Golf Manor committee sets dates for Juneteenth and July events, advances bike-safety and food-distribution steps

Golf Manor Village’s Community Engagement Committee on an evening meeting in early 2025 discussed spring WeThrive programming, plans to repair and redistribute community bikes, steps needed for food-distribution certification and tentative dates for Juneteenth and the village’s July celebration.

The discussion centered on resident-facing programs run or promoted by the village’s WeThrive initiative and on clarifying which village body — WeThrive, Community Engagement or the Recreation Commission — should lead event planning and outreach. The committee agreed to begin marketing preparations and to use a shared calendar and email list to notify residents.

WeThrive programming and schedule details were the first substantive updates. Gwen (role/title not specified) said, “We’re starting off the year with a class of bingo size on January 24,” and described a healthy cooking class running April 24 through June 12 and a planned Tai Chi series with dates to be determined. Meeting remarks identified the cooking classes as two days per week and indicated other regular classes would…