Sign Making Workshop

Friday June 6, 2025 2 – 4 pm

Englewood Chamber of Commerce

601 S. Indiana Ave.

Englewood, FL 34223

We prepared for the June 14, 2025 No Kings National Day of Defiance, exchanging ideas and leaning into our inner artist!  Timely and impactful signs got our message across.
(We joined forces with The Englewood Resistance that day – 10 am 776 & Dearborn – see sign pics below)
 

END OF SEASON PIZZA PICNIC!

WHERE:  Lemon Bay Pavilion,
570 Bay Park Blvd., Englewood
DATE:   Wednesday, May 22nd
TIME:    5-7 p.m.
DONATION:  $10

A variety of pizzas were on hand with beer, wine, soda and water also available. A delicious variety of desserts were brought to share. We heard from our Lemon Bay High School Scholarship Winner for 2025, Eva Gressley. Eva is a Lemon Bay senior who intends to pursue a career in biomedical engineering.

We also gathered non-perishable food items that we shared with our local food bank. See pics below.

 

April 23, 2025 Monthly Meeting

LIT DROP!

We got together to prepare literature for dropping house-to-house.

SIGN WAVE!

October 21- November 4, 2024

We got together at 776 and Dearborn to give our Candidates the visibility they deserve!

FUN WITH KAMALA!

Our October meeting was full of hope!

Adopt A Road Volunteers 9 14 24

ADOPT A ROAD!

September 14, 2024

We got together at Pine and Dearborn to clean up!

On August 28, 2024 the EDC Membership Meeting Celebrated WINS in the August 20, 2024 Primary!

We congratulated School Board members Tom Edwards and Liz Barker & Democratic Candidate for  Congress Manny Lopez.  Our own Peter Imhoff, delegate to the Democratic Convention in Chicago, shared his experiences at that historic event.

EDC August Meeting WINS August 20 2024
School Board WINNER Liz Barker
School Board Winner Tom Edwards
Primary Winner Manny Lopez

MAILING PARTY!

We had another great time getting together to support a mailing to Charlotte County voters about the August 20, 2024 election!

EDC Mailing Volunteers
EDC Volunteers stuffing envelopes
EDC members got together to write postcards to voters 6 24 2024

POSTCARDS TO VOTERS!

June 24, 2024

We had a great time getting together to write postcards to Charlotte County voters about the August 20, 2024 election!

“OUR LIVING DEMOCRACY” SCHOLARSHIP

May 4, 2024

EDC Board Member Tony Dunbar and EDC President Chris Kenealy presented a $1,000 scholarship to McKenzie Brown, a student at Lemon Bay High School. The students were asked to write an essay answering the following question:  WHAT ARE SOME STRATEGIES FOR ENCOURAGING YOUTH PARTICIPATION IN POLITICS?

Read her winning essay:  CLICK HERE.

Great job, McKenzie, we wish you all the best in your future endeavors!