Wolfville, NS – October 8, 2009   The Wolfville Community Fund (WCF) has launched its 2009 Vital Signs® report.  The launch was held on October 6, 2009 at a community breakfast provided by the WCF at the Lion’s Community Hall in Wolfville.  Over 70 local residents attended the event including Mayor Bob Stead, a number of Town Councillors, the president of Acadia University, Mr. Ray Ivany, the head of the Wolfville Business Development Commission, Mr. Peter Herbin, and representatives from local non-profit organizations such as L’Arche Homefires.  All were interested in learning about what Wolfville is doing well and where it needs to improve.    

 

Vital Signs® is an annual community check-up conducted by community foundations across Canada that measures the vitality of our communities, identifies significant trends, and assigns grades in at least ten issue areas critical to quality of life.  Wolfville’s Vital Signs® is a reader-friendly report which covers Getting Started & Belonging, the Economy, Getting Around, Housing, Health & Wellness, Learning, Arts & Recreation, Safety, and the Environment using data obtained from Statistics Canada and other credible sources.

 

Wolfville’s Vital Signs® is the first report of its kind to be produced in Nova Scotia.  Dick Groot, Chair of the WCF says, “We wanted to produce a Vital Signs®   report for Wolfville in order to separate fact from fiction and provide the community with local information on a wide range of topics that are very relevant to our everyday lives.” He adds “The Vital Signs® project will benefit the WCF and others as it helps us to know more about the issues and opportunities in our Town.  We can now share this information with our donors and establish grant programs that are aimed directly at the issues which community members themselves tell us are important to them, based on the data we’ve collected.”