The KPRI Fall 2018 Newsletter is now available
Read moreBerry Road Food Coop →
Their mission is to provide not-for-profit access to healthy, local and sustainable food to Etobicoke’s diverse residents in a way that balances the interests of shoppers, local food producers, workers, and community partners.
Read moreOne man’s quest to restore native Canadian trees to Toronto →
In a four-metre-by-four-metre raised enclosure of soil and seeds, Mr. Davies, an ecologist, hopes to grow more than just a few hundred oak seedlings. His broader aim is to cultivate a social movement that will restore native tree species to their proper place atop the city’s botanical pecking order.
Read moreIntroducing 'Treeconomics': How Street Trees Can Save Our Cities →
As a fight over 11 lime trees in Sheffield escalates, activists in cities all over the world are making the case for urban trees – to cut pollution, increase land value and even make you feel younger .
Read moreCommunity Street Sale
A street-sale, coordinated by the Sunnylea Kingsway Community Association, is taking place to raise funds to fight against over-development on Bloor Street between Prince Edward Drive and Montgomery Road.
Read moreResidents persist and win at Toronto Local Appeal Body (TLAB)
Svetlana and Dejan Bojic had a winning session in June 2017 where the Committee of Adjustment voted in their favour.
After that the developer (TACCON INC) made some extremely minimal adjustments (in centimeters) and went for another CoA hearing on September 28th. This time the Committee of Adjustment voted in their favour.
The Bojics then decided to go to the next level and submitted a Notice to Appeal to the Toronto Local Appeal Body on October 16. The Hearing was scheduled for March 3, 2018. This post shows what they did to win.
Read moreAn information meeting Sept 5th about the proposed development at 3005 Bloor Street West
An information meeting about the proposed 8-storey building at 3005 Bloor Street West, initiated and presented by the City of Toronto, will be held at All Saints Kingsway Church on September 5th at 7:00 pm.
Read morePark Lawn Lake Shore Transportation Master Plan
The City of Toronto continues work on the Park Lawn Lake Shore Transportation Master Plan (TMP) Study (initiated in 2016) to identify transportation improvements that support all road users and the further development of the Park Lawn / Lake Shore community.
Public Forum on the State of Toronto's Heritage
On Tuesday July 31st, join fellow Torontonians in a facilitated discussion designed to solicit broad ideas on how to improve the preservation and celebration of Heritage in the city.
Heritage Toronto is kicking off its consultation process for the 2018/2019 State of Heritage report. The report, released every election year, incorporates public feedback and research to provide recommendations for the incoming City Council.
Meeting July 4, 2018 re Bloor-Humbervale development
Councillor Di Ciano coordinated an evening meeting July 4th at the Etobicoke Civic Centre for residents and Community Council. This meeting concerned a developer's application to permit an 8-storey mixed-use building and a 2-storey single-detached residential building at 3005 Bloor Street West and 14 Humbervale Boulevard.
Councillor Di Ciano does not support this application at 8 storeys.
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