward to the next 100 years and the generations who will inherit the infrastructure we are building today.
To honour the future of our Town, we involve young people in our milestones.
Sparking Curiosity
To engage young people and families in the discussion around our electric utility, the Town of Antigonish gifted a light cube and some light-themed toys to the children's section of the library that are now available for everyone to use.
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Aquatic animal-themed transparencies and colourful shapes provide activities for young explorers to engage with STEAM concepts
To download our electricity-themed activity page, click here: pdf Town of Antigonish Electric Utility Activity Page(4.01 MB)
A Tradition of Community
The decision to purchase the local electric utility 100 years ago and make it a municipally managed resource is the reason we have been able to build a Town-owned substation that will increase capacity and resilience while modernizing our electrical grid.
Our A.R.E.A. partnership with the Town of Berwick and the Town of Mahone Bay, who also operate municipal electric utilities, has provided opportunities for large projects such as our Ellershouse wind farm that provides 40% of our Town's electricity. We share the benefits of large-scale projects and maintain oversight of our local utilities; a win-win for customers and municipalities.
Antigonish builds on a local tradition of globally-minded, community-focused efforts. We stand on the foundations of what has come before and are committed to supporting the generations to come.
Thank you to Elizabeth Glinz and Kristel Fleuren-Hunter with the People's Place Library for their expertise and support in making this event happen.
Elizabeth Glinz, Councillor Juanita Pelly, and Mayor Sean Cameron
The continuing story
As we convert customers' power source to our new grid over the coming years, please follow along for updates about work that could impact you and your neighbourhood.
We will post planned work to our Public Notices section, and regularly share updates to our social media feeds.
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