Many of our choices on how we were setting things up were based on the desire to work significantly less time than a “full time work week”. Covid has made getting traction very difficult, but I expect that to get a little better in the spring for us. Regardless, we expect to be home and able to work on our garden regularly for the foreseeable future.

Appropriate $350,000 in GO Borrowing in 2020 to advance the implementation of Vision Zero, which seeks to eliminate all severe injury and fatal crashes on City streets. The proposed amendment is intended to fund an analysis of traffic conditions and crash history and implement recommendations that will reduce the severity of specific crashes being experienced. Applications may include signage, pavement markings, speed reductions, and more permanent changes to the traffic geometry.

“BlackBerry is how we’re known pretty much everywhere across the world other than North America, so we have an iconic global brand and when you have such a powerful brand, you want to make it central,” said Frank Boulben, BlackBerry’s chief marketing officer, in an interview.The switch underscores the close attention the company is paying to marketing as it launches a product considered crucial to its survival. In the past, it was roundly criticized for botching the launch of the PlayBook tablet and other devices.RIM’s aging line up of devices has competed poorly in recent years against the likes of Apple Inc’s iPhone and Samsung’s wide array of Galaxy devices.As the company counters with its new line, the name change will allow it to leverage the value of the BlackBerry brand still a powerful asset in spite of RIM’s fall from grace.”Previously we had Research In Motion, BlackBerry, Bold, Curve, Torch, PlayBook and that dilutes the BlackBerry brand, which is a fantastic asset,” Boulben said. “Moving to a branded house model allows us to focus our marketing on one name only.”That could be crucial for the company, which has undergone a management overhaul changes and a major restructuring, leading up to the launch of its re engineered line of devices on Wednesday.”We thought now was the perfect time to accompany that real change with symbolic change,” said Boulben, adding that RIM will change its Nasdaq ticker to “BBRY” and its Toronto Stock Exchange ticker symbol to “BB” in a matter of days.The company will undergo a legal name change after its shareholders pass a resolution to that effect later this year, said a spokeswoman.