SLNA Objectives and Mandate

Under our By-Laws the SLNA has a number of objectives, these are:

2.1.1. To enhance the quality of life in the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood.

2.1.2. To encourage change and development beneficial to all residents and businesses in the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood.

2.1.3. To represent the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood members in negotiations and communications with neighbouring associations, groups, individuals, the media and the general public.

2.1.4. To represent the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood at all levels of government, creating a base with which to influence political actions affecting the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood.

2.1.5. To encourage a sense of community within the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood.

2.1.6. To act as an interface and facilitate communications for all groups within the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood.

2.1.7. To undertake projects requiring - or benefiting from - community support to serve overall community purposes.

These can be divided into two basic objectives:

• Community building

1. Community building

Safety is a special part of our community-building program, we work closely with 51 Division of the Toronto Police Service. Several of our delegates are active members of the Community-Police Liaison Committee, which provides feedback from the neighbourhood to the police and from the police to the neighbourhood. 

The Canada Day celebration on July 1 represents an outreach program to bring the neighbourhood’s multicultural groups together in planning and participating in a parade and picnic to celebrate this special day. 

The SLNA is currently sponsoring the following community building projects:

• A youth sports and leadership program administered by the St. Lawrence Community and Recreational Centre.
  
  
• Film making workshops for youth
  
  
• Day trips for older adults
  
  
• Inter-generational program to provide opportunities for youth, adults and persons with disabilities to work together. Including support for a homework club and Black History Month
  
  A pilot program for parents. Workshops will focus on enriching parenting skills.
  

2. Monitoring and influencing new developments

The SLNA Development Committee is a sophisticated lobbying group working with city planners and developers. Their mandate is to ensure that new developments in our area follow City policies such as the Urban Design Guidelines for the St Lawrence area. A listing of the projects being monitored and some information on them is maintained by this committee.

The Development Committee works with our Councillor (Pam McConnell) to ensure that Section 37 and Section 45 funds are spent wisely within our neighbourhood. Among these projects are an extension to Crombie Park onto the Green P parking lot east of Lower Jarvis just south of the St. Lawrence Market, and heritage lighting and interpretation programmes inn Old Town Toronto. Section 37 funds have also been secured to improve Lower Jarvis Street.

The SLNA is dedicated to helping the St. Lawrence neighbourhood maintain its international reputation as a model for a diverse, mixed-income, multicultural, healthy, and safe living neighbourhood. 

3. SLNA By-Laws

Here are the SLNA By-Laws They were last updated in November 2009 and came fully into effect at the conclusion of the AGM in March 2010.


4. SLNA Letters Patent. The SLNA is Provincially incorporated, our Letters Patent are HERE.

Last revised: April 2011, Webmaster.