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Investing in the dream of University Park

Published on: July 18, 2023 | Last Updated on: December 8, 2023

The City of Toronto is in talks with two foundations to fund studies for University Avenue revitalization.

“The dream of modifying the roadway of University Avenue and transforming and connecting its patchwork of green spaces into a major park in the city’s downtown core came a bit closer to the possibility of being realized last month after a number of stakeholders committed to fund the studies necessary to push the project forward.” ~ Novae Res Urbis (July 14, 2023)

Noise Bylaw Review underway this fall

Published on: July 13, 2023 | Last Updated on: July 18, 2023

The 2023 Noise Bylaw review will focus on the outstanding issues related to the bylaw and will include virtual and in-person public consultations in late summer or early fall of this year. The appropriate regulations for two stoke small engine equipment such as gas powered leaf blowers are proposed to be dealt with separately in 2024 in the context the proposal to ban them.

Ford Government wants to weaken the provincial Planning Policy Framework. Now everyone is asking why?

Published on: July 11, 2023 | Last Updated on: July 18, 2023

On April 6, 2023, and again on June 16, the Province proposed more destructive changes to provincial planning laws.

The Alliance for a Livable Ontario (ALO), based on a comprehensive review by expert planning advisors, concluded that if implemented, the proposed changes will turbocharge sprawl and fatally harm Ontario’s agricultural sector and environment.

Think your property assessment is too high? Here’s what to do

Published on: July 9, 2023 | Last Updated on: July 18, 2023

An ongoing Toronto Star investigation into the accuracy and fairness of property assessments found that the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) consistently under- and over-assessed homes’ worth compared to their sales prices.

ABCRA Summer 2023 Newsletter

Published on: July 2, 2023 | Last Updated on: July 14, 2023

Welcome to ABCRA’s summer 2023 newsletter. In this edition, we share with you news from our neighbourhood and upcoming community events, including ABCRA’s 65th Anniversary celebrations in Ramsden Park on Sunday, June 25.

Ontario Place for All invites province to consider a Better Idea

Published on: June 11, 2023 | Last Updated on: July 19, 2023

Ontario Place for All has released “A Better Idea,” a proposal for a new way to approach the revitalization of Ontario Place. Given the recent addition of the Science Centre to the site, the new proposal leverages the Ontario Line at both ends, connecting the natural features of the Don River Valley and Lake Ontario, while revitalizing Ontario Place, enhancing and expanding the mandate of the Science Centre, while building affordable housing.

The importance of Toronto’s tree canopy and green spaces

Published on: June 9, 2023 | Last Updated on: December 7, 2023

Each Planning Report dealing with various building initiatives identifies the importance to preserve the neighbourhood tree canopy, yet the actual action to do so becomes weaker and weaker.

Secondary Plan: Help plan our neighbourhood’s future

Published on: June 7, 2023 | Last Updated on: December 7, 2023

In the coming months, you’ll be seeing and hearing more about what’s called a “secondary plan” that will guide development in our neighbourhood for the next 25 years. You have a right, and hopefully a desire, to participate in advocating for the kind of community that you want to see. That’s why this communication is the first of three or four we’ll be sending to explain the various elements of the plan.

Paris proves that you don’t need skyscrapers to thrive

Published on: June 6, 2023 | Last Updated on: July 18, 2023

Paris aerial view showing low-rise buildings with high-rises and Eiffel Tower in distance

Paris, after a flirtation with tall buildings that has led to two or three controversial projects scattered about the edge of its centre, last week reimposed old rules that ban buildings above 37 metres (121ft).

Ford government cancels ‘clueless’ plan to allow housing on farmland after backlash

Published on: June 1, 2023 | Last Updated on: July 13, 2023

A rare climbdown by Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives — on an ill-fated housing plan for prime agricultural land — left Housing Minister Steve Clark bruised and critics saying a government with MPPs across rural Ontario is “clueless” on a key farm issue.