WRITE TO WINNIPEG’S MAYOR AND COUNCILLORS AND ASK THEM to save John Blumberg Golf Course from development and to protect and enhance this greenspace and natural areas for future generations.
We have an opportunity to protect this greenspace, but we need to act now.
Backgrounder Link - John Blumberg Golf Course
Petition - https://www.change.org/SaveJohnBlumbergGolfCourse
Write a letter today to have your voice heard. Let our Mayor and Councillors know how valuable these spaces are to you and help protect them for future generations.
1. Cut and paste from list of email addresses
2. cc to ourswinnipeg@live.ca
3. Add text below to create your email letter
Please feel free to write your own words as to why John Blumberg’s greenspace and natural areas matter to you personally… or edit this letter. Your own words are far more powerful than a form letter, but this works too!
We encourage letters be sent to the Mayor and ALL the Councillors as they will ALL be voting on the sale.
-Mayor Bowman mayorbowman@winnipeg.ca
Cindy Gilroy cgilroy@winnipeg.ca
Sherri Rollins srollins@winnipeg.ca
John Orlikow jorlikow@winnipeg.ca
Kevin Klein kklein@winnipeg.ca
Scott Gillingham scottgillingham@winnipeg.ca
Janice Lukes jlukes@winnipeg.ca
Ross Eadie readie@winnipeg.ca
Devi Sharma devi@winnipeg.ca
Vivian Santos vsantos@winnipeg.ca
Jason Schreyer jschreyer@winnipeg.ca
Jeff Browaty jbrowaty@winnipeg.ca
Shawn Nason snason@winnipeg.ca
Matt Allard mattallard@winnipeg.ca
Markus Chambers markuschambers@winnipeg.ca
Brian Mayes bmayes@winnipeg.ca
ourswinnipeg@live.ca
September 2, 2021
Subject Line: Sale of John Blumberg Golf Course
Dear Mayor Bowman
Councillor ___________
I am writing to ask you to take John Blumberg Golf Course off the surplus list and stop the sale of this precious City heritage.
1) Blumberg’s golf course use and revenue is rebounding; 98% of users come from the City of Winnipeg. Public golf courses are affordable and accessible and offer social, physical, and mental health benefits
2) Large greenspaces like Blumberg are green infrastructure and must be part of our strategy to adapt to the climate change crisis; they are proven approaches for reducing climate risks such as flooding and rising temperatures, provide storm water retention and clean air, and that will provide significant long term cost savings. Blumberg also maintains biodiversity by providing necessary habitat for wildlife and endangered species
3) City Council recently unanimously approved in principle the purchase of an additional 1,000 acres of greenspace. It makes no sense to sell what our City presently owns and furthermore the City will never be able to replace such sizeable access to the river
4) The largest planned growth of the city will be in the west, which will make Blumberg more easily accessible for the newest residents of our city
5) We need long-term vision for the citizens of Winnipeg and the province of Manitoba
Thank you for acting on these concerns.
___Your Name___________________________
Please thank your Councillors in your letter if they support protecting John Blumberg Golf Course.
Kevin Klein - "I will be opposed to the sale."
We have an opportunity to protect this greenspace, but we need to act now.
Backgrounder Link - John Blumberg Golf Course
Petition - https://www.change.org/SaveJohnBlumbergGolfCourse
Write a letter today to have your voice heard. Let our Mayor and Councillors know how valuable these spaces are to you and help protect them for future generations.
1. Cut and paste from list of email addresses
2. cc to ourswinnipeg@live.ca
3. Add text below to create your email letter
Please feel free to write your own words as to why John Blumberg’s greenspace and natural areas matter to you personally… or edit this letter. Your own words are far more powerful than a form letter, but this works too!
We encourage letters be sent to the Mayor and ALL the Councillors as they will ALL be voting on the sale.
-Mayor Bowman mayorbowman@winnipeg.ca
Cindy Gilroy cgilroy@winnipeg.ca
Sherri Rollins srollins@winnipeg.ca
John Orlikow jorlikow@winnipeg.ca
Kevin Klein kklein@winnipeg.ca
Scott Gillingham scottgillingham@winnipeg.ca
Janice Lukes jlukes@winnipeg.ca
Ross Eadie readie@winnipeg.ca
Devi Sharma devi@winnipeg.ca
Vivian Santos vsantos@winnipeg.ca
Jason Schreyer jschreyer@winnipeg.ca
Jeff Browaty jbrowaty@winnipeg.ca
Shawn Nason snason@winnipeg.ca
Matt Allard mattallard@winnipeg.ca
Markus Chambers markuschambers@winnipeg.ca
Brian Mayes bmayes@winnipeg.ca
ourswinnipeg@live.ca
September 2, 2021
Subject Line: Sale of John Blumberg Golf Course
Dear Mayor Bowman
Councillor ___________
I am writing to ask you to take John Blumberg Golf Course off the surplus list and stop the sale of this precious City heritage.
1) Blumberg’s golf course use and revenue is rebounding; 98% of users come from the City of Winnipeg. Public golf courses are affordable and accessible and offer social, physical, and mental health benefits
2) Large greenspaces like Blumberg are green infrastructure and must be part of our strategy to adapt to the climate change crisis; they are proven approaches for reducing climate risks such as flooding and rising temperatures, provide storm water retention and clean air, and that will provide significant long term cost savings. Blumberg also maintains biodiversity by providing necessary habitat for wildlife and endangered species
3) City Council recently unanimously approved in principle the purchase of an additional 1,000 acres of greenspace. It makes no sense to sell what our City presently owns and furthermore the City will never be able to replace such sizeable access to the river
4) The largest planned growth of the city will be in the west, which will make Blumberg more easily accessible for the newest residents of our city
5) We need long-term vision for the citizens of Winnipeg and the province of Manitoba
Thank you for acting on these concerns.
___Your Name___________________________
Please thank your Councillors in your letter if they support protecting John Blumberg Golf Course.
Kevin Klein - "I will be opposed to the sale."
