Key Messages, January 2023

Your BMPL Board is sharing these key messages from the January 19th Board Meeting.

Community Hubs

• Craigleith Heritage Depot Renovation Schedule: The CHD is still undergoing restoration work. In the period of work additional rot was found in the front corner of the building. As a result, we have now restored these areas, strengthening the century plus building. In January the outer envelope of the building will be completed and in the spring the final work of windows and doors will be completed. As soon as the work has been completed in this first phase, and it is safe for the public to be onsite, we will open our building for curbside pick-up. Following the windows and doors retrofit, the museum will reopen to the public.

Empowering Services

• GOVaxx Bus Returns: The GOVaxx bus will return to L.E. Shore on February 7^th from 11am-4pm Reservations are not required and walk-ins are welcome. All vaccination types will be available.

• Calling All Artists: The Arts & Culture Council is inviting all artists to participate in our Salon Open Show this February where we will Celebrate the Colours Black & White.

Organizational Excellence

• New Board in Place: The new Board met on January 19^th. The first meeting included the onset of orientation. More orientation meetings will occur, both with Council and independently. The new Board is Joanne de Visser, Laurey Gillies, Shawn McKinlay, Julia Scott, Marie Swift, Kris Wichman, and Pat Wright. Laurey Gillies and Julia Scott were elected the Chair and Vice Chair of the board (respectively) for 2023.

• Action Plan: A new Action Plan 2023 was approved by the Board and includes 80 action items. The 2022 Action Plan was achieved with 90% success (95 of 105) with the remaining items moved to the next Action Plan.