News & Updates

Growing with the City: Cultural and Capital Projects in Allan Gardens

Recently, the Friends of Allan Gardens (FOAG), in partnership with the City’s Parks and Recreation department, released the newest iteration of the envisioning document that will serve as the masterplan for the future of Allan Gardens. This initiative, "Growing with the City," reflects our shared and ongoing commitment to engagement, fundraising and stewardship in the development of cultural and capital projects within the park and in service of the people that use it.

Preparing for Safe Consumption Site Closures

At the end of March, five safe consumption sites across Toronto are slated to close as a result of the Community Care and Recovery Act, which prohibits safe consumption sites within a 200 metre radius of schools and child care centres. As we prepare for this change, I wanted to provide an update and answers to some frequently asked questions. 

Upcoming Events

Cluster 1 Participatory Budgeting Info Session and Idea Gathering

Cluster 1 Participatory Budgeting Info Session and Idea Gathering

Participatory Budgeting (PB) is a system of direct democracy where residents imagine how their neighbourhood could be improved, suggest potential ideas and then vote on how funds are spent to improve their community through capital projects.

I want to invite everyone from Bay-Cloverhill, Church Wellesley and Upper Jarvis Neighbourhood to join us for this in-person Participatory Budgeting Information and Idea Gathering session. This year, we are introducing a hybrid idea submission system where everything that is written on the in-person submission card will be scanned and submitted onto our platform. 

 

TC Talks: Mental Health and Addictions

Join us at our Toronto Centre Talks (TC Talks) where we will explore vital topics for downtown residents by inviting panels of City of Toronto experts on topics to present information from their divisions or organizations that represent resident interests. TC Talks began in 2024 and was launched by our office as a forum series to create a space where community members can come together for focused and solution-oriented discussions on important topics that concern the residents of Ward 13. 

This year, we will be focussing on topics of Noise, Mental Health, City Planning, and Tenant Rights from volumes of resident requests. For Mental Health and Addictions, come join us as our panel will be discussing from a Community Safety and Well-Being perspective, a Public Health Perspective, an Emergency Crisis Response perspective, as well as about our continued efforts as a city. This talk offers an opportunity for residents to ask key questions directly to our panellists to brainstorm some solutions for the future. 

Cluster 5 & 6 Participatory Budgeting Info Session & Idea Gathering

Cluster 5 & 6 Participatory Budgeting Info Session & Idea Gathering

Participatory Budgeting (PB) is a system of direct democracy where residents imagine how their neighbourhood could be improved, suggest potential ideas and then vote on how funds are spent to improve their community through capital projects.

I want to invite everyone from St. Lawrence, Canary and Corktown Neighbourhood to join us for this in-person Participatory Budgeting Information and Idea Gathering session. This year, we are introducing a hybrid idea submission system where everything that is written on the in-person submission card will be scanned and submitted onto our platform. 

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