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Cycling Network Plan Public Consultation

The City of Toronto is developing a 10-year plan for expanding and improving the cycling network. Public consultation on the Cycling Network Plan will have two main phases:
  • In Phase 1 the City is looking for feedback on the objectives and criteria for selecting the routes that will form the network.
  • In Phase 2 consultation will be provide an opportunity to comment on a draft network.

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Uncover the history of social and environmental justice in South Riverdale, Leslieville and Riverside with this guided walk along Queen St. E. Share your ideas for making our community more inclusive, fair and sustainable.

Join host Councillor Paula Fletcher and special guests en route for this 1.5 hour walk visiting key locations in our community. Learn about the East end's vibrant legacy as a hub for social and political change.

Here's another opportunity to share your ideas on developing the City's Long Term Waste Management Strategy:

The City needs and welcomes your input. Find out how you can participate by visiting www.toronto.ca/wastestrategy

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Note to Councillor's staff: The two underlined phrases above could be live web links if you are providing this information electronically. This isn't necessary to do, just a nice to have because the Update and Survey are all found via the www.toronto.ca/wastestrategy URL anyway.

The City of Toronto today announced the details of its 2015 Clean Toronto Together campaign. Every year, tens of thousands of Toronto residents, schools, businesses and community groups take part in the spring cleanup to help keep the city clean and green.

At the same time, City divisions are conducting inter-divisional cleaning activities across Toronto, including removing graffiti vandalism, cleaning up litter and hauling away dead trees and branches from City property.

The City of Toronto has been awarded the Bicycle Friendly Community Gold designation by the Ontario-based Share the Road Cycling Coalition.

The designation recognizes Toronto's strong cycling culture, high level of cycling activity and efforts to support cycling in the community.

Toronto is one of the first North American cities with a population greater than one million to receive the gold designation. Toronto was awarded a silver designation in 2012.

Rooming houses provide affordable housing to a variety of tenants: seniors, students, newcomers, people who are marginalized and vulnerable, as well as some families. The City is embarking on research to identify issues affecting regulation and enforcement in order to improve conditions in rooming houses and their impact on surrounding communities. The review also seeks to find

The biennial Toronto Urban Design Awards are returning in 2015 and this year we are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Awards program.

The City of Toronto Urban Design Awards recognize a wide range of projects that demonstrate improvements to the built environment and quality of public places in the city. The Call for Entries is open as of March 13th.

Nominees must be residents of the City of Toronto.

Deadline for submitting nominations is Monday, May 11, 2015.

Aboriginal Affairs Award

The Aboriginal Affairs Award was established in 2003 to honour the volunteer contributions made by person(s) or organizations and whose efforts have made or are making a significant or ongoing contribution to the well-being and advancement of the Aboriginal community in Toronto. These contributions can be made for services or advocacy work on issues such as health, shelter work, street work, governance and self-determination, human rights or cultural activities.

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