‘Still thriving’

Dear Editor:

Riverfest Elora is a treasured province-wide music festival that supports many of our vital community initiatives.

It takes inspiration from our local “Save the Water” campaign and Indigenous wisdom on environmental issues, the “Addy Team” on health awareness and medical research and “Green Lanes” to advocate for safer and less motorized downtown areas, and the Elora Centre for the Arts on developing community through the arts.

Riverfest advocates for a healthier, more sustainable future in Centre Wellington.

Special thanks to the festival for all the inclusive and creative events held in the Koop Tent. When Marilyn Koop founded Riverfest, she was passionate about art, in all its forms, at accessible festivities and especially those free and open to everyone in public spaces.

In that regard, she would have been pleased to know that KIPP (Kitchen in the Park Project), located in Bissell Park, and the Elora Centre For the Arts, where the first Riverfest was held, are both still thriving.

Al  Koop,
Elora