Bloor Visioning final meeting
Posted on March 28, 2008
I would like to thank all of you who attended the final meeting in the Bloor Visioning series on Wednesday March 26th, 630pm, at the Lithuanian House, 1573 Bloor Street West. Over one hundred of you came out to express your longstanding committment for the neighbourhood, and I hope you come out again to the 1540 Bloor St West community consulation meeting on Tuesday April 8th, 630pm at the Lithuanian House to do the same.
This meeting brought together comments, questions and concerns of the last two meetings (January 16th and March 5th) and gave the City’s Planning Department an opportunity to present their draft recommendations to members of the community. This was also an opportunity for the City Planning Policy and Research dept to present information on the recent Council approved Bloor Avenue study. I would again like to thank Kevin Edwards, Lynda Macdonald and Corwin Cambray for their incredible work in putting these items together.
I have attached a record of comments and questions that arose at the meeting, as well as responses from Planning and myself.
I will be sending out more information about the Avenue Study as it becomes available, as well as the formal notice for the April 8th meeting. Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact my assistant Shana Almeida at 416-338-5174 or by email at salmeida@toronto.ca
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Congratulations to the Greenest City and its Youth Green Squad!
Posted on March 28, 2008
The Greenest City Youth Green Squad has been chosen as a finalist for a 2008 Green Toronto Award in the Youth category. The City of
The Youth Green Squad was created by the
In 2007, the Youth Green Squad consisted of eight underprivileged youth who were given paid positions for several months as community environmental leaders working on various local projects including the
Good luck Youth Green Squad!
The Water Filter Fund
Posted on March 28, 2008
The Ministry of Environment (MOE) has announced
reducing lead in the provinces drinking water. One component of this plan is
to provide financial assistance to eligible low-income families to obtain
water filters that will remove the elevated lead content from their drinking
water.
In
Services. The attached fliers detail the eligibility criteria.
This benefit is only available to households that meet the following three
criteria:
Must have received a water notification notice elevated lead levels through
And be low-income resident – in receipt of social assistance (
Works/Ontario Disability Support Program), or a low income household with a
yearly net household income of $20,000 or less.
And , be at-risk – pregnant woman, or have children age 6 years or younger.
Ward 14 Environment Day – Save the date!
Posted on March 28, 2008
Please join me on April 19th for our 2008 annual Environment Day and an opportunity to tour the Sorauren Park Fieldhouse.
More details to follow.
See attached flyer openhouseposterlr.pdf
Upcoming Meetings
Posted on March 28, 2008
Earth Hour
This is a reminder that this Saturday is Earth Hour! Please join me and the City of
The City of
Join Nelly Furtado and other musical stars at
Nelly Furtado, multi-platinum Grammy and Juno Award-winner, and
Parkdale Drug Strategy Education Event
The Parkdale Drug Strategy is hosting a community drug use educational event on April the 5th from
Moderator: MPP Cheri DiNovo will be joined by a diverse panel of experts from the follow agencies and groups: