Construction on the Ontario Line east of the Don River is set to begin soon. While it will deliver needed transit to our community and across the city, the impact of this construction will be felt here in Toronto-Danforth for many years.
Read my initial update on all of the transit projects and other major city work in our ward beginning soon.
Paula Fletcher has a long record of service to Toronto-Danforth residents. She first became involved as a leader in the East End Parent Network and was then elected as the TDSB Trustee in 2000. Paula was elected as City Councillor for the former Ward 30 in 2003 and has served as Councillor since. She was re-elected in 2018 and again in 2022 to represent Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth.
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Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth is home to many residential and commercial neighbourhoods that teem with activity and energy, including the Danforth, Leslieville, East York, Riverdale, Riverside, East Chinatown, Gerrard India Bazaar and GreekTown. With over 106,000 residents, Ward 14 extends from the Don Valley Parkway to Coxwell Ave and from Lake Ontario to just north of O'Connor Drive.
We are on the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We also acknowledge that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 signed with the Mississaugas of the Credit, and the Williams Treaty signed with multiple Mississaugas and Chippewa bands.
Get your shovels ready! I have arranged for free compost to be dropped at Withrow Park on Saturday, June 3rd at 7:00 a.m during the weekly Withrow Park Farmers' Market.
The compost will be dropped on in the northeast area of the park along Carlaw Ave south of McConnell Ave.
*Please remember to bring your own shovels and containers as the compost will not be in bags. It's first come, first served and compost will be delivered rain or shine.*
Get your shovels ready! I have arranged for free compost to be dropped at the East York Civic Centre at 850 Coxwell Ave on Tuesday, June 20th at 9:00 a.m. during the weekly East York Farmers' Market.
The compost will be dropped on in the northwest area of the East York Civic Centre near the intersection of Memorial Park Ave and Durant Ave.
*Please remember to bring your own shovels and containers as the compost will not be in bags. It's first come, first served and compost will be delivered rain or shine.*
Join Councillor Fletcher on Sunday, September 17th, 2023 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. for her second Community Environment Day at Hubbard Park located at 555 Gerrard St. East (immediately south of Jack Layton Way by Bridgepoint Hospital).
The shredding truck will also be available. Each household is limited to two bags of paper for shredding.
Please do not bring:
Visit the City's website for further information, including Community Environment Day locations in other wards:
https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/recycling-organics-garbage/community-environment-days/
I've started a petition calling on the provincial government and developer ChoiceREIT to include affordable housing in the development project planned for the future Gerrard Station on the Ontario Line at Riverdale Plaza.
Sign the petition here.
Construction on the Ontario Line east of the Don River is set to begin soon. While it will deliver needed transit to our community and across the city, the impact of this construction will be felt here in Toronto-Danforth for many years.
Read my initial update on all of the transit projects and other major city work in our ward beginning soon.
Toronto-Danforth's four farmers' markets begin in May and June.
My Spring Community Newsletters are now available for Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth's neighbourhoods.
