Upper Hammonds Plains Community Land Trust

09/04/2026

Our Founder & CEO, Curtis Whiley, shares remarks following today’s announcement of $199,000 in funding from the Province of Nova Scotia’s Sustainable Communities Challenge Fund to support UHPCLT’s FireSmart and wildfire resilience work.

This investment will help us turn community intention into action—protecting our homes, our heritage, and the people who call Upper Hammonds Plains home.

09/04/2026

$199,000 for Wildfire Resilience in Upper Hammonds Plains!

Upper Hammonds Plains Community Land Trust is proud to receive $199,000 from the Province of Nova Scotia’s Sustainable Communities Challenge Fund to advance our FireSmart and wildfire resilience work in Upper Hammonds Plains.

This funding will support community-wide wildfire preparedness, including free home wildfire risk assessments, fuel reduction, community education, emergency planning, clean-up events, and measures to help protect our community centre, church, new housing, historic homes, and other important community assets.

Upper Hammonds Plains has been caring for and protecting our community for more than 200 years. This investment gives us additional resources to continue that work and take meaningful action to reduce wildfire risk for current and future generations.

We extend our sincere thanks to the Province of Nova Scotia, our residents, FireSmart Committee, volunteers, and project partners for helping make this work possible.

🔥 Protecting our homes. Safeguarding our heritage. Building a more resilient Upper Hammonds Plains.

News release Support for Reducing Wildfire Risk in Upper Hammonds Plains 4 September 2026 | 10:45 AM Environment and Climate Change wildfires Sustainable Communities Challenge Fund Download this image The Upper Hammonds Plains Community Land Trust has received money from the Sustainable Communities....

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09/03/2026

📣 Funding Announcement Tomorrow!

We’re excited to invite the community to join us tomorrow as we celebrate new funding supporting FireSmart initiatives and wildfire preparedness in Upper Hammonds Plains.

📅 Friday, September 4, 2026
⏰ 10:00 AM
📍 Elizabeth Mantley Youth Recreation Centre

This investment will help strengthen the work to build a safer, more prepared, and more resilient community.

Everyone is welcome — we hope to see you there!

08/27/2026

We’re coming together for a second Upper Hammonds Plains Community Clean-Up Day! 🧡

Why another cleanup? Because keeping our community clean and reducing potential wildfire hazards takes ongoing effort. Our first clean-up made a difference, but litter, debris, fallen branches and dry vegetation can continue to build up along our roadsides and ditches over time.

🔥 As part of our work toward becoming a FireSmart Canada Recognized Community, we’re continuing to take practical steps to reduce potential hazards. Keeping ditches and roadsides clear makes it easier to identify and remove dry vegetation and other materials that can become fuel for wildfire.

This second cleanup is about building on the work we started, not starting over. Every bag collected and every area cleared helps us care for Upper Hammonds Plains and keep our community better prepared.

📅 Saturday, September 19, 2026
⏰ 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Come lend a hand and help us keep the momentum going!

08/27/2026

This Spring we welcomed Claudia Chender and her team to our site. They walked the Upper Hammonds Plains Housing Co-operative as it goes up, met our team, and reviewed the plans for what comes next.

Upper Hammonds Plains is one of Nova Scotia’s 52 historic African Nova Scotian communities, rooted here since 1815. What we are building is permanently non-market and community-owned, held in trust so that it stays affordable for generations rather than for a funding cycle.

We have hosted elected officials from more than one party, and we will keep doing it. Our vision is community-led transformation at scale, and that vision is reached faster the more people understand how this model works.

Every partner at this table has made the next project more possible than the last. We are grateful for them, and we are always looking to build more of those relationships. We are ready to work with anyone who wants to see more of this built in Nova Scotia!

08/26/2026

We’re thrilled to be fellowshipping with our partner in the African Nova Scotian community land trust movement.

September 12 in Upper Hammonds Plains. Descendants from Weymouth Falls, a day of exchange, and a tour of Canada’s largest Black-led co-op housing development.

RSVP by September 3 through Weymouth Falls Community Land Trust. Details below.

Thank you to the McConnell Foundation / Fondation McConnell for supporting this work.

08/25/2026

🏡 August Co-op Update!

Another month of progress at the UHPCLT Housing Co-operative! Construction continues to move forward, and we’re getting closer to welcoming future co-op members home. 💛

Take a look at some updates on site this August! 👀