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Email I received on behalf of the DVCRA; Dear neighbours and friends, In the past months, neighbours throughout Cabbagetown have witnessed disturbing activity, such as drug deals and acts of prostitution being conducted in laneways, the hillside along Riverdale Park West, and parking areas and side streets. This spring and summer seems to be more problematic than past years. Many of these events go unreported to police. In response to recent reports to police, Constable Lynn Robertson, the constable in charge of Crime Prevention at 51 Division suggests that neighbours call police whenever they see something suspicious and out of …

Here’s an email from the Don Vale Cabbagetown Residents Association that I’d like to share with you all. Let’s all do our part in keeping the ol’ farmers market alive! The farm is open until 7:00pm on Tuesdays. ______________________________________________________________ Dear DVCRA Members, We are happy to announce that the farmers are back at the market with all sorts of wonderful produce, including beets, beans, late strawberries, kale, sugar snap peas and much much more. As you know farmers markets are increasing in popularity, with new markets popping up all over Toronto and this means there is a much greater demand …

Here is an email snippet from the Don Vale Cabbagetown Residents Association that I’d like to share with you all, regarding the media coverage and business plan currently in development with Riverdale Farm. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear DVCRA Members, The Executive Committee moved our business plan to the last stage of approval; City Council will vote on it on July 11, 2012. Here is a summary of key messages: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Council asked the Coalition to present a business plan to explore new partnerships and set a strategic direction for Riverdale Farm. This plan provides a responsible, long-term vision to create a sustainable …

On Saturday, April 21st, groups across Toronto are gathering to clean up public spaces in their neighbourhoods.  The DVCRA has registered as a community clean up hub and we need your help! Please bring your gloves, maybe a small shovel, broom or dust pan if you have one and we’ll give Cabbagetown a good spring cleaning! We have some litter bags from the City (though feel free to bring your own) and will hand them out at on April 21st at 10:00am at the North East corner of Winchester and Parliament (the old Coffee Time). The goal is to clean …

Following is an email that was sent out by the local Don Vale Cabbagetown Residents Association that I present to you for your review.  It’s the January edition of Cabbagetown speaks! Dear DVCRA Members, We hope everyone had an enjoyable holiday and a wonderful start to 2012. Towards the end of December the DVCRA delivered Holiday postcards to every home in Cabbagetown.  The cards were designed by Zayd and Jeny, two students from Sprucecourt Public School who won the card design contest we hosted.  With over 120 entries it was hard to narrow it down to just two! Please find …

Another great initiative from the boys and girls behind the Don Vale Cabbagetown Resident’s Association to help local home owners get great service by referring them to friends that have helped them before.  It’s these kind of initiatives that help us all collectively.  I was providing a similar service to my clients and will be helping them populate some of the blank spots.  Following is the message that was sent to me today. We are pleased to introduce the DVCRA’s new Home Improvement Committee. We hope you will take a moment to read this email. It addresses: 1) the mandate …