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SLNA Community Meeting The next SLNA Community Meeting will take place on January 27, 7 p.m. on Zoom (see connection information below). Agenda:
Date and ime: Jan. 27, 2021 07:00 PM Join Zoom Meeting Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88163151751?pwd=Yk5OYUV0V0hpVU05VHVtZVFJQVB5dz09 Connect by phone 647-374-4685 647-558-0588 Meeting ID: 881 6315 1751 Passcode: 615786 Stop the Demolition of The Foundry  RE: The Demolition of the Dominion Wheel & Foundries Buildings MEDIA RELEASE The St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Association (SLNA) represents the interests of over 30,000people who live in the St. Lawrence neighbourhood. The Association is also a member of theWest Don Lands Committee and an immediate neighbour to Corktown and the Distillery District. It is proud to be a founding sponsor of Friends of the Foundry. One of SLNA’s key strategic mandates is to advocate for responsible development and preservation of heritage. In this context the SLNA Board, on behalf of its membership, objects most strongly to the demolition of the Dominion Wheel and Foundries building(s) on Eastern Avenue in the West Don Lands. This has been a municipally listed Heritage site since 2004. The redevelopment of this site, under an October 2020 MZO issued by the provincial government (which permits a 40 story tower), is completely out of context for the West Don Lands and has been implemented by the Province with no consultation and completely without transparency. SLNA has written to Premier Ford and to ministers Clark and MacLeod calling on them to halt the current demolition process immediately, and commence a proper end-to-end planning process in its place. The community deserves a more inclusive and more respectful alternative. Contact Information: St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Association - slna@slna.ca January 15, 2021 What Can You Do To Help Stop this Demolition? Take action and share this message through your networks 1. Check out the Friends of the Foundry Facebook page Like it and watch for updates 2. Sign the Friends of the Foundry petition to stop the demolition 3. Send a short email with the heading “Save the Dominion Foundry” to:
4. Follow the Friends of the Foundry on Twitter and Instagram
First Parliament Site Meeting From the City of Toronto: Please join the online virtual meeting for an update on the First Parliament Site Master Plan on January 21, 2021 from 7 to 9 p.m. The meeting will share the concepts for a long-range Vision for First Parliament, guiding development principles and a demonstration plan. At the meeting, an illustrated presentation will be given followed by a live question and answer period. Written comments are welcome and can be provided online between January 21 and February 1. You can register here and a link to the consultation meeting will be shared three days prior to the event, along with instructions to help you connect. SLNA Waste Reduction Group Update The SLNA-Waste Reduction Group is asking for your HELP! Name your favourite local repair shops for shoes, bikes, clothing, jewellery, computer, home, and more. The Old Town BIA is supporting this SLNA-WRG initiative in a planned February promotion in support of local small businesses. Get ready for a February Fix-it! Send your suggestions to the reduce@slna.ca before January 25. Jamii Year in Review  From Isorine Marc, Executive Director, Jamii
Click to View Year in Review It is with great pleasure that I share with the SLNA, Jamii¹s 2020 Year-In-Review and I would like to thank this Association for your continued support of our growing local arts organization. The support of the SLNA has been especially meaningful this year as that support helped us to feature local artists in our programming which contributed to enhancing a sense of social cohesion, community and togetherness during an isolating time for so many residents in our neighbourhood. During 2020 - the year the pandemic hit our society - Jamii organized 101 workshops with 166 participants and we produced 34 public events, with 91 artists and we counted 2300 audience members. However, beyond numbers, it is what we have shared with the Jamii family (artists, participants, audience and everyone connected to the programming) that matters the most. While memories are intangible, they last for a lifetime. In the Year-In-Review, you can see how the SLNA has specifically supported our Kisanii Hub Performances (featuring local artists) as well as our LAINI initiative (online workshops during the pandemic for young women from the community). The Community Arts Award we received from the Toronto Arts Foundation was definitely one of the highlights of 2020: it symbolizes an appreciation for the work we have accomplished these past 10 years. Next year is our 10th Anniversary celebration year: 2011-2021. This will be an exciting year and we look forward to continuing to partner with SLNA for the benefit of the residents in this diverse and thriving neighbourhood. I thank you in advance for sharing this review with the SLNA network.
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 The HotHouse Restaurant at 35 Church St. has put together a celebration menu designed to be picked up hot on New Years Eve, or chilled and ready to re-heat for dinner New Years Day. There will also be low-prep breakfast options on offer to help get your New Years Day started! Click here for their New Year's Food menu. And of course, it wouldn't be New Year's without some drinks. Click here to see their New Year's Drinks menu!  Café Nicole (located in the Novotel Hotel at 45 The Esplanade) wants to thank everyone for their support through 2020. For New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, Café Nicole is offering a Festive Dinner and Brunch to help everyone to Welcome 2021 from the comfort of their living room. On December 31st, pick up a 3 Course Dinner which includes Sparkling Wine and Party Favours to Kiss 2020 Goodbye! This offer will be available for Pick up from 6pm-9pm on New Year’s Eve. For New Year’s Day, Enjoy Brunch with a Build Your Own Cocktail to start the new year off right! Brunch will be available for pick up on New Year’s Day from 11am until 2pm. All of our New Year’s Offerings are available at www.cafenicole.ca or through Ritual, Skip the Dishes and Uber Eats. Keep an eye out for Cafe Nicole's Super Bowl Special and their Valentine’s Weekend in February! Best Wishes for 2021 from Café Nicole!   By Bruce Bell, Local Historian One of my favourite Christmas stories of days past is the one about George William Allan, the son of one of the wealthiest families in Ontario who decided it was time to do something to help the children who lived on the mean streets of Toronto.  As legend has it, on Christmas Eve 1870 George went for a walk along Front Street from his home on the north east corner of Front and Frederick streets, heading towards the St. Lawrence Market where along the way he encountered children huddled in doorways trying to escape the cold. After living a life of privilege, on that Christmas Eve George was determined to do something to help the homeless youth of Toronto whose numbers were growing. That night, George decided to donate his townhouse on Frederick Street to become the Newsboys' Home where young boys were given newspapers to sell on the streets and at night a place to eat and sleep - such a concept was radical idea for those times. Many rich and wealthy people in 19th century Toronto and the rest of the British Empire didn’t think that the lower classes and especially children should be educated or even looked after by government as they might grow up and take over society, leaving the privileged classes throneless. Within a year, Allan's Newsboys' Home had become a place of refuge for up to 20 young orphaned boys, most of whom had never known a hot meal or warm bed. Not nearly enough room for all the homeless children of Toronto, but it was a start. In a mere 50 years, Toronto had grown from an quaint agricultural town of 10,000 people in 1834, to becoming a vast polluting industrial city of a quarter million. Children, however, were looked upon like animals today, some we love and some we eat. George Allan felt differently and in taking the actions he took to create the Newsboys' Home doing he led the way for another remarkable man to leave his mark on Toronto’s history. In 1874, a 10-year old boy named John Joseph Kelso arrived in Toronto with his family poor and starving escaping the unimaginable poverty back in Ireland.  The following year, John Joseph, JJ as he became known, at age 11 skipped school and got a job at James Bain's bookstore on King Street East just around the corner from the Newsboys Home.
As JJ became older, he was often sickened at the sight of young shoeless boys not fortunate to live at the Newsboys' Home forced as he would famously say to “demean themselves and give the money to their parents or unscrupulous elders to buy liquor”. As time went on, JJ Kelso went to college, became a bright student and eventually got himself a job as a newspaper reporter at the Globe and through his writings lifted the lid of the gruesome world of Toronto street children. Kelso once a poor destitute street child would then go on to found the Children's Aid Society of Toronto in 1891, giving hope at last to the most vulnerable amongst us. But it didn’t end there; previously Kelso established the Toronto Humane Society in 1887 and the Fresh Air Fund in 1888 providing excursions to the Toronto Island for poor women and children. In 1911, Kelso become one of the founders of the still thriving Central Neighbourhood House built to bridge the gap between rich and poor by having workers live communally in urban slums with those they wanted to help. George Allan and JJ Kelso, two extraordinary men from extremely different backgrounds would transform Toronto making it a safer place for children and eventually leadign to the establishment of Children Aid Societies the world over. After his death in 1901, and as a tribute to the memory of George William Allan who was also the mayor of Toronto in 1855, the city changed the name of the Horticultural Gardens to ‘Allan Gardens’. The gardens maintain that name today. After leading a life dedicated to helping the poor and destitute of Toronto, JJ Kelso died on September 30, 1935. And to think it all began with a walk along Front Street on a snowy Christmas Eve in 1870. Holiday Inn Express Contest The Holiday Inn Express at the north end of our neighbourhood at 111 Lombard St. is extending their Staycation Contest to January 3rd - see details below: We know a lot people could use a romantic getaway right now so we've extended our Romantic Getaway Contest entry deadline to January 3rd! To enter, like our post (on Twitter @hiexpresstorontodowntown) and @ tag who you want to join you for an overnight stay for two with us including dinner from Hothouse Restaurant delivered to your room, a movie of your choice, and breakfast to go. Winner will be announced on January 4th. Conditions apply. (The Staycation Package can be booked separately starting at $189 at https://bit.ly/3gRmTmr.) #holidaygiveaway #win #contest #romanticgetaways #hietorontodowntown #entertowin #giveaway Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! from the SLNA Board of Directors  St. Lawrence Market Holiday Hours  St. Lawrence Market has special winter holiday hours of operation beginning Monday, December 21. South Market (main building) Monday, December 21 - 9am / 5pm Tuesday, December 22 - 9am / 5pm Wednesday, December 23 - 9am / 6pm Thursday, December 24 (Christmas Eve) - 7am / 4pm Friday, December 25 (Christmas Day) - CLOSED Saturday, December 26 (Boxing Day) - CLOSED Sunday, December 27 - CLOSED Monday, December 28 - CLOSED Tuesday, December 29 - 9am / 5pm Wednesday, December 30 - 9am / 5pm Thursday, December 31 - 8am / 4pm Friday, January 1 - CLOSED Saturday, January 2 - 5am / 4pm The South Market will operate under the COVID-19 revised hours of operation all other days in December and January. Farmers Market The Farmers Market will have a special holiday market day Wednesday, December 23 - 8am / 1pm The Farmers Market will be closed on Saturday, December 26 (Boxing Day). The Market will be open on Saturday, January 2. Market Lane Park Revitalization  It looks like the City of Toronto's plan to revitalize Market Lane Park is finally starting to get into gear. The City recently issued a 'Request for Proposal' for Landscape Architects and included in that request is a helpful description of the project which is likely of interest to nearby and surrounding residents. An excerpt from that description follows: The project site is Market Lane Park located at 149 King Street East, in the St. Lawrence Market Neighbourhood. The park site is bounded by King St. at the north end, Front St. on the south side, St. Lawrence Hall and the new St. Lawrence North Market on the east side and Market Square condominium buildings on the west side. (Refer to Appendix 01 Survey.) Market Lane Park is situated within an area of cultural and heritage significance. It is located within the original footprint of Old Town Toronto, and integral to the historic St. Lawrence Market Neighbourhood. The park is a designated heritage property under Part V. of the Ontario Heritage Act as it is located within the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Heritage Conservation District. The goal of the project is to revitalize Market Lane Park through the design and implementation of park improvements that will respond to the protected heritage character of the area, maintain pedestrian connectivity from King St to Front St., provide visual and physical connectivity to the new St. Lawrence Market north market building which is currently under construction, integrate Indigenous place-making, provide seating and gathering areas, passive recreation opportunities, enhance lighting, site lines and safety features, create a place that is accessible and welcoming for all, preserve and enhance the existing trees, reimagine the existing fountain as a water feature without standing water, integrate the existing public art work at the north end, create a sustainable and accessible design that achieves design excellence and meet the current and future needs of the community. While the RFP review for landscape work will take place in 2021, it is expected that this park revitalization initiative will begin once the North Market construction is complete. SLNA is kept abreast of this development via our Development Chair Suzanne Kavanagh who also represents the SLNA on the St. Lawrence Market Precinct Advisory Council (SLMPAC). Further updates will be provided when available. Shop Local This Holiday Season!    yongeTomorrow Consultation Report The following is from the City of Toronto's yongeTomorrow Initiative: The third and final round of public consultation took place from September 2, 2020, to October 6, 2020, with a virtual public meeting held on September 16, 2020. Questions and Answers received during the virtual meeting and the Round #3 Consultation Report are now available at toronto.ca/yongeTOmorrow. Overall Feedback on Recommended Design ConceptA range of feedback has been received from different stakeholders:
Some participants were concerned about the level of confusion for all road users as the road operation changes from block to block. There was support for a more consistent operation throughout the focus area to reduce confusion for road users. SAG participants in particular noted that their priorities for yongeTOmorrow (e.g. improving pedestrian and cycling experience and vehicle access for businesses) had not changed given COVID-19. Business stakeholders expressed ongoing concern about the economic impacts of removing daytime vehicular access on sections of Yonge Street. To learn more about what people said about the pedestrian and cycling experience, vehicle access, space for patios and street retail as well as space to festivals and events, visit the Past Consultation section on the project web page. Review the Feedback Staff Report to Committee of Council in Early 2021 Our next step in this study is to report to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee (IEC) of City Council with a staff report outlining the study recommendations and a request to proceed with a 30-day public review for the study report. Originally scheduled for December 2020, the yongeTOmorrow report will be presented at the committee meeting on Monday, January 11, 2021. A copy of the staff report will be made available on the Toronto City Council and Committees Meetings, Agendas and Minutes (TMMIS) web page with a link also provided on the yongeTOmorrow web page. How to Participate The IEC will meet to discuss the staff report, hear from the public and make recommendations to City Council. Once the Committee agenda is published one week prior to the meeting date, members of the public can arrange to speak or submit comments to the Committee by contacting the Committee Clerk or IEC web page. Learn how to Have Your Say Sir Walter Scott Christmas  By Bruce Bell In 1845, on the NW corner of Church and Wellington once stood the Wellington Hotel (now the site of the Works Burgers). It was a three story wooden colonial style building that had verandas on the 2nd and 3rd floors and was quite the fashionable place. One of the reasons for its success, was the hotel's owner Russell Inglis who as a boy while working in a restaurant in Scotland, Inglis waited on novelist Sir Walter Scott of Ivanhoe fame. Inglis would often retell conversations he had with the famed writer to his enthralled patrons as they sat by the fire in his hotel. Every Christmas Eve, Inglis would read Sir Walter Scott's epic poem Marmion about the Battle of Flodden published in 1808. "Heap on more wood! – the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will, We’ll keep our Christmas merry still. Each age has deem’d the new-born year The fittest time for festal cheer". So there they sat the early residence of our neighbourhood, by a roaring fire, with the snow coming down, on a Christmas Eve on the corner of Church and Wellington as Inglis's read from his favorite Christmas poem. When Russell Inglis died in 1860 his Wellington Hotel was demolished and replaced with one of the most sophisticated and luxurious buildings in the city, the new headquarters for the Bank of Toronto. Eventually in 1962 the grand Bank of Toronto building too was demolished and replaced with a smaller TD Bank built of steel and glass in the then all-the-rage International Style.  In 1998 the little bank was converted into a Pizza-Pizza franchise, then a few years ago the present Works Burger Restaurant moved in. Today every time I find myself standing on the NW corner of Wellington and Church I can hear the ghostly echo of Russell Inglis voice quoting the final lines of Walter Scott's epic poem: ‘Twas Christmas broach’d the mightiest ale; ‘Twas Christmas told the merriest tale" Local Business Highlight: Cafe Nicole Café Nicole (at 45 The Esplanade in the Novotel Hotel) is pleased to share that we are offering Weekend Dinner Specials, the Chef will be designing a menu every weekend for a change from our everyday Café Nicole Menu. We have some delicious options coming for the next two weekends. Please see attached photo for your Newsletter, Weekend dinners are available to order on cafenicole.ca and can be picked up on Saturday and Sunday Nights from between 4-6pm. We will also be offering our Friday Night Fish & Chips as we know it’s a favourite, and we are also available on Skip the Dishes, Ritual and Uber Eats Lastly, we have you covered for the Holidays! We are offering a four course meal for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day for $49 a person, and with the purchase of 3 meals or more we will include a bottle of wine. For New Year’s Eve we have a lovely three course meal which includes sparkling wine and party favours for $59. On New Year’s Day, you can pick up Brunch for Café Nicole! Your choice of Entrée and a make your own cocktail included for $24. Order all of our special offerings at cafenicole.ca Please download, print and share this flyer 
Community Consultation Planning Applications for 49 Ontario Street and 429-455 Richmond St. East, 69 and 75 Ontario St. Online session - Register to attend Date and time: Monday, December 14, 2020 6:30 pm Duration: 2 hours Description: This Community Consultation Meeting will include two separate planning applications which are located within the same block bounded by Richmond Street East to the north, Adelaide Street East to the south, Ontario Street to the west, and Berkeley Street to the east. A summary of the two proposals is provided below. 49 Ontario Street City Planning Division has received an application to amend the Zoning By-law to permit a mixed use development consisting of 3 towers: 12-storeys (46.95 metres), 36-storeys (127.0 metres) and 29-storeys (104.4 metres) atop a shared base building. The development would contain 13,138 square metres of office, 643 square metres of retail uses, and 881 dwelling units. A mid-block connection between Ontario Street and Berkeley Street is proposed between the 12-storey building and the towers. The proposed development would have a total gross floor area of 66,025 square metres, which would result in a Floor Space Index of 10.91 times the area of the lands. The application proposes 202 vehicular parking spaces and 947 bicycle parking spaces. You can view the submitted plans and reports online at: http://aic.to/49OntarioSt You can view a copy of the Preliminary Report providing background information at: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-141195.pdf 429-455 Richmond Street East, 69 and 75 Ontario Street City Planning Division has received an application to amend the Zoning By-law to permit a 35-storey mixed use building with an overall height of 113.85 metres containing 384 square metres of retail uses and 251 dwelling units. The proposed development would have a total gross floor area of 16,816 square metres, which would result in a Floor Space Index of 15.19 times the area of the lands. The application proposes 58 vehicular parking spaces and 260 bicycle parking spaces. You can view the submitted plans and reports online at: https://aic.to/75OntarioSt You can view a copy of the Preliminary Report providing background information at: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-146488.pdf  REVISED SLNA Community Meeting Agenda The next SLNA Community Meeting will take place Wednesday, November 25, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. Some items of the agenda have changed since the last issue on November 22. The meeting will be held live via the videoconferenceing platform Zoom (see link below). Also as some people had difficulty clicking on the Zoom link in the previous newsletter, the Zoom link below has been formatted for easier access and for those who can not access via a computer, Canadian telephone access numbers are listed below. AGENDASt. Lawrence Neighbourhood Association Community Meeting Wednesday, November 25, 2020, 7-9 p.m. Hosted on the Zoom Videoconferencing Platform 7:00 p.m. Welcome SLNA Board Introductions and Board Activity Update SLNA Budget Approval (T. Tenenbaum, SLNA Treasurer) ***SLNA delegates are asked to review the proposed 2021 SLNA Budget.*** Motion: That the SLNA Budget for 2021 be approved as presented. Motion: That the SLNA membership fees remain the same for 2021 7:30 p.m. Metrolinx Presentation re: Ontario Line 8:15 p.m. Adam Popper, Transportation Services, City of Toronto 8:30 p.m. Reports from Councillors' Offices: Ward 10 - Councillor Joe Cressy Ward 13 - Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam 9 p.m. AdjournmentSLNA Meeting - ZOOM Information Date & Time: Nov 25, 2020 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join the Zoom Meeting by clicking here: Join via telephone by calling one of the following Canadian telephone numbers: 647-374-4685 647-558-0588 Meeting ID: 881 6315 1751 Passcode: 615786 110 Adelaide East - Consultation The City of Toronto holds public consultations as one way to engage residents in the life of their city. We invite you to get involved. Community Consultation for Planning Application - 110 Adelaide St. East Date: November 30, 2020 Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Download, print and post locally the Consultation Flyer Friends of Corktown Common Park The West Don Lands Committee is looking for some energetic volunteers to work with other neighbours to restart a Friends of Corktown Common group. For a short time, our beautiful Corktown Common Park (in the Canary District) had a Friends committee which planned neighbourhood park programs and hoped to recruit volunteers to help with park maintenance. When the 2015 Pan Para/PanAm Games and the Canary District construction closed the Park for most of 2 summers the Friends committee lost steam. It is time to bring the Friends back - and your help is needed! No experience is required - just an interest in making the beautiful 18 acre Corktown Common Park the best possible for everyone. If you are interested, please let one of the WDLC Co-Chairs know. Cindy Wilkey wilkeycj@gmail.com John Wilson johnwilson338@gmail.com Black Friday Offer - Cafe Nicole  Masonic Lodge at 35 Church? By Bruce Bell
Russell's Hotel It's often been said that in Toronto, up until a half century ago, in order to move up the ladder in government, business and high society it was essential to be a member of at least two of the following organizations; the Orange Lodge, the Anglican Church and the Masons (being male just went without saying). All you have to do is look at photos of former city councils a few generations ago and see those city fathers resplendent with Orange and Mason regalia to get an idea just how established these groups were in city government. Masons have been in Toronto since the late 1700’s where according to Masonic myth the first meeting was held within the first week of the British arrival on a dock at the bottom of Church Street just below Front Street when Toronto, then called York, had a population of only 200 people. Records show that the first permanent Masonic Lodge stood at 35 Church Street just north of Front Street then the site of Russell’s Hotel c1830 (now the site of Market Square Condos) where the upper floor was especially built for the St. Andrew’s Lodge of Freemasons. I will be running Old Town Toronto tours all winter long every Tues, Weds and Thursday at 10am. Also, I have gift certificates available for that special person in your life who loves history. Contact me for more details bruce.bell2@sympatico.ca or contact me through my website www.brucebelltours.ca Shop Local to Win Cash Prizes! Our local Business Improvement Association (which represents the interests of local businesses in Old Town Toronto and the St. Lawrence neighbourhood) is presenting a program called ShopOldTownTO2win aimed at encouraging (with incentives) our community to shop local and support our businesses during this trying time. The promotion is a special one in that it also builds on the relationship between our businesses and the community. From November 8th through December 20th, anyone who spends a minimum of $25 (including tax) in one of our local businesses can upload the receipt to the contest website (www.ShopOldTownTO2win.com) and enter to win $1000. The BIA will be conducting 6 draws for $1000 – one every week! The winning receipt will be drawn at random on Sunday and the $1000 will be split 50/50 between the owner of the receipt and the business where the receipt is from. So if you ordered take out from one of our restaurants (say Hot House) and your receipt was drawn, then you would get $500 cash and the Hot House would get $500 cash! Our cash sponsor is one of our local bank branches, BMO at King & Church. We wish everyone luck in entering the shopoldtownTO2win contest! King-Parliament Consultations Fall Consultation Materials Now AvailableBetween October 22 and November 3, 2020, City Planning held a series of online consultation events to provide an update and collect feedback on the King-Parliament Secondary Plan Review. Thank you to everyone who participated in our four sessions: Thursday, October 22 - Virtual Open House (Project Overview) Monday, October 26 - Queen Street East and Corktown Areas Thursday, October 29 - Heritage, Parks and Public Realm Tuesday, November 3 - Jarvis Parliament Area Planning staff reported on our work in progress to refine the proposed Secondary Plan policies and update the zoning by-law for the area, took comments and answered questions. If you were not able to join our live events, meeting materials will be posted at: www.toronto.ca/king-parliament. There you can also access a copy of the current revised Secondary Plan, red-lined to show revisions from the October 2019 draft. Meeting recordings are available upon request. We invite you to review the materials and submit any comments you may have by November 30, 2020. Meeting this deadline allows us to continue moving forward with our work, consider the feedback and bring a recommended Secondary Plan and Area-Specific Zoning By-law Amendment to Council for consideration early next year. If you would like to provide input to the Planning team, or if you have any questions about the study, please get in touch! By Email - kingparliament@toronto.ca By Phone - Call Melanie Melnyk at (416) 392-4524  At the recent SLNA Annual General Meeting President Jamie Cappelli presented to the membership the Annual Report (document includes profiles of Board of Directors nominees proposed by the Nominations Committee). Election of the 2020-21 Board of Directors: Six open board seats were filled by acclamation. The 2020-21 SLNA Board of Directors Bruno Leps Steward Linton Sharon McMillan Donna Patterson Gabriella Siciliano Toby Tenenbaum Renate Tilson Debbie Wang Board Officers will be announced in the coming weeks. The membership passed motions that approved the following: 2019 SLNA AGM Minutes Financial Statements SLNA Strategic Plan The Directors and membership thanked outgoing President, Jamie Cappelli for his dedication and significant contribution and assistance in supporting and leading the work and meetings of the SLNA during this unprecedented year+. ****************************************************** The Enoch Turner Schoolhouse Foundation Announces a new series: 'OPENING THE SCHOOLHOUSE TO ALL' FOUR STIMULATING TALKS, FREE TO THE PUBLIC These topics will be taken up in a four-part ZOOM series, sponsored by the Enoch Turner Schoolhouse Foundation, which begins in November 2020 and will continue in January 2021. The sessions feature presentations and panel discussions on a range of important educational themes. The series, free of charge, and accessible online, is designed for a broad audience interested in the past, present and future of Canadian education. For further information on each session please see the Program Brochure below. University/College professors and high school teachers may well want to encourage their students to register for one or more session(s) in the series. Registration for the first session is open! Register now OR For more information and to stay up to date on registration please click here to visit our webpage OR Feel free to send inquiries to info@enochturnerschoolhouse.ca St. Lawrence Market Advisory Group Invites Applications
The City of Toronto is currently looking for engaged and enthusiastic residents to join the St. Lawrence Market Precinct Advisory Committee. The St. Lawrence Market is a renowned international food market featuring over 120 merchants, vendors and farmers, offering the freshest produce, meats and specialty items. The Market is a community and cultural hub in the heart of Toronto and a major historic site for the City. Serving residents of Toronto and international visitors since 1803, the Market is regularly recognized as one of Toronto's most popular destinations and was ranked the number one food market in the world by National Geographic. The St. Lawrence Market Complex is comprised of St. Lawrence Hall, the South Market and North Market – now in its temporary home at 125 The Esplanade. Members of the St. Lawrence Market Precinct Advisory Committee support and advocate the St. Lawrence Market, providing advice and recommendations to the City to enhance the Market and Precinct for the benefit of the community and all Toronto residents. *** What does the St. Lawrence Market Precinct Advisory Committee do? The role of the St. Lawrence Market Precinct Advisory Committee is to advise City staff on the following elements as they relate to the St Lawrence Market Precinct: (a) the long term strategic direction for the St. Lawrence Market Precinct; (b) operational improvements to the Market Precinct; (c) marketing and event planning and promotion; (d) tenant activities and relations (e) heritage conservation within the Market Precinct; (f) capital projects, including the North Market Revitalization; (g) public outreach and consultation; (h) partnering opportunities; (i) setting of performance goals and benchmarks; and (j) other matters regarding the St. Lawrence Market Precinct that the Manager wishes advice on. *** What qualifications do I need? Members of the committee should demonstrate a range of qualifications in one of two areas:
Other qualifications beneficial to the committee include:
Applicants should also demonstrate in their submission information regarding or experience with the following attributes:
For more information and to apply, visit https://secure.toronto.ca/pa/decisionBody/662.do. To be considered for the vacancies, you must apply by November 15, 2020. Heritage Highlight: Tour The Esplanade By Bruce Bell FREE Walking Tour of the Esplanade with Historian Extraordinaire Bruce Bell Sat October 31 at 10am- 90 mins The Esplanade today is world famous as a leader of Urban planning. It has shown other cities what can be accomplished when intelligent thought goes into mixed and affordable housing. But it wasn't always like this. In 1966 historian F.H. Armstrong wrote in his book- Toronto- of its crumbling deterioration: 'The Esplanade today is so completely cut off from the lake that what was intended as the showplace of the city has become one of its most unprepossessing byways.' In the 1970's heavy industry moved out of the city, old factories that at one time lined Sherbourne, George and Princess Street came down or were remodeled, train tracks were torn up and The Esplanade as we know today was born. In 1973 it was decided by then mayor David Crombie to turn the area into a new residential neighbourhood, but one that would not make the same mistakes of the “urban renewal” housing projects of earlier decades. It would contain a mix of commercial and residential as with both subsidized and market oriented housing, mostly rowhouses or low-rise apartments. The neighbourhood was planned by Alan Littlewood and Frank Lewinberg, with the influence of American-Canadian urban activist Jane Jacobs playing a crucial role. Since that time, the St. Lawrence neighbourhood has been critically acclaimed as a major success in urban planning. In many ways, it has become the model for the design and planning of new urban communities across North America. Come join me an for a 90-minute walking tour of The Esplanade on Saturday, October 31, at 10am. From its beginning as a First Nations fishing locale to the coming of the British in 1793 and its heyday as an industrial powerhouse filled with coal heaps and furnaces, to the coming of St Lawrence Market, today The Esplanade is one of Toronto's most sought after neighbourhoods. This tour is limited to 15 people in keeping with the Ontario Government's COVID 19 guidelines. The tour is FREE however gratuities are welcome ($10 to $20 is suggested). Meeting place: First Parliament Site at Berkeley & The Esplanade Tour ends at St Lawrence Market and is wheelchair friendly. Reservations are a must so please contact Bruce Bell at bruce.bell2@sympatico.ca to make a reservation or phone 647-393-8687 between 9am and 5pm. For more information or to share with neighbours - download flyer / visit www.brucebelltours.ca SLNA Annual General Meeting When: Wednesday, October 28, 7 p.m. Where: Online - we will host the meeting on the Zoom videoconferencing platform - Here is the link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82273224079 All delegates and members of the St. Lawrence neighbourhood are invited to attend the SLNA's Annual General Meeting on October 28. We specifically urge all building, condo and home association delegates to plan to virtually attend this event to represent their building in the voting of motions and the election of new directors for the SLNA board. The Annual General Meeting is an opportunity to learn about the issues and projects led or addressed by the SLNA over the past year and to raise questions and discuss the overall work and goals of this neighbourhood association. Please review the following materials prior to the AGM: 2019 SLNA AGM Minutes Financial Statements MOTIONS FOR APPROVAL: That the audited Financial Statements for the period ending December 31, 2019 as circulated be approved. That the SLNA appoint Hogg,Shain and Scheck as accountants to perform the financial review for fiscal 2020. SLNA Annual General Meeting When: Wednesday, October 28, 7 p.m. Where: Online - we will host the meeting on the Zoom videoconferencing platform - link will be provided to members and newsletter subscribers 1 week prior to the meeting. All delegates and members of the St. Lawrence neighbourhood are invited to attend the SLNA's Annual General Meeting on October 28. We specifically urge all building, condo and home association delegates to plan to virtually attend this event to represent their building in the voting of motions and the election of new directors for the SLNA board. The Annual General Meeting is an opportunity to learn about the issues and projects led or addressed by the SLNA over the past year and to raise questions and discuss the overall work and goals of this neighbourhood association. Please review the following materials prior to the AGM: 2019 SLNA AGM Minutes Financial Statements MOTIONS FOR APPROVAL: That the audited Financial Statements for the period ending December 31, 2019 as circulated be approved. That the SLNA appoint Hogg,Shain and Scheck as accountants to perform the financial review for fiscal 2020. Call for Nominations - SLNA Board The SLNA is accepting nominations for open positions on the SLNA Board. ALL delegates are invited to nominate candidates for the SLNA Board of Directors. The election for open positions will take place during the October 28th Annual General Meeting. As a result of Director terms ending and prior resignations we have six board openings as follows: Two terms at three years each Two term at 2 years Two terms at one year each The SLNA Community Meeting takes place ten times per year and the Board normally meets once a month. Currently the Board meeting is held the second Wednesday of the month from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Returning to the board to complete their terms are: Bruno Leps until 2021 Toby Tenenbaum until 2022 DOWNLOAD NOMINATION FORM (NOTE: deadline for submission of nominations is OCTOBER 21 ) Community Consultation - Oct. 20 Please note that advance registration is required  |
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