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JRA Community Meeting, Thursday, May 9, 7 to 9pm
Your next JRA Community Meeting will be held this Thursday. It’s our last community meeting until September, so don’t miss out.
Our preliminary agenda items include Function in the Junction update, Emerald Ash Borer campaign update and our guest speaker, Rohit Chauhan, the new St. John’s Tim Hortons franchisee.
The meeting is at the West Toronto Baptist Church, 3049 Dundas Street West. Come out, meet your neighbours and help shape the Junction by getting involved.
All members of the public are welcome. If you are a potential JRA member (you live within our official boundaries), consider bringing along $10 for a JRA membership card showing one year of support. The more paid members we can claim, the more influence we can wield when negotiating with government and business!
Emerald Ash Borer / Urban Forest Project in Ward 13, Thursday, May 9, 7pm
Call for volunteers! Our tree canopy is being seriously challenged with several problems simultaneously. One of the most pressing problems is the assault on all our ash trees (860,000 across Toronto) by the Emerald Ash Borer, an insect which is thought to have arrived in North America in packing crates around 2002. Green 13 is looking for volunteers to address this challenge. Free training specific to the EAB problem and to identification of ash trees will be provided to volunteers thanks to LEAF. On Thursday, May 9, at 7:00 pm, volunteers are meeting at Annette Branch Library (145 Annette Street). To identify if you have an ash tree, please see the following document.
TPC Community Alert – Increase in break-and-enters
The Toronto Police Service would like to make the public aware of an increase in break-and-enters.
It is reported that:
- three homes in the Bloor Street West/Windermere Avenue area were entered between 2 a.m. and 3:05 a.m., while the residents were asleep in the home
- the suspect(s) entered either through a back or side door and stole items left near the door
- a similar incident was reported in the Keele Street/St. Clair Avenue West area
Anyone with information is asked to contact on of the following: police at 416-808-1100, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at www.222tips.com, text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637), or Leave A Tip on Facebook. Download the free Crime Stoppers Mobile App on iTunes, Google Play or Blackberry App World.
Click here for home security tips.
Message from Toronto Police Service:
Home Break and Enters
Recently, there have been a number of break and enters into homes and apartments in 11 Division.
The criminal is often looking to steal small, expensive easy to carry and conceal items – cash, wallets, purses, credit cards, identification, jewellery and electronic equipment. Remember to take steps to safe guard these items.
A break and enter is made easier for a criminal when doors or windows are left unlocked or open.
A significant number of home entries occur through unlocked front or side doors when the home owner is at home but outside doing yard work or gardening.
• Make sure all doors, windows and skylights to your house and garage are always closed and locked.
• Park your vehicle in a locked garage if possible.
• Keep your vehicl e locked at all times.
• Use your exterior lighting. Regularly check to ensure all exterior lighting around your home is powered and operational.
• Install exterior lighting around the complete perimeter of your home if you don’t already have it.
• If you have a back alley or easement, be sure no unauthorized person can get into this area.
• Beware of landscaping that may provide cover or concealment for someone lurking around your home.
• Trim back trees and bushes on your property.
• Ask your neighbours to keep an eye on your home with the promise you’ll do the same for them. Concentrate on houses where people are away on vacation.
• Be aware of your surroundings and what is going on in your neighbourhood.
• Report any suspicious person(s) or events to the police.
People going away should take extra steps to help ensure home security. Put lights on timers, make arrangements to cancel newspaper delivery, have door to door flyers picked up and have someone check your home regularly. Never leave notes or recorded messages which let people know you are not home.
You should report suspicious people or events to the police at once.
General Toronto Police Contact Information
9-1-1 Should be used for the following emergencies:
•Crime in progress – situations where the safety of people or property are at risk
•Fire
•Medical emergency
Function in the Junction raises over $6,500!
The Function in the Junction was a great success for the Junction community.
We exceeded our goal to raise $5,000 for the Monday Art Group, and the Junction community should be proud of our ability to come together for a great cause.
We’ll send out a final update soon.
Your JRA is growing!
Your JRA now has 82 members in good standing! This passes our goal to have 1% of those in our territory holding active memberships.
Our next goal is 2%, so if you are receiving this email and you support our work, please consider becoming a member. The more actual members we can claim, the more influence we can wield when negotiating with government and business! Sign up for a membership on our website today, or consider bringing along $10 for a JRA membership at our next meeting or community event.
Mayor Rob Ford’s Community Clean-up Day, Friday and Saturday, April 19/20
Spring will soon be in the air, and although it’s a great time to stroll the Junction, it’s also time to clean up after a long winter.
It only takes a few minutes to make a big difference, so stop by the Annette Street Library on Friday at 2:00pm to help. Can’t make it Friday? Then please consider picking a local park or alley and clean it up on Saturday. Let’s work together for a cleaner Junction!
Green 13 Rain Barrel Fundraiser
Message from Green 13:
 We’re pleased to partner with rainbarrel.ca for a ‘truckload of rain barrels’ fundraiser.
- Buy a rain barrel made from food grade, recycled plastics at a very competitive price.
- Reduce run-off, pressure on the city’s water supply system and by extension your water bill in the summer.
- Proceeds help us fight the Emerald Ash Borer and maintain our ward’s tree canopy, transition to a low-carbon neighbourhood, and organize monthly movie screenings and public meetings.
Orders are now being taken for a Saturday April 27 pickup date.
Distribution will be from 12:00 PM to 3 PM at FreshCo, east end of parking lot, 3400 Dundas Street West.
The price is $60 per barrel.
Order your barrel online and in advance at:www.rainbarrel.ca/green13/
Function in the Junction – Saturday April 6
This is your last weekend to buy tickets for the 2013 Function in the Junction!
This year’s function is about making art happen in the Junction. The proceeds go to the Monday Art Group, which works with the residents of the Salvation Army, Evangeline Women’s Residence, located at 2808 Dundas St W.
Our goal is to fund them for one year, including art supplies (consumables and tools), TTC tokens for out-of-Junction participants, and publication of some of their works. In addition to funds, we are looking for donations of unused art supplies of all kinds. Reply to this email if you have anything from paint and canvases to basics like glue, scissors, thread or beads. Your JRA can arrange pick-up, or you can bring them to the Masonic Temple on the night of the Function..
What is the Function?
The Function in the Junction is the JRA annual fundraiser. Over the last 3 years, the Junction community has raised over $20,000 for local causes.
What happens at the Function?
The night is split into two events: First is the dinner with silent auction, $45 gets you a three-course meal and entertainment supplied by local restaurants and musicians.
At 8pm we open the doors, for a $5 admission at the door you can enjoy a night of live entertainment with great local bands.
As always, 100% of the proceeds go to our recipient.
How do I get tickets?
Function in the Junction dinner tickets are on sale now, at Agora Café, 3015 Dundas St. W., or Latitude 44, 2900 Dundas St. W. You need to preselect your dinner when you buy your tickets; check out the menu options here.
Malta Park getting a new name?
Ward 11 Councillor Frances Nunziata is asking for a report on the feasibility of renaming Runnymede Park, located on Ryding Avenue. The proposed new name: Malta Park.
The issue is, just 300m south of Runnymede Park we already have a park named Malta Park.
This proposal will be considered by Etobicoke York Community Council on April 9, 2013. Follow this link to read the details of her request and to comment on the renaming of both parks.
Georgetown South Project Walking Tours – Tuesday, April 2
The Georgetown South Project (West Toronto Diamond Project) Walking Tours are back! Join members of the project team as they walk and talk about the ongoing construction, and what it means for our community. Walking Tours run from April to October.
West Toronto Diamond walking tour
Tuesday, April 2 – Starts at 6:00 p.m.
Meet at 18 Hook Avenue, Suite 204 (Community Office)
gts@gotransit.com
Toronto’s Future Weather and Climate – Tuesday, April 9
Message from Green 13
“Get informed. Get ready for a much hotter, wetter Toronto.
Green 13 welcomes speaker Franz Hartmann, Executive Director of Toronto Environmental Alliance.
“In the wake of extreme and costly events such as the wash out of part of Finch Avenue during a one-hour intense summer storm in August 2005, and the marked increase in summer temperatures, the City commissioned SENES Consulting to examine monitored data (2000-2009) and to model results for 2040-2049. The result: Toronto’s Future Weather and Climate Driver Study outlines the severe weather we can expect in 2040 due to climate change. Toronto will be facing dramatically warmer temperatures and an increase in heavy summer rainfall.
“Please join us at this important meeting to learn more about what the study predicts, what the City is – or should be – doing, and to discuss what we can do to prepare.”
Tuesday, April 9 – 7:00 – 9:30 pm
Swansea Town Hall, 95 Lavinia Ave
Green 13 Rain Barrel Fundraiser
We’re pleased to partner with rainbarrel.ca for a ‘truckload of rain barrels’ fundraiser.
- Buy a rain barrel made from food grade, recycled plastics at a very competitive price.
- Reduce run-off, pressure on the city’s water supply system and by extension your water bill in the summer.
- Proceeds help us fight the Emerald Ash Borer and maintain our ward’s tree canopy, transition to a low carbon neighbourhood, organize monthly movie screenings and public meetings.
Orders are now being taken for a Saturday April 27 pickup date.
Distribution will be from 12:00 PM to 3 PM at FreshCo, east end of parking lot, 3400 Dundas Street West ( just west of Runnymede). No household limits and no residency requirements are imposed; however, only barrels ordered in advance are guaranteed to be available.
Each rain barrel (220 litre/55 US gallons) comes fully equipped with a leaf and mosquito filter basket, an overflow adaptor that permits multiple barrels to be connected in series, 1.2m of overflow hose and a spigot that attaches directly to a garden hose. The price is $60 per barrel. (Additional overflow hose can also be purchased if required.)
Order your barrel online by selecting a button beside the barrel you prefer below.
Message from Green 13;
Toronto’s Future Weather and Climate
Get informed. Get ready for a much hotter, wetter Toronto.
Tuesday, April 9
7:00 – 9:30 pm
Swansea Town Hall, 95 Lavinia Ave
Green 13 welcomes speaker Franz Hartmann, Executive Director of Toronto Environmental Alliance.
In the wake of extreme and costly events such as the wash out of part of Finch Avenue during a one-hour intense summer storm in August 2005, and the marked increase in summer temperatures, the City commissioned SENES Consulting to examine monitored data (2000-2009) and to model results for 2040-2049. The result: Toronto’s Future Weather and Climate Driver Study outlines the severe weather we can expect in 2040 due to climate change. Toronto will be facing dramatically warmer temperatures and an increase in heavy summer rainfall.
What are the implications? How will this hotter, wetter weather affect our health? our homes? our environment? our infrastructure?
Please join us at this important meeting to learn more about what the study predicts, what the City is – or should be – doing, and to discuss what we can do to prepare.
For some useful background, here are two key documents:
1) Toronto’s Future Weather & Climate Driver Study: Outcomes Report
http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2012/pe/bgrd/backgroundfile-51653.pdf
2) Toronto’s Future Weather & Climate, Presentation to Parks & Environment Committee, Jan. 29, 2013
http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2013/pe/bgrd/backgroundfile-55628.pdf
By transit: From Runnymede station, walk south 1 block to Deforest; west 3 blocks to Lavinia; south to 95 Lavinia.
JRA Community Meeting – Update
On March 14, your JRA had another great community meeting with friends and neighbours. The JRA executive team, on behalf of our membership, thank the Junction Commons Project team for their presentation on the possible adaptive reuse of the former 11 Division station as a community hub. Your next JRA community meeting is on May 9.
Function in the Junction – Saturday April 6
We’re less than two weeks away for the 2013 Function in the Junction!
This year’s function is about making art happen in the Junction. The proceeds go to the Monday Art Group, which works with the residents of the Salvation Army, Evangeline Women’s Residence, located at 2808 Dundas St W.
Our goal is to fund them for one year, including art supplies (consumables and tools), TTC tokens for out-of-Junction participants, and publication of some of their works. In addition to funds, we are looking for donations of unused art supplies of all kinds. Reply to this email if you have anything from paint and canvases to basics like glue, scissors, thread or beads. Your JRA can arrange pick-up, or you can bring them to the Masonic Temple on the night of the Function..
What is the Function?
The Function in the Junction is the JRA annual fundraiser. Over the last 3 years, the Junction community has raised over $20,000 for local causes.
What happens at the Function?
The night is split into two events: First is the dinner with silent auction, $45 gets you a three-course meal and entertainment supplied by local restaurants and musicians.
At 8pm we open the doors, for a $5 admission at the door you can enjoy a night of live entertainment with great local bands.
As always, 100% of the proceeds go to our recipient.
How do I get tickets?
Function in the Junction dinner tickets are on sale now, at Agora Café, 3015 Dundas St. W., or Latitude 44, 2900 Dundas St. W. You need to preselect your dinner when you buy your tickets; check out the menu options here.
JRA Community Meeting, Thursday, March 14, 7 to 9pm
Your next JRA meeting is at the West Toronto Baptist Church, 3049 Dundas Street West. Come out, meet your neighbours and help shape the Junction by getting involved.
All members of the public are welcome. If you are attending as a potential JRA member (you live within our formal boundaries), consider bringing along $10 for a JRA membership card showing one year of support. The more actual members we can claim, the more influence we can wield when negotiating with government and business!
March 14, Meeting Agenda
Opening Remarks
Meet and greet your neighbours
Approval of November AGM minutes
Junction News
Earth Hour – Saturday March 23
Inorganic Market – Sunday March 17
Clean Trains in 2017?
JRA Motions and Updates
Function in the Junction 2013
Saturday April 6, get your tickets today
Save Your Ash
Update on the Emerald Ash Borer
Spring volunteers needed
Feature Presentation
Junction Commons Project – Karin Kowalski
Adaptive reuse of the former 11 Division station located on Mavety Street
Open Forum Announcements
This is your opportunity to say what’s on your mind. If we are unable to accommodate you due to time constraints, please contact us at info@junctionra.ca and your JRA will be happy to discuss your issue.
Adjournment
Can’t make it out on Thursday? Check out JRA TV!
Can’t make the meeting? Your JRA uses the free service offered by www.ustream.tv to webcast our public meetings and events, so everyone can stay informed and enjoy our meetings from anywhere.
Go to JRA TV to watch. You can also comment and ask questions from the comforts of your home.
JRA AGM meeting minutes
Follow this link to the preliminary meeting minutes from our November meeting. The minutes will be up for approval at Thursday’s meeting.
Function in the Junction – Satu rday April 6
Our 2013 function will be held on April 6, at the Masonic Temple, 151 Annette Street. Function in the Junction tickets are on sale now, Get your tickets today at Agora Café, 3015 Dundas St. W. or Latitude 44, 2900 Dundas St. W.
The Function in the Junction is the Junction Residents Association’s annual fundraiser. Over the last 3 years, Junction residents and local businesses have raised over $20,000 for great local causes.
This year, the Junction Residents Association is supporting the work of the Monday Art Group of the Red Wagon Collective. The Monday Art Group was started in 2008 to provide arts projects and programs for the residents of the Salvation Army-Evangeline Residence, present and past, at 2808 Dundas Street West.
Currently the Monday Art Group has no funds. Our goal is to fund them for one year, including art supplies (consumables and tools), TTC tokens for out-of-Junction participants, and publication of some of their works.
More information on the Red Wagon Collective can be found on their website.
Follow this link to the dinner menus.
JRA Community Meeting, Thursday, March 14, 7 to 9pm
Your next JRA Community Meeting will be held next week on March 14. Our preliminary agenda items include Function in the Junction update, Emerald Ash Borer campaign update and a feature presentation on the Junction Commons Project.
The meeting is at the West Toronto Baptist Church, 3049 Dundas Street West. Come out, meet your neighbours and help shape the Junction by getting involved.
All members of the public are welcome. If you are a potential JRA member (you live within our official boundaries), consider bringing along $10 for a JRA membership card showing one year of support. The more paid members we can claim, the more influence we can wield when negotiating with government and business!
Inorganic Market – Sunday March 17, 11:00am to 3:00pm
As part of this year’s Earth Hour festivities, show your Green on St. Patrick’s Day and drop off your TVs, computer displays, PCs, cords & cables for recycling (batteries, household appliances and toxic materials will not be accepted). This is the 7th Annual Community Collection!
For more information on what to bring and what to leave at home go to http://irecyclecomputers.com/retail/nicholsons-nofrills-2.html.
Earth Hour walk on Saturday March 23
Green is hosting an Erath Hour walk in High Park on March 23. Anyone interest is asked to gather at the Grenadier Restaurant in High Park at 7:45pm. The walk will begin at 8pm, returning to the restaurant by 9pm.
Don’t forget your candle or lantern!
See all the details on the Green 13 website.
Call for volunteers on Emerald Ash Borer
Every ash tree in Toronto – 860,000 in total – will be lost by 2017 if untreated. This is a serious challenge to our tree canopy.
We are looking for volunteers to address this challenge. If you have expertise which you can share (tree identification, arborist, communications) or if you are ready to acquire some knowledge and assist in canvassing, please contact Rita at (416) 766 6331.
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Your JRA in 2013 May 9 – Community meeting
Sept 12 – Community meeting
Nov 14 – Community meeting
All remaining 2013 Community meetings take place in the West Toronto Baptist Church, 3049 Dundas Street West.
Community meetings run from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
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