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Why You Should Listen to This Episode: From a 16-day, multi-venue celebration of Vancouver Island art to five decades of helping neighbours find work, this episode is a reminder of how much community gets built behind the scenes. Sheena McCorquodale gives us the inside scoop on the Route 19A Arts Festival, and Cheryl Dill marks 50 years of the Career Centre with a campaign built entirely on the stories of the people it's served.

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(05:10) Sheena McCorquodale wears two hats along Vancouver Island's Route 19A corridor. She's the festival director behind the Route 19A Arts Festival, a 16-day celebration running from Dashwood to Union Bay that brings together a juried fine art exhibition, multi-venue live performances and a self-guided artist studio tour. She's also an artist herself, known for wire and brass sculpture out of her Cathouse Gallery in Qualicum Bay. Before sculpture, she spent years as a commercial artist in sign design, computer graphics, and TV and theatre set work. www.route19a.com

(18:15) Cheryl Dill has spent nearly three decades helping people across the Parksville-Qualicum region find work, change careers and believe in what comes next. As executive director of the Career Centre, she's guiding the organization through a milestone year, with 50 years of service, a brand-new fully accessible building, and a new campaign called Your Stories, Our Legacy. www.careercentre.org

Episode Quotes:

“These are the little communities along the coastal stretch of Route 19A, and we love the area.” - Sheena McCorquodale, Festival Director, Route 19A Arts Festival

 “People ask what you do, and we really do help transform lives.” - Cheryl Dill, Executive Director, Career Centre

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