PARA is very pleased to announce that our new Guide to Navigating the Committee of Adjustment Process is now available! Click here to view it in your browser, or click the download button at the bottom of this page. The guide shares best practices to help PARA residents respond to notices of proposed changes to
Click here: PARA Green Plan 2020 PARA successfully launched it’s Green Plan and engaged neighbours on February 11th, 2021 via Zoom. Frumie Diamond, chair of PARA’s Green Committee, provided an overview of Green Plan topics ranging from pollinator gardens to transportation concerns. The event attracted over 40 attendees with Mike Layton and Tim Grant as
Essential Resource Guide: Councillor Mike Layton’s team has prepared a community resource guide, containing a wide variety of updated information, from government benefit resources, to emergency community support fund links and mutual aid network information.
Toronto’s recently-introduced CurbTO initiative is intended to make it safer for all of us to navigate the intersection of Bloor & Bathurst. The City has now launched a companion initiative, ActiveTO, “to introduce spaces for the use of pedestrians and cyclists across the city” such as closing some major roads, creating “quiet streets” for local traffic only, and providing
Thank you for supporting our Community Mask Initiative! Over 150 fabric face masks were handed out over the course of four days. Many of you sent us an email or took time to wave from the road to offer encouragement and thanks, and we appreciated the feedback. Missed the opportunity to pick up a fabric
Errands & Groceries with Anjali Hi! I’m Anjali, one of your neighbours on Palmerston. I wanted to get in touch given the current situation with Covid-19 and the instructions to stay at home, particularly for people at higher risk or with cold/flu symptoms. Several of us around the neighbourhood have created a “neighbourhood pod” to
Councillor Mike Layton’s staff have put together a Community Resource Guide which contains a wide variety of updated information, from government benefit resources, to emergency community support fund links and mutual aid network information. Key components of the Community Resource Guide include: 1.1 Ward 11 Mutual Aid Networks 1.2 Mutual Aid Networks in Nearby Neighbourhoods
Update: Cycle Toronto has indicated in their May 2nd newsletter “Ring & Post” that the ASE pilot was deemed “non-essential” in the wake of COVID-19, and was thereby “temporarily shelved.” We will provide updates as they become available MPP Jessica Bell has advised that Ministry of Transportation has finally developed new regulations allowing cities to use automated speed enforcement