Saturday, January 21st...Place Maillardville Community Centre from 9am to noon. Bring all of that Christmas styrofoam, obsolete electronics and plastics of every kind!
At the same time, a part of your fee goes to support our much needed youth programs at the Centre.
See www.pacificmobiledepots.com for a complete list of acceptable items, or download the poster here...please feel free to tell your family and friends from anywhere in Metro Vancouver!
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Bluetree Homes Invites You To an Open House
January 24 from 6:30 to 8:30pm at Centre bel Age,
1200 Cartier Avenue.
Bluetree Homes invites you to meet the new addition to your community at 210 LeBleu Street. Part of the vision for a vibrant pedestrian friendly Brunette Avenue, it brings ground floor retail with residential above in the spirit of the Maillardville plan. We welcome you to review the proposed plan and provide comments.
If you are unable to attend but would like further information, please contact Deana Grinnell at 604-648-1847.
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Notice!! The regularly scheduled MRA meeting for January is cancelled. Meetings will resume in February.
More M'ville Happenings!!
1) Next "Picking Up Maillardville" litter pickup is
Saturday January 14, 2012 Meet at Mackin Park (parking lot behind
the wading pool) at 9am, rain or shine. Very casual,
equipment provided.
2) Recycle! at Place Maillardville Saturday January 21
from 9am to noon. Bring your styros and plastics, your tetras
and electronics! See http://www.pacificmobiledepots.com/ for a
complete list of items. Part of your recycle fee goes to fund
youth programming at Place Maillardville.
3) Place Maillardville Fall Programs check out the
diversity of programs and activities at your community
centre...Maillardville: a great place to live!
---------------------------------------- What's in a name?...Lots!
(so let's do it right)
Where did the name Maillardville come from and how in the heck
do you pronounce it? The name itself comes from the French
Canadian pioneers who came to the west coast in 1909 to work
at the Fraser Mills lumber company. They founded their little
village around the church at Laval Square.
The area was known for a time as the "French Settlement" or
"Frenchtown" But the villagers eventually chose to name it
Maillardville in honour of their first parish priest, Father Edmond
Maillard.
Pronunciation has been something of a challenge from the
beginning. The local newspaper, the Coquitlam Star, in 1912
reported that a new name had been chosen and they felt
compelled to include instructions on its pronunciation. They did
a pretty good job of it.
In modern times, most would pronounce Maillardville using "L"
sounds in both syllables. However, the name being of French
origin would correctly be pronounced: " My-yard-ville" with
emphasis on "yard".
Let's be proud of our history and heritage in this neighbourhood
that is unique in all of Canada...let's do it right!
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Read the President's report for 2010 here.
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