Pride in the community and shame in the community is on my radar this week.
For the past several weeks, a group of volunteers have been working on a significant makeover of the Holly Park Pump Track.
Businesses have stepped up big time offering donated materials while other members of the community have dropped off donations of food and drink for the hard working folks who have been completing the work.
Local resident Elliot Graham is the community champion who got the ball rolling when he approached the City of Delta. Another local resident Jason McCormick, president of Action BMX, a bike park in Surrey, has also been instrumental in the projects’ success.
My hat goes off to all involved who have worked countless hours to make this project a reality.
It will be now up to the youth in our community to upkeep the park in the months that come. I hope they will show pride in the work and pride in their community to ensure that this is a legacy project that will be enjoyed be many for years to come.
But, sadly as seems to be the case these days, one really good moment is tainted by the heartless actions of others.
On Tuesday night, it came to our attention, that the lacrosse nets in the outdoor lacrosse box in Ladner were cut and stolen.
The lacrosse community is naturally stunned that something like this could happen. The lacrosse box is another community-built project and is the envy of other lacrosse associations in the Lower Mainland. This theft and act of vandalism is a punch to the gut of an organization that is doing everything it can to survive and put on programing under COVID-19 health and safety orders.
This is a senseless act and whoever is responsible should be ashamed of themselves.
