Bedford Park Residents Organization
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Photo: Simon Houpt BPRO and Fairlawn Avenue United Church co-presented the Federal Candidates Meeting on September 25. We estimate between 200 – 225 people attended. The candidates who took part were: Reuben DeBoer, GreenMarco Mendicino,…
Count five buses in this photo, 3:30 pm. The bus terminal at the Lawrence TTC station is scheduled for underground re-surfacing beginning in June. The project will continue until at least the end of 2019…
Official Launch Week Thank You To the volunteers (your very own neighbours!) who helped colour the neighbourhood green, grey and white in January 2019, for our official launch. Volunteers: Alisa Posesorski, Ava Kitz, Carolyn Clark,…
Community activist Dave Meslin organized the one-day Toronto Neighbourhood Summit, which BPRO attended on April 6. Toronto is a city of neighbourhoods and the agenda was to share ideas between various resident organizations, learn from…
BPRO continues to monitor the initiation of the Site Plan Working Group. This group will be involved in the next stages of planning and will include BPRO representation. We’d like to see improvements to the Douglas…
Proposed parking along the south side of the new Starbucks was successfully eliminated. Many will have noticed renovations taking place to the old Mac’s convenience store at the northeast corner of Avenue Road and Lawrence.…
Medical building at 250 Lawrence, Peter Dickinson architect, built 1960. As mentioned in our November posting, BPRO is confirmed as a participant in the Site Plan Working Group for 250 Lawrence Avenue West. We’ll work…
Speed bumps will be installed along Melrose Avenue, from Avenue Road to Elm. The City of Toronto’s Transportation Services conducted a traffic study on Melrose Avenue, between Avenue Road and Elm, to evaluate the installation…
We had a tremendously successful response to our official launch campaign the week of January 14th, 2019. Over 8% of our catchment area signed up. Thank you! It’s validating to know there is such interest in…
Graywood Developments’ original proposal for condominium building. The proposed development at 250 Lawrence Avenue West was, in many ways, the catalyst for reactivation of the Bedford Park Residents Organization. Although BPRO was not official party…