June is here and there is lots to celebrate - the good weather and communities across the city.
Getting you around 🚊🚲🚍
There are many ways to get around Toronto and I’m working hard to improve your options for getting around.
Celebrate Spring with Local Food and Art
Toronto is feeling busy with some of our big markers of spring coming back. All this good weather means that construction season is underway, but we are seeing the important work we’ve done at the City to better coordinate construction and speed up projects pay off.Just this week, construction at Bathurst St and Lake Shore Blvd wrapped up two months ahead of schedule.
Environment Day is Sunday!
As the sun stays out longer and the temperature (finally!) rises, I’m excited to share a few ways to enjoy our parks this spring. This weekend, we have our first Community Environment Day on Sunday, April 27, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at Stanley Park South (700 Wellington St). Two neighbours are joining us to run workshops!
Making Housing Happen
It’s National Housing Week. It is the highest priority - for me and City Council - so that we can all imagine a future in Toronto.
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour (Spadina Fort-York Version)
Taylor Swift is coming to Toronto next week, and the City has been busy getting ready. We know events like this add vibrancy to our city and it is important that we manage them well. To do that, we have been learning from other cities who have hosted the Eras Tour, to see the impacts these concerts have had on traffic, transportation, tourism, and local economies.
Halloween in Spook-dina Fort York
Spadina-Fort York is gearing up for a spooktacular Halloween next week! From trick-or-treating to eerie events to the annual pumpkin parades on November 1st, there's something for everyone to enjoy. The creativity, enthusiasm and community involvement make this a time to come together.
Giving thanks in our city
The start of fall is a wonderful time in Spadina-Fort York. Our communities are prioritizing how to support each other through the transition of seasons in the months ahead. As we go into the Thanksgiving weekend, I’ve been heartened by the generosity of everyone in neighbourhoods across our ward, from the food drive at Scadding Court, the seniors dinner in Alexandra Park, to the United Way campaign ramping up here at City Hall.
Steps to reconciliation
This Monday, September 30, marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, honouring the children who never returned home from residential and day schools, survivors and their families, and recommitting to advancing reconciliation with First Nations, Inuit and Métis in Toronto, and across the country.
Getting where we need to go
Kids are back in school, our committee and council cycle has begun again at City Hall, and I know many of us are settling into September. And with this, it’s even more important to get where we need to go - work, school, appointments, daycare pick ups - on-time and safely.
That’s why I was glad to join Mayor Olivia Chow and TTC Chair Jamaal Myers this week to share some successful transportation improvements we’ve been doing that are having a real impact on our roads right here in Ward 10.
