Tag: Dragonfly Commons

• Local Commissioners Learn About Liveaboards’ Needs

  April 12, 2024: Ten welcomed two of your Local Community Commissioners, Ben Corno and Gayle Baker, to this ASK Salt Spring gathering. While the numbers were small, the conversation was rich, masterfully facilitated by Ron Cooke. We began with a Territorial Acknowledgement from Ben, introducing himself in the Indigenous way of also recognizing his parents. When asked what excites and delights…

• Bleak News for Workers Seeking Housing on Salt Spring. . .with Some Hope as Well

  August 26, 2022: Sixteen joined this ASK Salt Spring gathering for fascinating discussion of Workforce Housing led by special guests Tami and Fernando dos Santos and Rhonan Heitzmann. After our Territorial Acknowledgement, they began by speaking about their challenges and successes addressing Salt Spring’s dearth of worker housing.  Fernando and Tami have established the not-for-profit Dragonfly Commons (https://dragonflycommons.com)…

• Challenges and Successes: Croftonbrook and Dragonfly Commons

  April 22, 2022: Seventeen joined us to welcome Kisae Petersen to this ASK Salt Spring gathering via Zoom. After a heartfelt Territorial Acknowledgement, Kisae spoke briefly about her many roles focused on addressing our serious housing issue.  Throughout our time together, we learned that Kisae is Executive Director of Islanders Working Against Violence – IWAV – (https://iwav.org. With many important…