City Wide Updates
2025 Budget Consultations
As the 2025 budget process begins, Mayor Olivia Chow is once again launching public consultations. Share what matters to you in our online survey (available in 12 languages) and at one of six in-person and virtual meetings until October 31. Together, we can build a safe, caring and affordable City where everyone belongs.
Learn more at toronto.ca/Budget.
City of Toronto hosts Town Hall to discuss 10-Year Plan to Confront Anti-Black Racism
Today, Mayor Olivia Chow and Deputy Mayor Amber Morley were joined by residents and City of Toronto staff at a public Town Hall to discuss and enhance the priority areas that will inform Toronto’s next Action Plan to Confront Anti-Black Racism. The priority areas are based on community conversations and online survey responses.
A renewed 10-Year Action Plan to Confront Anti-Black Racism (to be presented to Toronto City Council in 2025) will build on the achievements of the inaugural Five-Year Action Plan to Confront Anti-Black Racism. Extensive public consultations to inform the development of the action plan have been conducted since April of this year and culminated at the Town Hall on October 3.
More information on the City’s work to confront anti-Black racism is available at: https://www.toronto.ca/cabr
63 Ossington bus to provide service on King St. W. (Atlantic to Dufferin) - Sept 16 - Oct 5, 2024
The City’s contractor has completed watermain/streetcar track renewal work on King Street West from Dufferin Street to Shaw Street. TTC crews are restoring power to the overhead streetcar wiring. Following this, TTC crews will commission and test the new tracks to ensure the safe operation of streetcars once service is restored.
The completion of road work allows the 63 Ossington bus to be rerouted via Atlantic Avenue and King Street West until October 5.
On October 6, service on the 63 Ossington, 501 Queen, 504 King and 508 Lakeshore routes will be restored to regular service.
More information on this project can be found here:
https://www.ttc.ca/about-the-ttc/projects-and-plans/King-Street-West-Track-Renewal
Ward 4 Updates
Romero House Opening
Romero House has begun leasing the small apartment building at 2387 Dundas Street West, which backs onto the laneway between Edan and Chelsea.
Romero House has been welcoming refugee claimants to the West Bend neighbourhood since 1991. They own four homes in the neighbourhood and offer transitional housing, immigration and settlement support to families fleeing persecution from around the world. One of the unique features of Romero House is that they have staff and volunteers who live in their housing alongside the families they serve. You may know Mary Jo Leddy, who has been living on Wanda Road for the last 30 years, supporting neighbourly connection.
Romero House is excited to be adding 2387 Dundas to our group of homes. The building will house nine refugee claimant families and three house coordinators and is set to open in mid-October. The house coordinators, Carmen Bezner-Kerr, Mercy Kiplagat, and Marisol Larrea-Clark, have already moved into the building and are excited to get to know you.
Romero House is humbled by the support of countless neighbours over the years. Some welcome people to our community centre, help residents find jobs, or run our weekly food bank. It is exciting to continue to develop these relationships through this new building. They are working hard to maintain a community-centred approach, both within the building and at Romero House as a whole.
Read more: 2387 Dundas Project – Romero House
Get involved: Be a Volunteer – Romero House
Developments
2280 Dundas St W – Loblaws Site
Following the resubmission of the application for 2280 Dundas St West in 2022 and recent reworking of the application, Councillor Perks, City Planning, and the applicant feel it’s appropriate to schedule another virtual Community Consultation Meeting for the evening of October 7th at 6pm, so that the community can become acquainted with the latest iteration of the development of this site.
The current proposal includes seven mixed-use and residential buildings (including five residential towers) on four development blocks. It will offer both ownership and rental housing options, with a new central public park and new street system. It includes approximately 1,923 residential units in a range of unit sizes and includes 735 rental units within 3 rental buildings. Previous community meetings were held for this site in 2018 and 2022.
The meeting on Octobers 7th will consist of short presentations of the development from City Planning and the applicant’s team, followed by a Q&A session. This will be a great opportunity to allow you to view the proposal and share your thoughts.
Councillor Perks, City Planning staff, and the applicant will be in attendance to help answer any questions that may arise. Information on how to register for the meeting will be available shortly and shared in a future newsletter.
Further information on the project and what is being proposed can be found on the City's Application Information Centre website here: https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/planning-development/application-details/?id=5134035&pid=161892.
Looking forward to seeing you there.
138 Dowling Ave Pre-Application
Please join the applicant and owner of 138 Dowling Avenue for a pre-application community consultation meeting to learn more about their plans for the site, provide comments, and ask questions. Councillor Perks and Development Review staff will also be attendance.
Tuesday, October 8 at 6:00pm
Join here.
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