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Cabbagetown Residents Association Needs your input

Following is a message from Cabbagetown Residents Association asking for your input. Please feel free to fill out the survey to help them out. Dear Cabbagetowner,The Cabbagetown Residents Association needs your input! It’s been almost 9 years since our last survey and we are seeking your opinions on activities in our neighborhood, safety and security, future CRA activities and more.Survey link available here.See you in the neighbourhood!Cabbagetown Residents Association Follow us on Facebook and Instagram

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Rise in Break-ins over the past week

This message was shared by Cabbagetown South Resident’s Association that I’m helping propagate. Rise in House Break ins in the last week We have heard several reports of break ins in the neighbouhood in the last week.  We remind area residents to be vigilant in keeping doors and windows locked.  We also ask that if you see anyone suspicious hanging around near your property on the street or laneways to call police and report it.  If you see someone checking out a neighbours gate, fence, windows or doors and sense something is not right call 911 and explain what is going …

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Riverdale Farm Survey

  The Cabbagetown Residents Association has posted a Riverdale farm survey. The survey is part of a study by the Toronto District School Board (TDSB). I have always thought of Riverdale Farm as one of Toronto’s great hidden treasures. Please help them out by responding to the survey here: http://bit.ly/1QVRC11 Remember to check out the Riverdale Farm website for more details on any upcoming events for you and your family! Image courtesy of Toronto Then and Now. 

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Cabbagetown Development News and Updates

Seaton House Redevelopment The Seaton House redevelopment plans, proposed by Councillor Wong-Tam, were adopted by the City Council late last week with the following amendments: (a) to ensure that the change to emergency shelter beds at the George Street site is managed in conjunction with the direction provided by Council in April 2013 to aim for a shelter occupancy rate no higher than 90% in the short term and a shelter occupancy rate policy that ensures that all homeless persons seeking a bed can be accommodated; and (b) to establish an advisory group for the redevelopment of Seaton House that …

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Waterfront Toronto’s Corktown Commons Grand Opening

Waterfront Toronto announced the opening of Corktown Commons over the Canada Day long weekend. Designed by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, this dual-purpose public park by the foothills of River Street will function both as a recreational, natural-living space as well as a storm-water management system. In light of recent natural disasters, Corktown Commons is an important development for Toronto’s safe keeping. While last Friday’s temporary road closures on Lake Shore Blvd. were incomparable to the flooding currently overwhelming Western Canada, this year’s temperamental weather is a threat to our city nonetheless, which is why this $135-million project is a well-rounded …

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Nelson Mandela Park Public School: Renovated and Reopened

After almost two years of renovating, Nelson Mandela Park Public School reopened its doors March 19th. As another addition of the revitalization of Regent Park, the changes made to the beautiful beaux-arts structure are congruent with several of the other projects currently under-way — the authenticity of the building remains intact, only modernized. Nelson Mandela Park Public School stands proudly as an example of the TDSB’s Model School for Inner Cities Policy, making it an identifying and integral part of the new Regent Park community. The School The LEED-silver retrofit of Nelson Mandela Park Public School was completed by CS&P Architects. Their innovative designs were intended to …

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Abandoned Bicycles in Toronto

As a part of the city-wide spring clean-up, the City of Toronto will be taking abandoned bicycles off of the streets to keep bike parking available and the roads uncluttered. If you think that you have found a bicycle that looks abandoned — cracked frame, flat tires, missing parts, or has been chained to the same place for over a month — call 311 and provide the city with as many details as possible.  Those that are reported will be removed immediately unless the state of the bike is undetermined. In such cases, the city will place a notification on …

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How You Can Help Stop Crime in Cabbagetown South

When the Cabbagetown South Residents’ Association met with Division 51 officers on  March 6th, they voiced a variety of community concerns regarding local crime and discussed how residents can help put an end to it.  After the meeting finished, members of the association returned to the community with the following tips to stop crime in Cabbagetown: Stop Crime in Cabbagetown through Observation In order to prevent crime, the Toronto police need more information.  It is recommended that residents keep a daily log to document instances of recurring criminal activity in their neighbourhood.  In doing so, officers will have a better …

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