With less than nine full months behind us since our official launch on January 14, 2019, over 13% of our catchment area has signed up. Our target was to reach 10% after our first full…
Federal Candidates Meeting
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,…
Re-Routing Lawrence Buses
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
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,…
Toronto Neighbourhood Summit
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…
250 Lawrence – Update
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…
1507 Avenue Road
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.…
250 Lawrence – Update
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…
Melrose Avenue Traffic Calming
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…
Membership – Update
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…