Storefront Postering GO TO GREEN!

Postering Map - Day 1

Friday, April 19

On Tuesday, I got the call from Elaina that she needed help with storefront postering across the city, and could our volunteers help out?  Within 24 hours, the overwhelming response is - YES they can!


With all the responses rushing in, I needed a new way to keep track of Who is postering, and Where in the city.  My boyfriend showed me how to make a custom & updatable map in Google Maps.  After a bit of fiddling, I came up with the image in the top right, Postering Map - Day 1.  It's built like this:

• Red = Area not yet assigned to anyone for storefront postering
• Yellow = Area has been assigned, but touch-ups may be required
• Green = Area has been fully postered!

So our goal is to turn the city GREEN!


Hence, Google Maps - My Places is my new Toy du Jour.  Below is the latest map (see, already more yellow than on Day 1!), and I'm updating it as fast as the feedback is coming to me from the postering volunteers.  


View Westfest Postering - Storefront in a larger map



To anyone else who wants to join in the postering frenzy, here are the details:

• (a) You can call Claudia at the office (613-729-3565, Montreal Road Unit 1, Monday to Friday, 9 to 5) to schedule pick up of posters from the Vanier office. 
• Or (b) if Hintonburg is easier for you (I live & work at Hinton & Armstrong), send me an e-mail and I'll arrange a day & time to pass some of my posters off to you.

When you pick up your posters,

1. Let me know what area you plan to cover. so I can assign to you on the map and change the area to YELLOW (if you pick up from the Vanier office, please send me an e-mail with your area & approximate # of posters you picked up so I don't have to bother Claudia for the info)
2. Then be in touch with me every couple of days until your posters are all gone, so I know which areas or how much of the area you were able to cover, and can update the map to GREEN (and so that we don't send additional volunteers there). 

Please DO approach shops, restaurants, cafes, community centers, schools, etc. to request their permission to attach a poster to their door or front window or other space. If they have any Westfest questions or issues that are not directly answered on the poster (such as date, time, performers), please ask the proprietor to contact the Westfest office directly and they will be happy to help.


DO NOT attach posters to public billboards and poles - these will be done at the end of May so they aren't covered up before June.


Thanks again to all the Volunteers who have offered to help!