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Now for some BIG news – Some might have heard that Copydog on James Street North was closing down… Not anymore! Copydog will be moving into the lower level of the Sky Dragon in February! More details coming soon!

Are you ready to enjoy what the hard working citizens of this city have to offer? A truly local economic engine that strives for the best environmental, socially just, artisan inspired, forged in the Hammer way to do business. If … Continue reading →

We are in the process of migrating to a new email system, which will hopefully help with some of the outages we’ve been experiencing. Over the next day during the transition, if you find that your emails aren’t going through … Continue reading →

Okay folks, the website is finally back online and stable after almost a week of outages. The problems appeared to have been caused by a server migration on the webhosting end of things, and a DNS entry that wasn’t updated … Continue reading →

Below is a letter from our head chef and board member Marg Ann: So as the end of July comes along it is time for me to post something on the Bread & Roses page. I was just asked the … Continue reading →

Hey again folks, another important update. The Sky Dragon Center will be closed for the last two weeks of August for some much needed renovations. More details about this, and changes coming to the Cafe, in the near future.

Hey folks, it’s been a long while since our last update, and this will be a short one I’m afraid. Over the next month or so there will be heavy road and sidewalk construction along King William and adjacent streets. … Continue reading →

Hey folks, the Bread and Roses Cafe has new hours of operation: Monday: Closed – EXCEPT for ‘Edu-macation mondays’, from 5:30-9pm. See the events page for more information. Tuesday: 11am – 8pm Wednesday: 11am – 8pm Thursday: 11am – midnight … Continue reading →

Hey folks, just a quick update to highlight some changes to the website. You’ll see to your right an calendar of upcoming events at the Sky Dragon. There’s also a new section on the site for the Bread and Roses … Continue reading →

We are asking people to fill out a survey to let us know how we’re doing in the cafe. Please take a moment to fill it out and give us your honest feedback.

Update: The Dinner and Jazz night is going ahead again in the new year. Tickets are now being sold, so if you’re interested in attending reserve yours today Awesome jazz and a magnificant three course meal prepared by Chef Marg … Continue reading →

Hey folks, unfortunately our head Chef has taken sick, so the Jazz & Dinner night scheduled for Saturday has been postponed until the new year. We apologies for the short notice on this. For those who have already bought tickets … Continue reading →

Hey folks, the Sky Dragon will be hosting a Jazz & Dinner Night the first week in December. Come out for live jazz and a three course meal paired with local wine. Tickets are available beginning November 1st. To reserve … Continue reading →

A quick word to say that we have created a space on this blog for publishing public documents created by the board and it’s various committees. You can access the Board Public Archive through the menu on right side of … Continue reading →

Howdy folks, just a quick note that the Sky Dragon will have a table at the OpenStreets Festival this coming Sunday. We’ll be selling coffee, handing out Maydays, pamphlets and all kinds of goodies. Okay, so that might be the … Continue reading →

News from the Kevin MacKay, Executive Director of the Sky Dragon: Greetings! It has been a few months since our last official update, and there is much to relate  since the Sky Dragon Coop first experienced an acute financial crisis … Continue reading →

The Sky Dragon held an informational meeting last Tuesday for potential members of the new interim board which will take over operations from the current board in a couple of weeks time. The interim board  will be short-lived (just over … Continue reading →

Well folks, the blog is back from a short downtime earlier today. We’ve finished migrating the website over to our new webhost Canvas Dreams. The next step is to move over the various @skydragon.org email addresses and we’ll finally be … Continue reading →

Shortly, the Sky Dragon website will be moving to a new webhost. We’re currently with Netfirms, and the hosting package is somewhat limited in what we can actually do. So within the next week we will be moving to CanvasDreams, … Continue reading →

I’ve posted the official document on how to gain a Sky Dragon Membership. At all levels the membership gets you a nifty membership card, a %10 discount, voting rights and the opportunity to run as a Community Representative with a … Continue reading →

We’ve been getting a lot more feedback from the community at large and that’s something we are truly grateful for. Keep it up! I’ve posted a bunch of the comments to the Community page. We’re especially interested in hearing about … Continue reading →

A message from the Board circulated via email the other night… *     *     * I hope this message finds everyone well and enjoying the glorious spring weather. I have to apologize for the lateness of this update, and … Continue reading →

Thanks to everyone who made last weeks Art Crawl at 228 James St a huge success. Special thanks to Mike Pattison who was absolutely key  in pulling everything together, and thanks to the many artists who filled the space with … Continue reading →

A major thank-you to everyone who came out to support the Mayday Festival. To those who performed, to those who volunteered their time, to the organizations in attendance, and to those staffers who worked long shifts: Thank you! A special … Continue reading →

Just a quick reminder about the Mayday Festival tomorrow running from 11am to 11pm. There will be art, music, great food and lots of people (including Steelworkers Local 1005). From the magazine named after the holiday: Mayday is a holiday … Continue reading →

Many and special thanks to everyone who helped out with the Eco Fest event! It was an amazing opportunity for the Sky Dragon and through our collective efforts we made it happen! So thanks for those who volunteered during the … Continue reading →

The Sky Dragon is in need of volunteers in the coming weeks. Read on below if you are interested in helping out: *   *   * Thanks to everyone who has indicated that they would be willing to help the Sky … Continue reading →

Mike Pattison has revised the Big Board recently and here’s what it says: Now our Action is in Motion To date approximately $20,000 has been raised in Community Bonds (approximately $8,000 being used for building appraisal and accounting). Serious interest … Continue reading →

Just a quick post to highlight some content that has been added to the right-side menu. I’ve started a page for community feedback where I can repost some of the feedback people have been giving us. Also, a page has … Continue reading →

Photographer Lorne Chesal has posted some images from last monday’s community meeting. You can see them here: http://lornechesal.com/clientgalleries/skydragon/ There is also a follow-up article in the Spectator that nicely highlights the three-month extension to the mortgage: http://www.thespec.com/News/Local/article/747964 If you come … Continue reading →

A new Sky Dragon Coffee Club program was announced the night of the Monday meeting. Read more about it: * * * We are starting a Sky Dragon Coffee Club program where people can receive a pound of freshly-roasted , … Continue reading →

I’ve done a quick edit of the audio recordings from the presentation monday night. If the flash player below doesn’t work out, you can download the whole audio track as a single MP3 file. When I get a chance I’ll … Continue reading →

A little late in the posting, but the community meeting last night was an amazing success by many measures. The night led off with a joyous announcement by Mike Pattison that the Teacher’s Credit Union has granted the Sky Dragon … Continue reading →

A quick reminder about the meeting tomorrow night: Save the Dragon Monday March 29 Ricca’s Furniture Building 228 James St. North, Hamilton 7 pm to 9 pm Google Maps Link Presentations by Sky Dragon boardmembers, community consultation, art, music, refreshments.  … Continue reading →

There’s been a bit of Sky Dragon coverage on various blog sites, which is always heartening to read. I realize these posts mostly quote words posted on this blog, but I’m linking here in the hopes that some cross-discussion pollination … Continue reading →

Mike Pattison has setup a big whiteboard at the Sky Dragon to pull together some ideas about how the center is moving forward. Next to the board you’ll find a big stack of paper to write out your own comments, … Continue reading →

Below is an email update from Kevin MacKay that arrived late last night. * * * Apologies for the lateness of this update, and many thanks to everyone who came out to the meeting held last Sunday at the Sky … Continue reading →

An article appeared in Hamilton Spectator today giving a bit of background information on the Sky Dragons situation. You can read the article online: http://www.thespec.com/News/Local/article/738785 And there’s a writeup over at the James St blog: http://www.jamesstreetnorth.ca/blog/?p=829

What follows is the original email sent by Executive Director Kevin Mackay sometime last week. *   *   * Hello Friends, Well, this is the kind of message that’s never easy to send.  We here at the Sky Dragon Community … Continue reading →