News and Updates

City of Toronto consulting on laneway suites

The City's laneway suites study called Changing Lanes gets underway with a public consultation meeting on Thursday, November 30 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in the Council Chamber at Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St. W. The study will consider permitting laneway suites in Toronto and East York.

A laneway suite is a dwelling unit situated on the same lot as a detached house, semi-detached house or townhouse which is completely detached from the main house. It would generally be located behind an existing house with a laneway and be smaller in scale than the main house on the lot.

Looking to tackle negative perceptions, Toronto considers renaming homeless shelters

Public invited to submit 'more welcoming' suggestions to reflect a new direction in care

By Kate McGillivray, CBC News      Posted: Nov 18, 2017 6:00 AM ET

Is the word "shelter" poison to some Torontonians? Coun. Paula Fletcher, who listened to hours of citizens' deputations against shelters moving to their

East End Arts Community Consultations

Make your voice heard! East End Arts invites community members to participate in a Community Consultation process to help them #GrowForward. Share your ideas and feedback about arts, culture, and community within Toronto’s east end.

ATTEND A COMMUNITY CONSULTATION

There is a Community Consultation scheduled for each of the four City of Toronto Wards that East End Arts serves (Ward 29-32).

Help Rename the Emergency Shelter System

Council recently adopted a review of how the City locates homeless shelters, making it clear that the conversation about homelessness services has to change. To do that, homeless shelters—programs, service delivery models, and building designs—all need to be transformed.

Understanding that language and names are powerful signals of the transformative changes being proposed through the new service model, Council also suggested staff consider new names for the service.

Social Inclusion in Planning

Listen to my speech at Toronto and East York Community Council November 14th on item TE28.5 (1182 King Street West and 1221 King Street West -Zoning Amendment Application - Final Report)

"Social inclusion is so important, I want to thank everybody for raising that...You shouldn't give up on social inclusion as part of planning."

"Whatever we're doing now isn't working for social inclusion...I'd like us to think how we can take a step as well, as a committee...What other steps can we take that force this issue out further."

Ward 30 Tree Lightings - Hold the Dates

 

Thursday November 23 - Leslie Grove Park - starts at 5:30 - tree lighting at 6:00

Friday November 24 - Withrow Park - starts at 5:30 - tree lighting at 6:15

Wednesday November 29 - Greenwood Park - starts at 5:30 - tree lighting at 6:15

Thursday November 30 - Joel Weeks Park - starts at 5:30 - tree lighting at 6:15

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Mediah Mural in Leslieville!

The newest mural in Leslieville is bringing a lot of excitement to the Queen St. East and Boston Avenue intersection. Located on the side of 1014 Queen St. East, this powerful mural shares the space with a new popular Bike Share station.

The Mural Launch took place on Friday, November 3^rd, 2017 at Queen St. East and Boston Ave. Councillor Paula Fletcher was joined by the artist MEDIAH (Evond Blake) and staff from StreetARToronto, Toronto Parking Authority (TPA), Bike Share and Public Realm.

Toronto's Live Green Perks program supports eco-friendly shopping and local businesses

The City of Toronto's Live Green Toronto has upgraded the Live Green Card to a new app-based rewards program called Live Green Perks that offers members exclusive access to discounts and deals at local businesses, and invitations to special events and contests. Businesses offering deals and discounts via the app include local restaurants, retail shops and attractions that offer eco-friendly products, services or experiences.

Ward 30 Pumpkin Parades - Wednesday November 1, 2017

Here is the list of Pumpkin Parades in Ward 30 for 2017

Felstead Park Pumpkin Parade

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leslie Grove Park

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Phin Park

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Withrow Park

Toronto's deal with Sidewalk Labs must put public first, councillor says

Google sister company working with Waterfront Toronto to redevelop part of lakefront

By John Rieti, CBC News Posted: Oct 21, 2017 6:00 AM ETLast Updated: Oct 21, 2017 6:48 AM ET