With extremely cold weather expected, Open Arms has made some temporary modifications to their Emergency Shelter.

In addition to Open Arms’ regular emergency shelter beds available in Kentville, an additional 10 shelter beds will be available for both Friday, February 3rd and Saturday, February 4th. 

These beds will be available by calling the Emergency Shelter Line, 902-679-1202. The Emergency Shelter Line is answered 365 days a year, 24 hours a day, by on-duty shelter staff.  When you call this line staff at Open Arms will assist with directions and any needed transportation support to the closest available shelter bed. 

Warming Centre at Wolfville Baptist Church

Wolfville Baptist, located at 487 Main Street, will open as a warming centre from 12pm to 7pm on Friday, February 3 and from 7am to 7pm on Saturday, February 4. 

Warming Centre at Lion's Hall

Lion's Hall, located at 36 Elm Avenue, will open from 8am to noon on Saturday, February 4. Hot beverages will be available.

Wolfville is working on a Parks and Open Space Master Plan.

This plan will create a roadmap for future development and investment, ensuring that residents have equitable access to high quality parks and green spaces throughout the community, both now and into the future.

The Town and its consultants, Fathom Studios, will be engaging residents and businesses in the Town to better understand how the parks and open spaces are currently used, what amenities are missing from our community, and what our future needs could look like.

Then, we will develop a plan to meet the needs of our community, while staying within a budget that is manageable for our Town.

Your participation online at Wolfville Blooms, or through future community-based engagement, will make this plan a great fit for our community.

Please share your ideas and insights generously to help our community thrive.

The Town of Wolfville is starting an intentional exploration of equity, diversity, and inclusion.

This initial exploration will seek to inform Council on the diverse make-up of our community, to establish an understanding of barriers, to determine important events, remembrances, celebrations and acknowledgements and this work will also provide guidance on how we can take actions to increase feelings of inclusion.

Please join this conversation by participating in an online engagement space, or by speaking directly with our project lead, Tanvi Dabas, through the next few months. Community input will be shared with Council to inform our budget process for the 23/24 budget year.

Equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) is a conceptual approach and framework that brings awareness and opportunities to remove barriers resulting in the fair treatment and full participation of all people, including populations who have historically been under-represented or subject to discrimination because of their background, identity, disability, etc.