Dear Members, 

Season’s Greetings from the DPRG Board and our families to you and your families. We hope everyone is keeping warm and cozy as the temperature drops and the nights grow longer.

To read our December Newsletter, please click below.

Earlier today the City’s Infrastructure and Environment Committee voted against a proposal by Councillors Josh Matlow and Mike Layton to come up with a way to clear ~1,000 kms of snowy sidewalks in Old Toronto and parts of East York and York.

Read more about this disappointing decision here: https://www.toronto.com/news-story/10239787-toronto-committee-says-no-to-downtown-sidewalk-snow-clearing-in-face-of-covid/

Our community strongly supports the expansion of winter clearing of sidewalks, trails and bikeways across central Toronto.  Even in normal years this is the right thing to do, as it allows people in communities like ours that have low car ownership rates and high rates of transit use, walking and biking to get around safely during the winter.  But especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, keeping our streets accessible for seniors, parents with children, and people with accessibility needs is even more critical – to allow people to move safely, and to reduce the rate of slip-and-fall injuries from sending vulnerable people to our overcrowded hospitals.

That is why we are so pleased to see Councillor Josh Matlow launch a new website and petition to harmonize sidewalk snow clearing standards.

But Councillor Matlow needs your help!

Please visit his site: https://joshmatlow.ca/snow-clearing

Sign this petition and send an email to Members of Council to encourage them to support the delivery of harmonized sidewalk snow clearing standards, commit to clearing all bike lanes and cycle tracks and develop a plan to clear all paved pedestrian and cycling pathways in Toronto’s parks!

The DPRG hopes that you have had a safe and happy summer. 

We are now getting back to work on your behalf following our first virtual AGM last June, when we reported on the events of the past year.  We will have our first Board meeting at the end of September but wanted to share some time-sensitive information.  See enclosed for a coming Safety Awareness event and a survey that is open until October 1^st.  

Click below to view our September Newsletter:

See the Deer Park status of development chart mar 16 2020 for the current status of the many development applications in the Deer Park neighbourhood. Given the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, there is no change as of April 9 and no change is anticipated for some time.

For further information, please contact Cathie Macdonald, Chair of the Development Committee at cathie.macdonald@sympatico.ca”

The Tenant Summit is a gathering of tenant association presidents and/or their representatives and tenant advocates, discussing an umbrella group, for the purpose of echoing one voice on important tenant issues in Toronto, like vacancy de-control, municipal and provincial government tenant legislation, above guideline (rent) increases, multi-residential property taxes. Together we are stronger!

Saturday, March 14th 2020

10am – 12pm (registration 9:30 am until 10 am)

Deer Park Public Library, 2nd Floor

40 St. Clair East Toronto, ON M4T 1M9

416-393-7657

The Tenant Summit is sponsored by friends of Tenants Network Toronto.

To download the flyer click: TenantSummit[2]

Old Seller’s Hotel St. Clair Avenue widening Sept. 13, 1911 (Southwest corner of Yonge St. & St. Clair Ave. (now CIBC bank))

The Deer Park Residents Group are pleased to bring you the February 2020 issue of our newsletter.

For a copy of our February 2020 newsletter please visit:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BAALOPrenP8_Bgp4kQP926BD15uxoWzP/view

 

Building on our Clear Deer Park snow clearing campaign last year, the DPRG is joining forces with neighbourhood associations across the old city of Toronto to demand the City harmonize its snow clearing services.  To learn more, visit our new campaign website: www.clearoursidewalks.ca

Are you over the age of 65? The City of Toronto offers snow clearing for seniors and those living with physical disabilities.  Click here to download the new form: Seniors-free-sidewalk-snow-removal-form13-0012-fillable-2017-11