Welcome New Residents of Greenwood Hamlet!
If you are a newcomer to the Hamlet of Greenwood in Pickering North, we invite you to join the Greenwood Neighbors Facebook page.
As the Greenwood Recreation Association (GRA) organizes events, they will share all the details here for everyone to participate. Additionally, neighbors can post various information to keep the community connected. Please note that this group is exclusively for residents of the Greenwood Hamlet.
You will also be able to reach out on this page to ask questions regarding board members for the GRA.
Thank you!
To develop and deliver the recreational activities that help to make Greenwood a strong, united and tight-knit community. To deliver programs for our children and youth that inspire positive values and a strong sense of community. To develop respect for the Greenwood history and rural surroundings.
The GRA has been around for decades and is all about that warm community vibe by hosting events and uniting the fine folks from the Hamlet of Greenwood, Pickering.
There is a board of directors alongside numerous kind volunteers who assist in organizing events for everyone to participate in. The AGM annually takes place towards the end of September.
A variety of events are hosted, including:
- A BBQ
- An adult party for Novemberfest
- A Christmas gathering
- A Spring event
- An Easter hunt for children
- And many more!
This is subject to change based on need and the popularity of the community.
Greenwood History
This area was fist surveyed, 1791-96. In the eighteen-forties and the early fifties the community was known as Norwood.
Frederick Green, in 1843 purchased a mill one-half mile south of Duffin’s Creek. Through his enterprise, grimtmills were developed resulting in cooperage, sawmills, brick making and other trades. This the village earned its name from its early leadership, due to the prominence of the Green Family for generations in the illing industry. The name of Hamlet was changed to Greenwood as a tribute to the Green family, and for over a hundred years Greenwood was famous for its mills.
In its prime, in the middle years of the nineteenth century, Greenwood showed great prospects as a thriving business centre. At this time, as well as its other industries, it boasted two flour and gristing mills, and four sawmills. Ultimately, its location and other circumstances proved somewhat of a liability, and its peak as a commercial centre was reached around the turn of the century. For several years it maintained this level, but with the advent of the motor age, Greenwood was bypassed for favourably situated communities, allowing the bucolic present-day hamlet to evolve!
Volunteer
The Greenwood Recreation Association is always looking for assistance in organizing our local events. We would love to hear from any residents or neighbours that are willing to lend a helping hand.
