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The Fernwood Community Association (FCA) plays an active role in Fernwood land use and development issues. We act as a liaison between the Fernwood community and the City of Victoria.
The Association operates from a heritage building at 1923 Fernwood Road. We occupy a small front office on the main floor and the rest of the building including the Main Hall ("Little Fernwood") and a boardroom are available for rental and community activities. Groups using this hall include Theatre Inconnu, Pandora Arts Collective, Good Food Box program, Cafe Sympatico, Power of Hope along with several recovery support groups and one-off community rentals for events, art shows, independent theatre groups, meetings and celebrations.
The Fernwood Community Association publishes the Fernwood News quarterly, with a circulation of 6000. It is delivered door-to-door in Fernwood, and is available at the FCA office and at several key locations around Fernwood. Read news about the FCA's activities, upcoming events, and stories about life in Fernwood. The October edition is now online and the next edition is due for distribution in February, 2009.
Radio FCA has interviews and recordings of people and events relevant to Fernwood.
We also operate two Community Allotment Gardens, one of which we share with the Victoria Compost Education Centre, once a project of the FCA and now a successful independent organization in its own right. Just down the road is Spring Ridge Common, a "Heritage Vacant Lot," once the site of the Spring Ridge School from 1888 to 1968 another project that the FCA started, and then handed off to LifeCycles.
One of the great things about Fernwood is spontaneous appearances like this rhythm band that made the rounds on Hallowe'en and the fire spinner dude (lady?) below.
Strong neighbourhoods build strong cities.
Your comments or questions on this website are welcome.
The FCA site is designed and maintained by Tony Sprackett.
FCA Office Hours Change
New hours are:
Mon: 10:00am-1:00pm
Tue: Closed
Wed: 11:00am-3:00pm
Thu: 11:00am-3:00pm
Fri: 11:00am-3:00pm
Sat: 10:00am-1:00pm
Sun: Closed
(November 30)
October's Fernwood News is online.
(Oct. 9)
Radio FCA has municipal election interviews with Victoria City Councillor and mayorlty candidate Dean Fortin, Kristen Woodruff, and Council candidates Wayne Hollohan and Tim Van Alstine. We also have an audio transcript of Susan Woods' CFAX Remember When show featuring FCA's Community Well Project leads Bill Goers and Joanne Murray.
(Nov. 6)
Radio FCA features an interview with Fernwood's Cosmo Meens, just back from Beijing, and a recording of Liberal MP Bob Rae speaking in August about the Green Shift at the Fernwood Inn.
(Sep. 6)
Fernwood Art Stroll
The June stroll was a great success. Thanks to Deryk Houston, Susie Jones, the City of Victoria, and all the artists who contributed, banners promoting the event were placed on 15 poles. The FCA is proud to have helped facilitate this project. Take a stroll through the 'hood and check them out. The banners hung to promote the Fernwood Art Stroll, are here.
Fernwood Wisdom Council Video
The Wisdom reported back to the community at the Fernwood Community Centre on March 29. Check the video. (April 13)
North Park Neighbourhood Association Announcement
We congratulate the North Park Neighbourhood Assn. on getting approval for a new name for their business district. North Park Village runs along Cook St., from Pandora to Caledonia. (April 10)
Have something to say or tell the 'hood about in the Fernwood News? Want to share something interesting about Fernwood? Submit a plain text article or contact us to chat about your idea. Photos are welcomed, as clearly labelled attachments. Just so you know, all submissions are subject to copy-edit for grammatical and spelling errors. And of course, disrespectful or potentially libellous submissions cannot be published.
(October 3)