WANTED:  Social Director...!

We are still looking for a Social Director! If you are interested, please contact Kevan, HCA president (see contact info page). It is a great way to meet people in the neighbourhood, network ideas and just plain have fun.

The Hawkwood Community Board of Directors are volunteers dedicating their time and energies into making Hawkwood a desirable place to live. Give then a nod if you like what you see, offer constructive ideas on how they can improve or what you might like to see happening in your community.

If your tree has BLD, here are some steps you can take:

• Prune off infected branches. Collect materials from diseased trees and take to a City landfill. Do not compost, chip or use this material for firewood.
• Prune diseased branches eight to 12 inches below visible sign of infection.
• When removing diseased material, be careful to clean up thoroughly and dispose of debris.

Regular maintenance and tree care equips your tree to resist disease and fight infections. Routine tree care goes a long way to ensuring good tree health.

Symptoms of bronze leaf disease

Early detection and treatment is important. There are currently no known chemical controls for BLD, so taking preventative actions and understanding treatment options can save trees and mitigate the risk of widespread infection. Here's how to tell if a tree has BLD:

• Leaves become dark reddish-brown, chocolate brown or bronze although the veins and the leaf stem may remain green for some time. Diseased leaves often first show up in the lower crown but may be scattered throughout the crown of the tree or isolated to a few branches.
• Infected leaves remain on the tree through winter, while healthy ones will fall to the ground.
• Once the disease spreads, browning may be observed under the bark of diseased branches.
• New leaves on infected branches may appear stunted or underdeveloped in subsequent years, but will be normal in colour.

• The colour of infected leaves varies from very bronze to chocolate brown to dull brown.

What Is the Hawkwood Community Association and How Does It Affect You?

A community association is an organization formed by the residents of an area:

   to manage and direct its social and recreational activities

  to act as an intervener in civic matters (planning and development)

to plan, develop and maintain community facilities and amenities

All Community Associations are autonomous bodies and individually registered as a society under the Alberta Government Societies Act. As a registered society their membership elects a Board of Directors to govern the organization. The only governing body that regulates community associations is the membership of the association. Societies Division of Corporate Registry has authority to approve incorporation, organizational Bylaws and requires a list of the Board of Directors and Financial Statements annually.

The Hawkwood Community Association has brought many social and sporting events to Hawkwood such as:

            Winter Festivals

            Movies In the Park

            Picnic In the Park

            Sundeas On Sunday

            Christmas Party

            Various Teen oriented events

            Park/Stay and Play programs

            U-4 to U-8 soccer

            Summer drop in soccer

            Maintains the skating rink

            Youth Badminton
            Monthly Hawk Eye Newsletter

The Hawkwood Community Association serves as the community voice at City Hall and with the province.  Some matters that the association has been instrumental in are:

            Community speeding and traffic concerns

            Vandalism and graffiti concerns

            Dog off-leash concerns

            The new Northwest Calgary Recreation Center

            The new Northwest High School,

            Liaisons with the two community schools,

            Local pathway and park improvements.

            Playground major improvements

            Community Clean-ups

            Community facility planning / creation

            Community Perimeter Fence Staining program

The association has also created and manages the Landscape Enhancement Fund (LEAF), a model program other community associations are pursuing. This program not only beautifies our community, but has an extremely positive impact on home values.  See the LEAF page for details.

The association could also some day be called into action as a voice for or against an infrastructure change, like developments on the pipeline corridor or changes with the high voltage power lines, sound attenuating walls, roadway changes, cell phone towers, and commercial developments to name a few.

The Hawkwood Community Association is funded with membership fees and is 100% volunteer run.

Please purchase your annual membership today to maintain and improve your home community.

See the membership page for details.