Kensington Market BIA

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 

Kensington’s first season of Market Sundays began on August 5^th and runs weekly, on Sunday afternoons from 12 to 6pm, until September 23^rd.

Sunday August 5th, 12th, 19th & 26th + Sunday September 2nd, 9th, 16th & 23rd – 12 to 6pm
Our final event of the year is Pedestrian Sunday on September 30th – 12 to 7pm

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’ and have programmed entertainment, Market Sundays are ‘car-lite’ and have no programming.  This is a new BIA initiative that aims to bring more business to the area by providing pedestrians a unique environment with more room to spill off the sidewalks while shopping & strolling throughout most of the market.

Info for Locals: 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.

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.

Kensington’s first season of Market Sundays begins on August 5^th and runs weekly, on Sunday afternoons from 12 to 6pm, until September 23^rd.

Sunday August 5th, 12th, 19th & 26th + Sunday September 2nd, 9th, 16th & 23rd – 12 to 6pm
Our final event of the year is Pedestrian Sunday on September 30th – 12 to 7pm

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’ and have programmed entertainment, Market Sundays are ‘car-lite’ and have no programming.  This is a new BIA initiative that aims to bring more business to the area by providing pedestrians a unique environment with more room to spill off the sidewalks while shopping & strolling throughout most of the market.

Info for Locals: 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.

As per community consultations in the fall & winter, Kensington Market’s new planters with swing-gates are finally being installed this evening, and will be filled/planted on July 26 with a variety of native grasses.

In collaboration with Councillor Adam Vaughan, the Kensington Market BIA will hold a brief media launch on the morning of Friday July 27th.

The City of Toronto, and the Kensington Market BIA worked cooperatively to develop a swinging gate attached to a planter following 8 years of temporary road closures in Kensington for Pedestrian Sundays.

This new seasonally permanent infrastructure will allow the streets of the market to more easily function as pedestrian priority zones during permitted street events.

These swing-gates are attached to a planter at one side of the street in roughly the same locations as the temporary barriers used for Pedestrian Sunday events. The swing-gate barrier can be easily rolled out across the street – they are moveable allowing emergency  vehicles to access the neighbourhood.

These planters/swing-gates, which each feature an iconic photograph of Kensington Market that has been lasered into the steel gate, are owned and paid for by the Public Realm Office, and will be maintained by the Kensington Market BIA.  The City will remove the planters/gates in the fall for snow removal purposes over the winter.

Please note that unlike previous years, there will not be a Pedestrian Sunday Festival in Kensington at the end of June.

Although the roads will not be closed to traffic, this weekend will definitely be another great time to visit and enjoy the market.

Our 2nd of 3 festivals takes place on Sunday July 29th.