We have been asked by some residents to describe what the Community Association does.
The HVCA includes both Hanson Ranch and Hidden Valley. Our Board of Directors are volunteers who care about our neighbourhood and work hard to foster a sense of community through our events, projects, facilities (rink, Hut), beautification, and communications. Your membership fees help us do all of this!
To supplement the memberships, we run a casino once every two years (fund usage abides by AGLC rules) and apply for grants which also allow us to run events, maintain the rink, run our sports programs, and much more. As grants are not always easy to get, our funding is quite limited.
The Board meets publicly once a month, on the third Thursday of each month. We host external guest speakers that usually includes a representative from the Calgary Police Service, a City of Calgary Neighbourhood Partnership Coordinator, and various political representatives – Ward 3, MLAs, and even our MP.
We can advocate with these representatives on a variety of issues, and they usually have a monthly report of activities in their ridings. If you would like to join one of our meetings or find out more about our activities, check out our calendar on www.hiddenhut.org, our Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/hiddenvalleyhansonranch), or email [email protected].
We run events to bring people together. This year, we are running a monthly board game bash, a community cleanup, a bike festival (Festivélo), The Dog days of Summer (Pet owners will love this one!), Sounds and Spirits (Music and local brewery, what a match!), and possibly more if we can.
We try to convey information about City projects that are occurring in our area. Things like the Deerfoot Trail improvements and the Hanson Ranch wetland redesign, along with other projects in our area are on our HVCA Facebook page, www.facebook.com/hiddenvalleyhansonranch or our Instagram at www.instagram.com/hvcahiddenhut. Please note that our Facebook page is different than other Facebook group pages, like the HV/HR community group or the Block Watch page for example. The HVCA Facebook group is strictly for community information. If you would like to submit resident community concerns such as traffic, wetlands, parks, etc., please email [email protected].
We work with the City to bring in City programming to our community such as Skate Park, Community Cleanup, Park n Play, etc.
HVCA owns and maintains amenities such as the outdoor rink at the Hidden Hut, and the Hanson Ranch entrance. We also have leases of property at the Hidden Hut, and 14 St entrance to name a few. We have a beautification committee who works on projects like planter pots and festive lights at our entrances, and the Little Free Library at the Hidden Hut.
We work with the City on replacing old playgrounds in our community, as well as making our Hidden Hut more of a community Hub.
We hope this helps bring some awareness of what the Hidden Valley Community Association does for you, the residents of Hanson Ranch and Hidden Valley!
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