Megan butler12/6/2023 ![]() “It’s a powerful triangle for change” she says. “Rural towns don’t have the resources of larger places,” says Megan, “so we have to rely on creative ideas, and building bridges and connections to get things done.” She is also a deep believer in what can be accomplished when the private sector, community organizations, and governments work together. She went on to be elected in 2018 for a term as councillor for the Municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula. In high school, she was also a student board member of the Bruce Peninsula Environment Group and the B ruce Peninsula Biosphere Association.Īn early brush with local politics came when, as a thirteen year old, she wrote a letter to her local council urging them to let her operate an ice cream cart in the town (but she never did become an ice cream hawker due to insurance costs) A summer job as a Jill-of-all-trades with her municipality showed her the nuts and bolts of local government, and left her with a profound belief in the power of local government to change things. “Creating the market was one of my first big community projects, and inevitably involved overcoming obstacles with approvals,” says Megan with a smile. When she was a teenager, she and three others established a community garden on the grounds of Lion’s Head’s seniors’ home, and in Grade 11 she established the Lion’s Head Farmers’ Market. She says her elementary and high school teachers and programs nurtured that interest. Megan’s interest in the environment was sparked by her early experiences growing up in a rural area north of Lion’s Head. Sherman and Geneva also founded Golden Dawn Senior Citizens’ Home, Lion’s Head’s long term care home and senior apartments. ![]() Her grandfather, Sherman Myles, was minister to congregations in Bruce County, and he and his wife Geneva hosted a faith-based program on an Owen Sound radio station for 50 years. She credits her grandparents for instilling in her a passion for community engagement. She is a member of the fifth generation of a Bruce County family from the Lion’s Head area of the Bruce Peninsula. Megan has deep roots in this part of Ontario. The free event, open to everyone, is sponsored by the Grey Highlands Probus Club in cooperation with the Kimberley Community Association, the G rey Highlands Public Library and the Grey Highlands Museum. Megan, who has been Climate Change Outreach and Engagement Coordinator with Grey County since late July of this year, will be making a presentation on November 8 in Kimberley that she hopes you will be part of that conversation.Įntitled Going Green in Grey: Grey County’s Climate Action Plan, her presentation will begin at 2:00 pm on November 8 in the Kimberley Community Hall, 235309 Grey Road 13 in Kimberley (doors open at 1:30 pm). OctoGrey County climate bridge-builder to speak at Kimberley HallīY JOHN BUTLER - Megan Myles wants to have a conversation with you.
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