Bend in the Road Inc.
May 2020 

Welcome back to Bendy Bytes!
 

In the new world of pandemic awareness and social distancing The Bend in the Road committee believe it is important for The Bend community and businesses to keep active and thriving, while also keeping safe and healthy. Throughout April most Bend businesses remained open. Business owners kept their customers, staff and themselves safe by offering services such as takeaway, home delivery, home therapy and online sales and by practising sound hygiene measures. Exactly what measures are needed for the long haul remains unclear however what we do know is the importance of supporting The Bend's wonderful array of local businesses to help the precinct survive and thrive. 
 

People who walked the Bend's lanes and streets as an exercise routine over the last month were greeted with messages of care from kids and their teddy bears. A big THANK YOU goes to the kids of The Bend for spreading warmth and happiness in such uncertain times. 

The February edition of Bendy Bytes included information on our Micro Grant initiative and reported on several grants that had already been awarded. Several of these projects are now complete including the street library on Northstead Street and the children's book cart on Ewen Street. Others have been completed but not yet installed due to COVID 19. If you were a recipient of a grant we would love to see your completed project so don't forget to send us those photos. The Bend was also rapt to receive additional funding from Scarborough Community Church allowing us to extend the project so you can still apply for a grant to get your project underway. Apply here. 

Thanks to the City of Stirling, we are pleased to offer residents of The Bend funding to access catering for an event that you will hold. Residents living in the area bound by Sackville Terrace, Deanmore Road, Ewen Street and Huntriss Road (and close neighbours) will be able to apply. The purpose of the Bend Connections project is to help connect Bend residents with each other and with local businesses. 
 

Here's what to do. Plan a get together with friends and neighbours, pick a local venue in The Bend to order your food from and then go to this link to complete an application. There are plenty of ways to do it. Have a ‘verge party’ with your neighbours; an open event with catering provided; a picnic or laneway lunch with other families; or a ‘virtual’ dinner party with others – the opportunities are many, and we’ll support it as long as it’s catered for by one of The Bend’s cafes or restaurants. 

Here is an approved application to give you an idea of what you can do.

Don't delay and miss out. Apply now : )
 

• For Street Fitness: Pictures that describe different fitness activities at each station (e.g. star-jumps, stretches, runs to the next station etc).
• For Street Art: Art display boxes will be installed to hold A4 sized art. The boxes will be easily opened for people to place and exchange art pieces, including children's art.  
• For Street Games: Games could include anything from hopscotch, pavement snakes and ladders or mazes, wall games, balancing pebbles, painted rocks, puzzles and treasure hunts in street libraries to more elaborate games such as the London 99 tiny games (https://popupcity.net/observations/99-tiny-games-are-hidden-in-londons-public-space/).

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