At the end of each year, I always take some time to reflect for myself. I picture where we started the year, see how far we have come over the past 12 months, and think about everything we have achieved. To say the least, 2017 has been a year of a lot of changes and … Continue reading A Year-End Message from CEO Raymond Swonek
“I turned the key/Opened the door/One bedroom suite/Second floor/Grace Garden Court.” Deepa Garbaria wrote this opening line to a poem when she moved into her new home at Grace Garden Court. The poem titled “Anxiety” outlines her struggles adjusting to both moving to Edmonton from Montreal and to moving into her new apartment. “I didn’t … Continue reading GEF’s Poet Laureate Deepa Garbaria
Ruby Gibeault has spent the past 12 years living at Porta Place apartments in Edmonton’s Beverly Heights neighbourhood. She made the choice to move out of her house near Commonwealth Stadium and was immediately drawn to the community around her new apartment. If you ask her what she thinks of the East end area she … Continue reading Love Grows at Beverly Place
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