Hello Calgary-Acadia!
Summer will be wrapping up by the time this newsletter finds its way to your mailbox. The Calgary Stampede formed the bookends around my first year in office and it was a great privilege to have that opportunity to meet so many of you at events across Calgary-Acadia.
Being in the community for the spring and summer allowed me the pleasure of attending a huge variety of community events. A few highlights:
• Enjoying delicious pierogies and spectacular dancing at the Calgary Ukrainian festival taking place at the Acadia Recreation Centre.
• Experiencing government through the questions asked by Calgary-Acadia grade 6 and 9 students, both at the Legislature and in their schools.
• Enjoying year end celebrations, fiestas, concerts, and graduations at neighbourhood schools.
• Visiting with folks at the many Neighbour Day celebrations throughout the constituency.
• Celebrating volunteers at the community cleanups.
• Stampede Breakfasts and barbeques throughout the constituency!
• Hearing from you on your doorsteps.
My office was busy this spring and summer responding to the concerns of constituents. Most concerns over the last few months have come from folks who are worried about government overreach in municipal affairs, concerned about new rules that allow a grizzly bear hunt, struggling with affordability and rent increases, and who are uncertain about their ability to access healthcare. We are committed and will head back to the Legislature in October to continue fighting as Albertans struggle with high unemployment, lack of family doctors, and a skyrocketing cost of living.
As I prepare for the sitting of the next Legislature this fall, I want to hear from you. Please reach out by email, phone, or dropping by our office, to let me know what concerns you would like brought to the government.
MLA – Calgary Acadia Diana Batten
proudly serves the following Communities: Acadia, Alyth, Bonnybrook, Burns Industrial, Canyon Meadows, East Fairview Industrial, Fairview, Fairview Industrial, Glendeer Business Park, Haysboro, Highfield, Kingsland, Manchester, Manchester Industrial, Maple Ridge, Southwood, Willow Park
