This Saturday, join the Aberdeen Avenue Residents’ Group (AARG) during their annual street clean-up. Residents are encouraged to meet at Winchester Square — our city designated area — between 10am and 2pm. Litter bags will be supplied and will be generously picked up by Steve Nobel from City Hall at the end of the day. Be sure to bring your own gloves, a small shovel, broom, and dust pan, so that you can make the most out of this spring cleaning experience. It’s an incredible opportunity to bond with fellow community members in making the neighbourhood a cleaner, prettier place. …
Read More »Videos: What’s happening in Winchester Park
I had posted earlier about our meeting with city officials this morning and how they were very receptive to our cause. I wanted to take a moment and share with you couple of videos that are taken over the past months in Winchester Park. This will give you an idea about what’s happening here in the winter and you can be the judge if it will get better or worse over the summer! This is one of our member talking to us about what he would like to see in the space. He won’t be able to make it tonight …
Read More »Meeting with City Officials today – Friends of Winchester Park
Our first of many meetings took place today at 11:00 AM at the park with city officials and we highlighted the need of more community involvement. Following were the members that were present at the meeting: Sam L Roger L Karen M Don K Addy Saeed We also had two city officials, Soloman and Jillian, that we discussed our concerns with. Following were the highlights of our concerns: Safety issue created by the boxes The amount of space taken over by the boxes The inherit design defects of using the boxes and their layout The use of public space as …
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