Wolfville Community Oven cultures as the oven provided a means for sharing different cultural recipes and stories. In other words, it served as a talking piece for the community.14 ❏ Bayshore also commented that though there are a great many beautiful meeting places in Ottawa, residents do not always have a reason to visit these places. The presence of a community oven provided a reason for such. ❏ The Dufferin Grove Park Community Oven also experienced a great amount of success and the community oven has become a centre for large festivals, potlucks, theatre, dance and music performances, fundraisers, birthday parties, and street festivals. ❏ School groups have also integrated the community oven into their nutrition and wheat unit.15 Overall, out of the twelve ovens which were examined during this research process, ten of these were very successful within their respective communities. The two which were unsuccessful was due to inaccessibility to the community oven and a lack of communication with the greater community as to its availability for booking. In this case, it can be seen that should a community oven be effectively marketed to a community and have accessible hours for community members to participate, it is likely to experience a great amount of success within a community through facilitating community bonding, educational opportunities, and offer a reason to use a beautiful and underutilized community space. Moving Forward Moving forward some ways to ensure that the Wolfville Community Oven reaches its full potential are: ❏ Encouraging the students of Acadia University to fill the volunteer responsibilities at the oven. ❏ Connecting student clubs, teams and societies to the community oven ❏ Marketing and advertising the oven (newspaper, posters, fb, a grand opening event, etc.). ❏ Engaging the community through events such as: ❏ A sponsored grand opening with free food ❏ Pizza making workshops ❏ Pizza making competitions ❏ Community pizza party ❏ Block party ❏ Themed events ❏ Connecting the oven with pre existing, popular events such as the Apple Blossom Festival ❏ Live music at the community oven ❏ Sponsored cider or beer tasting by a local brewery ❏ #DoitinWolfville events ❏ Making sure the oven is well advertised to the Acadia Student population through various platforms 14 CBC News. (2016). Bayshore community oven hosts competitions at Harvest Fair. Retrieved from http://www.dufferinpark.ca/research/pdf/CookingFireInPublicSpace.pdf 15 blogTO. (2011). The Dufferin Grove community bake oven. Retrieved from http://www.dufferinpark.ca/oven/wiki/wiki.php?n=PizzaDays.FrontPage 10 43
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