Inspiration Lakeview Community Update on Draft Master Plan Thursday May 15, 2014

For details concerning this upcoming Inspiration Lakeview update, click here. Mississauga Seniors’ Centre (1389 Cawthra Road) 6:30 pm – 7:00 pm: Open House 7:00 pm – 8:45 pm: Presentation and Discussion 8:45 – 9:00 pm: Wrap-Up REGISTER

Mississauga’s Lakeview Waterfront Connection now has a draft proposal plan ready for viewing by the public

The following information is from a recent newsletter from Councillor Mark Grimes’ Office: Mississauga Lakeview Waterfront Connection Mississauga’s Lakeview Waterfront Connection now has a draft proposal plan ready for viewing by the public. A Mississauga staff report is also attached and can be viewed online, along with the plan, at: http://www.mississauga.ca/portal/residents/lakeviewreview [End of text from […]

Jane’s Walk starts at 10:30 am at the East Parking Lot at Marie Curtis Park on Saturday, May 3 and Sunday, May 4, 2014

Each walk is two hours, and will begin on May 3 and May 4 at 10:30 am – rain or shine – at the East Parking Lot at Marie Curtis Park. Each walk will have many new features. We like to ensure that we have new content each year. If you’ve attended our Long Branch […]

Ontario Power Authority urges residents to be wary if someone wants to inspect your furnace – March 19, 2014 Etobicoke Guardian

A Match 19, 2014 Etobicoke Guardian article is entitled: “Ontario Power Authority urges residents to be wary if someone wants to inspect your furnace.” An October 2012 blog post about door to door energy scams is among the most visited pages, according to data from Google Analytics, at the Preserved Stories website. I owe thanks to […]

Inspiration Lakeview – March 18, 2014 Community Workshop: Links to a great video and impressive slides are available here

March 18, 2014 Community Workshop regarding Lakeview (Mississauga) Waterfront

Details are available here. [Click on link in previous sentence to access the relevant link.] Briefly, the information is as follows: Inspiration Lakeview Community Workshop – Developing the Master Plan Tuesday March 18, 2014 Mississauga Seniors’ Centre (Cawthra) 1389 Cawthra Road 6:30 pm – 7:00 pm: Open House 7:00 pm – 7:30 pm: Presentation 7:30 […]

Construction now under way on Hanlan Feedermain Project in Mississauga

  I’ve been following with interest, and for some time, the construction details of the work on the Hanlan Feedermain Project, which I have discussed in previous blog posts in relation to the Lakeview Waterfront Connection Project. I’ve been following the process, regularly taking photographs and short videos, since before the time that a temporary […]

Wall on south side of Lakeshore Road near Dixie Road is for the Hanlan Feedermain shaft

Update – Dec. 23, 2013 message from Mississauga Ward 1 Councillor Jim Tovey’s Office: Good morning Jaan The fencing around the site is for the Hanlan Feedermain shaft. Once the shaft is dug a boring machine will be lowered into it to tunnel up Dixie Rd. There is another location being setup at South Service […]

Interviews a great way to learn about local history

Before I began doing such interviews in Long Branch (Toronto not New Jersey), I would never have imagined how much can be learned through extensive interviews, extending over several years, with local residents. The interviews, especially as I’ve been doing more of them and have a sense of the territory that I seek to cover, […]

Nov. 29, 2013 news update – Region of Peel

You can access the Nov. 29, 2013 region of Peel update here.