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Monarch Butterfly Project now underway at Small Arms Inspection Building!
/0 Comments/in Mississauga, Newsletter/by Jaan PillA post at smallarmsbuiling.ca – which is the address of the Small Arms Society website – notes: Help us bring the monarchs back! The water tower field was once the stopping ground for monarch butterflies before they continued their path to Mexico. Help encourage the return of the monarchs by planting a portion of the […]
Small Arms Inspection Building Re-opens – July 3, 2018 Mississauga News article
/0 Comments/in Commentary, Long Branch, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillA July 3, 2018 Mississauga News article is entitled: “Small Arms Inspection Building Re-opens.” Click here for previous posts about the Small Arms Inspection Building > What a great story (see link in first sentence at this post)! I am hugely impressed. This is a historically significant building that was saved from demolition in 2008, […]
Life at the Long Branch Army Camp, long, long ago! – Garry Burke shares additional comments
/26 Comments/in Jane's Walk, Long Branch, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillA previous post is entitled: Ted Long shares photos from the Long Branch army camp in the 1950s; with comments from Ted Long & Garry Burke I am pleased to share with you an additional comment (Jan. 31, 2017) from Garry Burke: [Ted Long has established that he is indeed the “Teddy” Long that Garry […]
Seeking information: Wartime and postwar housing at Small Arms Ltd. in Lakeview and elsewhere
/2 Comments/in Long Branch, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillPlease note that subsequent posts include: Where will the people go: Toronto’s Emergency Housing Program and the Limits of Canadian Social Housing Policy, 1944-1957 Ted Long shares photos from the Long Branch army camp in the 1950s; with comments from Ted Long & Garry Burke Life at the Long Branch Army Camp, long, long ago! […]
Highly successful In Situ event at Small Arms Building in Mississauga, Oct. 27 to 29, 2016: Great turnout, great sense of organization
/0 Comments/in Jane's Walk, Long Branch, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI am delighted that I had the opportunity, on the evening of Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016, to attend an In Situ event at the Small Arms Building in Mississauga. We were impressed with the turnout, the enthusiasm, and the great sense of organization. The event appealed to groups of all ages. It was clear that every detail […]
New Board of Directors at Small Arms Society features skills in archival research, event planning, cultural planning, marketing, and project management
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI’ve discussed the Small Arms Society at a recent post, and will talk about the society in more detail later in the current post. Click here to access the Facebook Page of the Small Arms Society > On a related topic, I’ve recently had the occasion to think about leadership succession and other key ingredients for […]
Lake Shore Blvd. West Cycle Track: Dec. 8, 2015 Open House at 6:00 pm at New Toronto Library
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillIn previous posts, I have shared reflections regarding the distinction between rhetoric and reality, as it relates to community participation in decisions affecting residents of Ward 6 in Etobicoke. The rhetoric is impressive, the reality less so; this is presumably the outcome of a political economy whose foundations were established many decades ago: Beware the […]