Do we need a Parkdale Village Historical Society?

The next General meeting of the Parkdale Residents Association has been re-scheduled for Thursday 29 September 2011 at 7 pm in the May Robinson Auditorium at 20 West Lodge Avenue. This meeting will focus on the potential establishment of a Parkdale Village Historical Society. This is a topic of interest to many of our members as well as to Cheri DiNovo who communicated her interest in the development of a local historical society a few weeks ago. She will be on hand along with other guests who have experience in building neighbouring historical societies to help us launch a similar endeavor for Parkdale. This will be a joint venture with the Parkdale Community Development Group and possibly the BIA. I will update you further in the three weeks leading up to the meeting.

At the Executive meeting of August 29, the PRA Executive decided to schedule an all-candidates meeting on Thursday September 29, leading up to the provincial election. While we were able to secure the NDP candidate Cheri DiNovo, the Liberal candidate Cortney Pasternak was unable to attend because of her observance of Rosh Hashanah. Given that the all-candidates meeting could not be scheduled to another date, and indeed, that several all-candidates meetings are already being convened – thereby adding to the scheduling conflict – we have decided to focus the upcoming PRA meeting on the potential establishment of a Parkdale Village Historical Society.

Roger Riendeau
President
Parkdale Residents Association