City Planning staff are conducting a study of Queen Street West from Bathurst Street to Roncesvalles Avenue. Join your neighbours for a walking tour of Queen Street West from Dufferin Street to Roncesvalles Avenue.

Let City Planning staff hear your thoughts and ideas during the walk through our neighbourhood. This will help inform the direction and objectives for the study. Please come out and join your neighbours.

Date: Saturday, November 8^th
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Place: Parkdale Amphitheatre, northwest corner of Queen Street West and
Dufferin Street

For more information click here.

Monday, Oct. 27th is election day in Toronto. The voting stations will be open from 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM. For more information on who is running and where you can vote click here or call 311.

Get out and make your voice heard – VOTE!

October 27th is election day in Toronto. Below is a list of all the candidates running in Parkdale/High Park area. For more information on voters registration, advance voting, polling station locations and more information on each individual candidate click here.

Ward 14  Parkdale/High Park – candidates for Councillor are:

Charmain Emerson
Tim Kirby
Gus Koutroumanos
Andreas Marouchos
Gord Perks
Jimmy Talpa

Toronto District School Board – Parkdale/High Park – Candidates

English Public School Board
Gordon Foster
Jeffrey Freeman
Jim Henderson
Noel Kent
Robin Pikey
Marcela Saitua
Linda Torry

English Catholic School Board
Edith Pearson,
Barbara Poplawski
Ralph Tassone

French Public School Board
Jean-Francois L’Heureux

French Catholic School Board
Nathalie Bedros,
Marie Fontin
Robert Siani

C’mon out on Thursday, August 7^th as Blue Flag Canada, in partnership with Corona Canada, adopts Toronto’s Sunnyside Beach for the day. Participate in a cleanup and help put litter in its place while having a positive impact on the shoreline ecosystem.

The first 200 people at the cleanup receive a ticket for the Corona SunSets Festival (August 16^th on Toronto Island) featuring DJ sets by: Moby, Cajmere, Thievery Corporation, and Lee Foss & Anabel Englund.*

Cleanup Event info:
Date: Thursday, August 7^th
Time: 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Place: Sunnyside Beach, 1755 Lake Shore Blvd. W, Toronto, ON
Register here

Organizers will provide: gloves and garbage bags. Please wear comfortable clothes and shoes and bring sunscreen and a water bottle.

*Must be 19 years-old or older to attend the concert. ID required. Only one ticket per person.

The Parkdale Good Food Market in Masaryk Park (220 Cowan Ave.) will feature fresh, affordable produce, plus prepared food, community information, demos, entertainment, and children’s activities from 3-7pm on Thursdays from July 24th to September 11th, 2014. Click here for  more information.

The Lab Cab Festival: Parkdale is a free, annual multi-arts festival. Music, dance, theatre, film, poetry, crafts, kids stuff, visual art and comedy are performed in the restaurants, bars, community centres, boutiques, cafés, parks, libraries, parking lots, hair salons, flower shops, churches, clothing stores, antique stores, book stores and businesses in the Parkdale neighbourhood.

They offer free workshops, free childcare and a free BBQ lunch. The Lab Cab Festival is free, family friendly and community oriented. Click here for more information.

Planning applications for: 155 – 157 Cowan Ave. & 1267 King St. W.

The City is holding a Community Consultation meeting on:

155 – 157 Cowan Ave. proposal is to redevelop the site containing two vacant residential buildings, previously used as rooming houses, by connecting the two buildings, adding a fourth storey addition, constructing a front and rear addition, and completing interior renovations. The new residential building will be comprised of 26 bachelor units and 9 one-bedroom units. A total of 4 parking spaces and bicycle storage will be provided on site.

1267 King St. W. proposal is to bring the existing 3-storey semi-detached building containing 9 under-sized bachelor units (ranging in size from 12 m2 to 23 m2) and 1 one-bedroom unit into conformity with the Zoning By-law.

Please join local residents for this public meeting where you can learn more about these appllications, ask questions, and share your comments and ideas.