Huntsville has a long history of community spirit: a pride of place that brings people together both in celebration and to work toward what’s needed to make it better for all.<\/p>\n
Yesterday, community organizations, media and councillors gathered in that spirit for the inaugural Huntsville Day in honour of Huntsville’s incorporation as a village, and to hear the announcement of the \u2018community theme\u2019 for 2018.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn this day, March 25 in 1886, Huntsville was officially incorporated as a Village by the Province of Ontario,\u201d Community Services Co-Chair, Councillor Jonathan Wiebe, opened. \u201cToday we celebrate the achievement of those first 750 village people, and we honour their memory by commemorating March 25 as Huntsville Day. Each year on Huntsville Day we will announce an annual theme for our community based on their legacy from the past and on their vision of a better future.”<\/p>\n
Wiebe then announced that Huntsville\u2019s 2018 theme will be \u201cGood Governance: It Takes A Village.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Town of Huntsville will support the theme each year with three main goals:<\/p>\n
1. Support all of the partner brands and their goodwill equity
\n2. Provide a focal point for brainstorming, refreshing activities and events yearly
\n3. Engage community: residents and tourists<\/p>\n
Eleven booths were set up around Partners Hall to showcase the Huntsville organizations that will help showcase this year\u2019s theme with community events. These collaborative partners include the Town’s Arts, Culture & Heritage department, Muskoka Heritage Place, Huntsville Public Library, the Algonquin Theatre, the Rotary Club of Huntsville, Huntsville Festival of the Arts, Culture Days, the Huntsville Art Society, Huntsville Lake of Bays Chamber of Commerce, the Downtown Huntsville BIA and the Town’s Recreation and Leisure Services department.<\/p>\n\n\t\t