Start marking in your calendar Delta because the community expects to be very busy in the weeks and months to come.
At Monday’s council meeting in North Delta, councillors unanimously approved a detailed report from parks director Carmen Gonzalez, which outlines a return to community-wide events in 2022.
The 2022 City Supported Events listing is divided into three categories: special facility events, city-wide events and recognitions/community events.
Special facility events are identified as events that take place at a specific city facility and are generally smaller in scale. Examples include Delta School District’s Professional Days, senior volunteer teas, Easter or Youth Week.
City-wide events are of a larger scale, are usually free events and cover a broad range of activities. Examples include the Boundary Bay Air Show, Luminary Festival and seasonal tree lightings and festivals like May Days.
Special recognition events are special service or milestone celebrations, grand openings, long service awards, project start-ups or completions.
“City of Delta supported events are an important aspect of community programming and contributed to the social and economic health of residents,” said Gonzalez in her report. “Staff will ensure that all events are in accordance with any Provincial Health Officer’s orders in place as a given time.”
Among some of the early highlights in the next few months include a public opening of the Douglas J. Husband Discovery Centre in April, Rotary Club Easter Egg hunts in Tsawwassen and North Delta, the Easter Egg Hunt and Parade hosted by the Ladner Business Association, Youth Week events in May, the Delta Virtual Triathlon, the North Delta Centre for the Arts grand opening, Delta Idol, and Ladner May Days.
“Wow, this is quite a list of events and hopefully as we come out of the pandemic, these will all be able to take place,” said Coun. Jeannie Kanakos.
Mayor George Harvie added that he can’t wait to start having some fun again in the community and putting the pandemic behind us.
