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Canadian Centre for Rural Creativity reaches out to MPs, Senators and media in Ottawa
The tears behind the inno-
vative Canadian Centre for
Rural Creativity, based in
Blyth, took its message to the
corridors of Parliament Hill
May 4 and had the chance to
interact with scores of MI's,
Senators, cabinet ministers,
government officials and
journalists. Scores of people
packed into a reception
room just down the hall from
the House of Commons on
Thursday evening for an
event dubbed "A Taste of
Rural," hosted by the centre
and project partners Cow-
bell Brewing Co., the Blyth
Centre for the Arts, the
Guelph to Goderich Rail
Trail and Regional Tourism
Organization 4. The delega-
tion began its day meeting
with T.J. Harvey (Tobique—
Mactaquac), the recentlye-
lected chair of the Liberal
party's rural caucus and
vice -chair Will Amos, MP for
Pontiac in West Quebec. The
delegation also held meet-
ings with government offi-
cials and attended the daily
Question Period in the
House of Commons before
the main event, the Taste of
Rural reception on Parlia-
ment Hill. T.J. Harvey helped
to host the reception along
with Kim Rudd, NIP for
North umberlandPeterbor-
ough South and Harvey
lauded the rural revitaliza-
tion project in his remarks.
"It was really interesting to
have the opportunity to
interact with this group and
to see the passion they bring
to the table with this project,"
Harvey said. "What we're
seeing with them and this
project is something that is
truly remarkable, the resur-
gence of a rural community
and how collective passions
from different areas can
come together with a com-
mon vision," Harvey said. "It
is really going to be amazing
to see the impact it is going
to have on their community,"
Harvey said. "What you're
doing is something that we
hopefully will be able to take
and utilize in other rural
communities across the
country." Among those to
attend the reception were
Canadian Heritage Minister
Melanie Joly, Liberal House
Leader and Minister of Small
Business and Tourism Bard-
ish Chagger, Treasury Board
President Scott Brison and a
number of other MPs,
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Ben Lobb. The rural project
team's visit to Ottawa was
reported on by The Hill
Times newspaper, Metro
Ottawa and CBC -Radio's
afternoon show All in a Day.
(http://www.cbc.ca/news/
canada/ottawa/programs/
allinadav/a-new-way-to-
boost-rural-communi-
ties-1.4099907) "The Cana-
dian Centre for Rural
Creativity is a rural lab. ‘Ve're
looking at innovation, chal-
lenges that are facing rural
communities and doing
research and development
that we can share with other
rural communities across
the country," said Peter
Smith, head of the delega-
tion and director of the
Canadian Centre for Rural
Creativity. "It's a think tank,
it's an arts and culture cen-
tre, there's a fashion artists
and creative textile compo-
nent to it as well. And we're
trying to attract the younger
demographic, which is one
of the factors in rural com-
munities." Throughout the
day the Blyth delegation
spread its message about a
unique rural revitalization
project - the
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Canadian Centre for Rural
Creativity - that is exploding
in a village of 1005 people - a
village that is fast becoming
an example for rural com-
munity development across
the country. The Canadian
Centre for Rural Creativity
(CCRC) delegation included:
• Steven Sparling - CLJ/
President and Founder, from
COWBELL BREWING CO. •
Pete Smith, Project Director
and Karen Stewart, Director
of Operations, from the
CANADIAN CENTRE FOR
RURAL CREATIVITY • Gil
Garratt, Artistic Director,
from the award-winning
national theatre company,
the BLYTI I FESTIVAL • Chris
Lee, Director, GUELPH to
GODERICH RAIL TRAIL
(G2G)- 127 kms of accessi-
ble trail along the former CP
line through some of the
most beautiful and arresting
rural landscape in Canada •
David Peacock - CEO of
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American award winner for
Innovation 2016. • Allan
Thompson, journalism pro-
fessor at Carleton University
and the federal Liberal can-
didate in Huron -Bruce in the
2015 election, who is a mem-
her of the centre's campaign
cabinet and helped to organ-
ize the Ottawa events.
Dreams are Bigger in Blyth.
The Canadian Centre for
Rural Creativity is a rural
arts, education and innova-
tion hub created to drive
social renewal and eco-
nomic growth. The 111 -acre
Cowbell Farm is under
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construction as the dream to
build a state of the art desti-
nation brewery, local farm -
to -table restaurant and
entertainment venue
becomes a reality. Cowbell is
the World's First Closed
Loop Brewery and North
America's First Carbon Neu-
tral Brewery and was chosen
"Ontario's Favourite New
Craft Brewery" in 2016. The
team from Blyth was excited
to share their story with Cana-
da's rural leaders in Ottawa,
setting themselves as just one
example for rural prosperity.
For further information con-
tact: Karen Stewart (519-441-
7629) Karen@blyth1419.ca
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