SLNA Committees and Representatives

In addition to the Executive Committee, the SLNA works with a number of other groups and committees to help us in fulfilling our aims. Among these are:

Administration Committee: works with the Secretary to take care of SLNA office work, recording minutes at Executive and Delegates' meetings, filing documents, monitoring and responding to email, looking after mail, writing letters, photocopying.

Communications Committee: responsible for preparing and issuing notices, flyers, and other publicity; writing or overseeing the writing of letters, articles to newspapers, feeding the website.

Community Events Committee: responsible for organising events such as a neighbourhood street festival, St. James Park animation events, gala evenings, volunteer appreciation activities and Canada Day celebrations. Works with other groups such as the St Lawrence Neighbourhood BIA and the St Lawrence Market merchants.

Development Committee : monitors new projects in the neighbourhood from design stage through to completion, working with City planners and our City Councillor to ensure that projects fit in with surrounding buildings and with the heritage character of our area. Also responsible for monitoring the development in bordering neighbourhoods, e.g. East Bayfront, West Donlands and other Waterfront Toronto developments and for alerting the SLNA Executive to issues which should be addressed.

The St. Lawrence neighbourhood is currently experiencing a great deal of development activity. The SLNA's Development Committee seeks to ensure that new development in our area contributes to the quality of life and to the rich historical heritage of the Old Town. A list of projects that the Development Committee is currently monitoring is available.  If you have questions or comments regarding any of the projects described on this page, please email them to slna@slna.ca marked for the attention of the Development Committee.

Finance Committee: with the Treasurer as chair oversees the SLNA's finances, prepares financial statements for delegates; issues cheques; sends out invoices for membership fees to Members; develops creative ways to raise funds and undertakes fundraising activities. Responsible for partnering with Smartliving St. Lawrence

Government Relations Committee: with Vice President (external) as chair, develops relationships with external organizations and the different levels of government; and is responsible for the gathering of information in relation to the aforementioned.

Membership Committee: with the Vice President (internal) as chair develops and carries out membership related activities.

Neighbourhood Beautification Committee: undertakes planting of flowers, shrubs and trees throughout neighbourhood; works with smartliving St. Lawrence and residents to create and maintain children’s gardens and other wildflower gardens.

Seniors’ Committee: works with our City Councillor to develop a plan for the development of space for a seniors’ centre in the neighbourhood and collaborates with other community partners to plan the centre’s program.

The SLNA also works closely with partner organizations and has representatives on the following committees and groups:

Community-Police Liaison Committee: the SLNA has a representative on the CPLC for the Toronto Police Service's 51 Division who is responsible for attending CPLC meetings and reporting to the delegates. This also includes monitoring safety issues. Our current representative on this committee is: Lumumba Wolde-Gabriel

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Union Station Revitalization Public Advisory Group: the SLNA keeps a watchful eye on the activities of this Group.

St. Lawrence Community Health Centre: working with St. Michael's Hospital to expand their existing community health centre on the Esplanade. Examining the possibility of relocating the Centre to the proposed Market Wharf Building (18, Lower Jarvis Street.)

St. Lawrence Community and Recreation Centre

St. Lawrence Market Neighbourhood BIA

WATERFRONT TORONTO are developing the Toronto Waterfront and Robert Sherrin represents the SLNA on their group looking at the Toronto Central Waterfront. Several other SLNA Members keep a watchful eye on several of the other projects which will affect our neighbourhood, transit plans, parks etc.