AspenSpringsCommunity.com is an on-line newsletter run by residents within the neighbourhood.
We decided to start this community newsletter/web site because although we liked many aspects about our neighbourhood, we were concerned and frustrated with several things that we saw here and in other similar neighbourhoods: a sense of detachment from the community; minor crime such as vandalism and petty theft; littering and dumping in public spaces; and a feeling of ineffectiveness and helplessness by residents who witnessed these problems.
We want to see residents in the neighoubrhood be able to effect change individually and as a group. Furthermore, we hope that this on-line space will allow residents to exchange and obtain information easily, whether it's to get a phone number at Town Hall, find a coupon for a local store, or place an ad to find a babysitter in the neighbourhood.
With this on-line space, we hope that residents will be able to:
> obtain news about their neighbourhood and the larger Bowmanville community;
> find local information and resources, easily and at all times;
> advertise, and find advertisements, locally and easily (instead of on the sides of
mailboxes and on streetlight poles);
> reduce paper waste and litter, by finding and offering information on-line
. . .
If you would like to volunteer with us in some capacity, or submit an item for our newsletter, please feel free to let us know by e-mail.
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Although we include contact information for many useful local resources, we are not affiliated in any way with the Municipality of Clarington or the Region of Durham.
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placed herein. Sellers and buyers are asked to please use common sense
when undergoing transactions with each other.
ASC requests that advertisers check their
ad upon publication, as ASC will not be responsible for more than one
incorrect insertion, and there shall be no liability for non-insertion
of any advertisement. Liability for errors in advertisements is limited
to the amount paid for the space occupying the error.
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