About

The Grapevine is a once-every-two-week, 14-16 page publication for Wolfville  and the surrounding communities. Serving an area from Windsor to Canning (Grand Pre, Gaspereau, Hantsport & Port Williams also included), the 1220 copies of the Grapevine can always be counted on to: locate upcoming events and offer a wide-array of local submissions. An official survey conducted by the Town of Wolfville and the Centre for Rural Sustainability in 2007 stated that the Grapevine was the number 1 source to go to for upcoming events. Is this still the case? We’d like to think so.

History:

Adam Barnett, who went on to publish the paper until the middle of 2007, facilitated the first issue back in May of 2004. It was his dream to bring together and create attention for all the amazing things happening culturally in the Greater Wolfville area. The first tagline for the paper was (and still is) Awareness – Community – Involvement.

Change, as in most things, is inevitable and the Grapevine saw it’s first major shakeup in August of 2007. This is when Andy Flinn & Ariana Nasr (the band formally known as t@b) took over the reins. This duo put their stamp on things by increasing the scope and perspective of the local music scene. In fact, although they may downplay their accomplishments, they can truly be accredited for furthering and promoting the remarkable music scene in the Annapolis Valley and the Nova Scotia community. Fortunately Wolfville just happens to receive the benefit brunt of their efforts.

Jeremy & Jocelyn:

Change once again occurred in June of 2009. After careful consideration, the Grapevine (3.0?) transitioned to a new team consisting of Jocelyn Hatt and Jeremy Novak. It is our desire to continue and strengthen this community-focused publication; we have new ideas and we are open to your ideas. We want to be innovative while demonstrating continuity. Open-mindedness in change is essential as today’s landscape is considerably different than when Adam started off.

Event Listings & Other Publications:

Back then there was no comprehensive list of all the events in the Valley found at www.valleyevents.ca. The Coffee News sure wasn’t focusing on anything local and the Flying Cow wasn’t in existence. Now there are even more publications (the Annapolis Valley Scoop, Gazpereau Gazette, the Mud Creek News and others) adding to the local awareness while (directly or indirectly) competing for: counter space, eyeballs and advertisers.  Although there are many great options, we are hopeful that there is a special space in the hearts of the Grapevine’s loyal readership. It’s our responsibility to keep this in mind as we try to attract new readers.

Involvement:

Without the continued involvement of various: writers, photographers, advertisers, editors and readers, this paper would not be possible. Without the help of the Flowercart and the St Andrew’s United Church, the paper would not be distributed on-time every second Thursday. It’s the community that gives the Grapevine shape and it is the community that we embrace. Thank you for your attention.

If you would like to contribute, please do so. Space is always tight so we can never guarantee a placement within the pages; however, we do not have a team of writers to assign to a case. We rely on community submissions to season the pages.

Next:

We look forward to seeing where the slow and steady growth will take us as we enter our second year. Creating our facebook page and tweeting on Twitter is a step in the right direction.

As Adam would say, Beauty Times Ahead…