News and Updates

Pilaros Taste of the Danforth - Discover a Great Taste!

Taste of the Danforth is this weekend, August 6, 7, 8! 

For information, please visit www.tasteofthedanforth.com or read on.

Toronto's favourite street festival has a whole new way to celebrate the fun flavours of Greece and summer in the city. Every year in August, the city of Toronto flocks to GreekTown on the Danforth. Celebrating its 17th year, the Pilaros Taste Of The Danforth is Canada's largest street festival, welcoming over 1.2 million visitors.  Last summer the Pilaros Taste Of The Danforth won two Toronto Sun Reader's Choice Awards: a Gold for Favourite Community Festival and a Silver for Favourite Summer Festival.

Not Far from the Tree

Not Far From the Tree is now active in the Riverdale area.  The group runs a residential fruit-picking program, picking fruit from trees that would otherwise go to waste. They help fruit tree owners make use of the abundance of fruit that their trees offer by dispatching teams of volunteers to harvest it for them. One third goes to the fruit tree owners, another third goes to the volunteers for their labour, and the final third is distributed (by bicycle or cart) to community organizations in the neighbourhood who can make good use of the fresh fruit.

Live Green Grants in Ward 30

Ward 30 is one of the greenest Wards in the City.   The following organizations will be receiving Live Green Toronto Grants  their wonderful work in our community :

South Riverdale Community Health Centre in partnership with Beautification of Leslieville District (BOLD) has been awarded $23,900 for their project  The Leslieville/Riverdale Treeplanting and Tree Preservation Pilot Project.   This project encourages residents front and back yard trees and recruiting volunteers to help take a tree inventory as well as planting 150 trees on the City's right of way.  

Family Fundraiser

Phoenix Rising: A community fundraiser for the families affected by the Donlands house fires

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Thursday, August 19 - 7 pm at Rails and Ales (752 Danforth Avenue, east of Pape)

Phoenix Rising: A community fundraiser for the families affected by the Donlands house fires Thursday, August 19 - 7 pm at Rails and Ales (752 Danforth Avenue, east of Pape)

Ashbridge's Bay Landscape Design Competition

Mark your calendars! After hearing from the community on May 19th, 2010, three urban design firms have prepared their concepts for Leslie Street, from Commissioners Street to Lakeshore Blvd, around the perimeter of the planned TTC Facility .

Ashbridge's Bay Landscape Design Competition

Their panel displays will be available for public review and feedback at two outdoor events. Each firm will be on hand to explain their concepts and answer questions about their designs. Their submissions are also available on-line at www.toronto.ca/involved/projects/lrv

City Update - 2010 Summer Issue

Toronto Challenge celebrates 19th year

We mean it when we say green it
World-class beaches in our own backyard
Toronto City Hall's Podium Green Roof is now officially open
Toronto gets clean and green through 20-Minute Makeover
Smart Commute
Plug into electronics collection for recycling
2010 Green Toronto Awards
Green Innovation Awards: Toronto's own Dragon's Den
Student videos inspire a

South Asia Festival

 

Thousands turned out for the sights, sounds and tastes of the Gerrard India Bazaar South Asia Festival on the weekend.

Help the Daily Bread Food Bank

Help Donate to the Daily Bread Food Bank You can donate a jar of peanut butter to the Daily Bread Food bank just by clicking on the link below to send a virtual hug.  

Help the Daily Bread Food bank by clicking on the link below.  Each hug equals one jar of peanut butter that Kraft will donate to Daily Bread.    Peanut butter is a food bank staple and their goal is to reach 20,000 hugs/jars of peanut butter!

City Council Highlights for July

Council Highlights
City Council meeting of July 6, 7 and 8, 2010

Community Update - New Streetcars!