Councillor Vaughan invites you to a meeting:

Community Consultation Meeting: 

Review of Street Events in Kensington Market 

Date: Tuesday October 23, 2012

Time: 7:00 – 9:00 pm

Location: St. Stephen’s Gym, 91 Bellevue Ave

This year, Kensington Market has hosted three Pedestrian Sundays festivals, and eight Market Sundays – a new format of quieter street closures.

Join Councillor Vaughan and the Kensington Market BIA to provide your feedback about street events and pedestrian priority zones in Kensington Market, in order to debrief what worked and what needed improvement from this year, and how to proceed for next year.

Local residents and merchants are asked to attend this meeting to provide your feedback on the following questions:

• Did these street events have a positive or negative impact on your home/ your business?
• What worked well and what needs improvement during Pedestrian Sundays and Market Sundays?
• What changes do you think could improve each of these street events?
• Do you want to see more or fewer Pedestrian Sundays festivals / Market Sundays?
• What should the schedule look like next year?

For more information, contact us at 416-392-4042 or Councillor_Vaughan@toronto.ca

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Para mais informações, entre em contato: 416-392-4042 

The BIA board of management would like to invite members of the Kensington Market community to attend a Community Meeting. This meeting is a chance to review and discuss how things are going following our first two weeks of Market Sundays. Your thoughts and suggestions are most welcome.

Monday, August 13^th at 6:30pm
St. Stephens Gym – 91 Bellevue Ave. 

Market Sundays are like a regular Sunday in Kensington, but without any new motor vehicles coming through the main commercial streets of the market.  Those who are parked can stay and exit safely as needed. Where Pedestrian Sunday festivals are ‘car-free’, Market Sundays are ‘car-lite’.  This is a new BIA initiative that aims to bring more business to the area by giving pedestrians more room to spill off the sidewalks and shop throughout most of the market.

Please remember that timely access can be granted, as needed, to local residents or business owners who require vehicular access during a Market Sunday.  BIA Coordinator, Yvonne Bambrick, will always be on-call and on-site during all street events – call 416 826 2964 anytime for assistance, or in case of emergency.

In my role as Coordinator for the Kensington Market BIA, I attended the Town Hall meeting held June 12th by 14 Division at Ryerson Public School. Below are the tweets I shared earlier this evening about the plans for additional patrols starting on Friday.

This is only a small snapshot of what was explained to those in attendance, and does not reflect the broad discussion that took place between the community members in attendance, the panel of officers, and Councillor Adam Vaughan.

For more information, please contact 14 Division – 416 808 1400, or Councillor Adam Vaughan’s office – 416 392 4044.

(ProjectPost is the name of the program)

Tweets by @yvonnebambrick

Just arrived at #14Division TO Police Town Hall regarding new #ProjectPost starting Friday in downtown West. Stepping up patrols.

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New policing program is in response to “historic rivalrys and violence between 14 & 51 Division” #ProjectPost #TOPolice

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Proposing to deploy more officers in downtown west area over 15wk period – more enforcement & high visibility #ProjectPost

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#ProjectPost also about connecting #TOPolice with community to discuss safety concerns anonymously. Use of force to be minimal.

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Deployment of additional officers is intended to keep community safe – predominantly foot & bike patrol. #ProjectPost #TOPolice

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“Intent is to come in and surgically remove those people that are harmful to the community.” #ProjectPost #TOPolice

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Maintenance strategy will continue after 15wks period of #ProjectPost. “Not coming in as occupying army” #TOPolice

Bellevue Square Park Revitalization

The next public meeting will be held on Tuesday May 22, 7pm, St. Stephen’s Gym at 91 Bellevue Ave. with a full design being presented for feedback. Councillor Vaughan’s office have created a page on their website with links to the presentations and notes from past meetings:

http://ward20.ca/bulletins_article.php?article=178

All welcome.

Tuesday, November 29^th
6:30 to 8pm
91 Bellevue Ave., St. Stephen’s Gymnasium

There is more foot traffic than ever in Kensington Market and we now have an opportunity, thanks to a street-closure infrastructure investment by the City’s Public Realm office, to enjoy & host pedestrian-only streets more often starting in 2012.

Local Merchants & Residents are asked to please attend this meeting to discuss:

• How frequently we should open our market streets to pedestrians for non-festival days
• How often we should host our traditional street-festival type events
• A community sound charter
• A new name for these events (since ‘Pedestrian Sundays’ is associated with festivals)

–> Can’t make it to the meeting but want to let us know what you think?

Please visit  https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/kensingtonmarket & complete our online survey by November 28th.

For more information, please call or email Yvonne Bambrick, Coordinator, Kensington Market BIA – 416 826 2964, coordinator@kensingtonmarketbia.ca

Meeting about Public Realm Investments in Kensington Market

Date: Wednesday October 19, 2011

Time: 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Location: St. Stephen’s Gymnasium, 91 Bellevue Ave

The City of Toronto is exploring options to facilitate street closures in Kensington Market, as a substitute for renting barricades every time that the streets are closed.

A proposal has been developed for flower planters that could be installed on the streets in Kensington Market that include fold-out barricades for when the streets are closed to vehicular traffic, including during Pedestrian Sundays events.

City staff from Transportation Services will be in attendance to present the design concepts.

Please join us for this consultation to hear more about the plans and provide your feedback.

For further information, contact us at 416-392-4044 or Councillor_Vaughan@toronto.ca.

This message was received from the office of Councillor Mike Layton and may be of interest to business owners in Kensington Market.

Community Meeting RE: Development of 410, 414, 420 & 430 Bathurst St.

Dear Concerned Community Members:

This letter is to inform you of the Community Meeting regarding the development along 410, 414, 420 & 430 Bathurst St on September 14, 2011 at 7pm at the Scadding Court Community Centre Room 1.

The developers, RIOCAN and their representatives will be present to discuss the architecture, planning and traffic aspects of the development.

I look forward to assisting you in helping to make Ward 19 a more vibrant and inclusive community. Please feel free to contact my office at 416-392-4009 or via email at councillor_layton@toronto.ca.

Date: Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm

Location: Scadding Court Community Centre Room 1

Address: 707 Dundas St. West, Toronto

When:   Tuesday June 14^th, from 7pm
Where: St. Stephen’s Community Centre Gym – via
91 Bellevue Ave.

All are welcome to join this community discussion about the pros and cons of bringing a Farmers Market to Bellevue Square Park this fall.

With Big Box shopping posing a threat to area merchants, we need to find creative ways to keep Kensington Market thriving as one of Toronto’s best ‘Fresh Food’ shopping destinations.

How can a Farmers Market better connect local food producers to Kensington’s merchants & shoppers?  What are some of the food product gaps that could be filled through these partnerships?  How and when could a Farmers Market fit into Kensington Market?

More information: 416 826 2964