Future of Strachan Avenue Public Meeting Nov 5

A meeting regarding the future of Strachan Avenue south of Wellington Street West is being held at Trinity Bellwoods Recreation Centre (155 Crawford St) in the main gym on November 5th.

GO Transit has initiated an Environmental Assessment as part of their plans to set up GO service to Pearson Airport from Union Station, and the city has set up this meeting to review their preferred solution to the increased rail traffic across Strachan - to replace the existing at-grade crossing.

This meeting will also review GO Transit's proposals and provide comments.

This is a key meeting for the area, and all are invited to attend.

For more info, please contact Eric Pedersen (Program Manager with City Planning) at 416-392-1130 or epederse@toronto.ca.

YIMBY Festival at the Gladstone Hotel this Saturday

Do you have a vision of how to make Toronto a better city? Would you like to address issues affecting your neighbourhood to local politicians? Be the voice of change in Toronto. Say Yes In My Backyard!

The 3rd annual YIMBY festival will be held at the Gladstone Hotel on Saturday October 25th, 2008 between 11am to 5pm. Admission is free.

YIMBY is a local, non partisan political event that brings together politicians, business associations, neighbourhood groups and citizens to share ideas on how to make Toronto a better city by promoting healthy community development. It is about actively participating in the city building process and celebrating the accomplishments and contributions of citizen groups.

NNN will be attending - hope to see you there!

http://www.gladstonehotel.com/yimby/

Evergreen Thanks the Ontario Trillium Foundation

Evergreen is hosting a thank-you event tomorrow night (Thursday) to celebrate the many shared accomplishments they have achieved thanks to the generous support of the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF). The event is at Historic Fort York, the site of Evergreen's newest community garden.

For everyone not familiar, Evergreen is a not-for-profit organization that makes cities more livable. By deepening the connection between people and nature, and empowering Canadians to take a hands-on approach to their urban environments, Evergreen is improving the health of our cities — now and for the future.

They and the Trillium Foundation do great work - check out their websites at:

http://www.evergreen.ca/
http://www.trilliumfoundation.org/

Parc Development Meeting - REMINDER TO COMMENT

Thanks to everyone who made it out to the meeting for the Parc development on Wednesday - it was a great turnout from the community.

The most important next step in this process is to send individual written comments to the city planner:

Jamaica Hewston (jhewsto@toronto.ca)

Please also feel free send your comments to us (NiagaraNN@hotmail.com). Remember, these comments are vital, as they go on the record with the city.

They're also vital because if you don't comment, you're not considered an interested party - and only interested parties can attend city or provincial meetings on the development.

Again: no comments on record = no access to make your voice heard in future.

Even if you didn't attend, your comments / thoughts on the process are important - so please take the time to send your comments!

Proposed Developments in the Wellington Place Neighbourhood

Meeting re: Some Proposed Developments in the Wellington Place Neighbourhood - info below:

Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Time: 6:00 – 8:30 PM
Location: Metro Hall, 55 John St., Room 309

Re: 1. Proposal at the north-east corner of Front and Bathurst
2. 456 Wellington St W (between Portland & Spadina)
3. 525 Adelaide St W (Adelaide & Bathurst) (tentative)

Please let Councilor Vaughan know if you plan to attend, by phone at 416-392-4044 or email at councillor_vaughan@toronto.ca.

25 Stafford ("Parc") Development Meeting Reminder

Reminder that the meeting for the proposed 25 Stafford ("Parc") development is this Wednesday night. Full info below.

Remember that this is your neighbourhood, and you need to attend if you want your opinions to be heard by the city and by the developer!

Community Meeting re: 25 Stafford Development ("Parc")
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Wednesday September 17, 2008
6:30pm to 8:30pm
Niagara Community Centre
700 Wellington Street West
(entrance off of Walnut Street, in between tennis courts and pool)

Full information here [PDF]: http://www.nnnow.ca/Parc_Community_Meeting_Notice.pdf

25 Stafford ("Parc") Development Community Meeting

A community consultation meeting to discuss Brad Lamb's "Parc" development has been scheduled:

Wednesday September 17, 2008
6:30pm to 8:30pm
Niagara Community Centre
700 Wellington Street West
(entrance off of Walnut Street, in between tennis courts and pool)

We're hoping for a strong community turnout to discuss this key project in our neighbourhood. Please note in your calendar, let your neighbours know, and attend if you can.

Full information here [PDF]: http://www.nnnow.ca/Parc_Community_Meeting_Notice.pdf