16th Annual Mimico Party in the Park Tuesday, June 18th 5:30 – 8:30 pm John English Junior Middle School 95 Mimico Ave. Raffles, Games, Slides, Crafts & Face Painting Live Entertainment, Refreshments & Food Vendors Display Booths Details can be found here and here.
Following message is from CCFEW: The final bird walk of the season will be this Saturday, June 15th 9:00am – 11:00am at Colonel Samuel Smith Park. Leader: Glenn Coady Meet in the South parking lot (where the road ends). MAP On our June walk, we will expect to see mainly summer resident species including many that breed in […]
Michael Harrison has shared the following information: The intent to designate report on the Ormsby/Franceshini Estate that was deferred from the April 2013 Etobicoke York Community Council meeting will be considered at the meeting of June 18th along with the report on the Mimico Secondary Plan. The designation item can be found here: http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2013.EY25.16 The […]
The Wesley Mimico United Church redevelopment project is predicated upon the fact that churches are not autonomous agents with regard to heritage places of worship. They are, instead, part of a regulated land-use system. Hackworth and Gullikson (2013) A recent journal article by Jason Hackworth and Erin Gullikson of the University of Toronto outlines how Ontario’s […]
In their article about church reconversions in Toronto, Jason Hackwork and Erin Gullikson (2013) describe the Bethel Green Seniors Residence as a church conversion involving mixed function and form. In such a form of church redevelopment, a building is constructed around all of part of a congregation’s initial place of worship, and a new church, or […]
Following reminder is from the Lakeshore Planning Council: A meeting open to the public to review the “MIMICO BEACH SECONDARY PLAN ALTERNATIVE” Place: LAMP, 185 5th STREET, ETOBICOKE M8V 2Z5 Date: Thursday, June 13th, 2013 Time: 7 to 9 p.m. See the flyer for details: Public Meeting MIMICO BEACH Secondary Plan Alternative All are welcome. […]
I have attended field trips at Colonel Samuel Smith Park for Grade 4 students organized by Humber Arboretum in 2012 and 2013. I am very highly impressed with, and inspired by, the work that Humber Arboretum is doing. The field trips, in my experience, provide a tremendously valuable form of outdoor education for elementary school […]
This is the second year in which I’ve spoken with a Grade 4 class at École Sir Adam Beck Junior School in Toronto. My topic on May 27, 2013, as was the case last year, was one that I’m very familiar with, having spent a lifetime addressing it. I began with a question: What is […]
Feeling Congested? Cycle Toronto Rides with Chief Planner Jennifer Keesmaat Here’s the announcement on BikeEventsTO website Date: Sunday, June 23, 2013 – 12:00 – 14:00 Join this ride as part of City of Toronto Feeling Congested? consultation process. Meet at noon at the fountain at City Hall. Address: City Hall 100 Queen Street W Toronto
The following June 7, 2013 message is from Councillor Grimes’ Office: Please find the full eNewsletter attached as a .pdf June 7, 2013 Humber Bay Shores Farmers Market Last Saturday, June 1st, marked the first day of the Humber Bay Shores farmers market in Humber Bay Park West. Several hundred local residents came out to […]