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Read the minutes of the March 2012 Board Meeting.

April 2012 Ebulletin
 
Click here for the April 2011 Voice of the Annex

Next Board Meeting
May 10, 2012
Annex Retirement Residence
123 Spadina Road
7:30 p.m. - All Welcome
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  News and Updates

TreesPlease Neighbourwoods volunteer training is back this weekend!
Saturday, May 5th 9am-3pm and Sunday, May 6th 9am-1pm

TreesPlease, a successful initiative of the Annex Residents' Association, is now into its second year.  We've received a lot of support and enthusiasm from the neighbourhood over the past year-and-a-half and welcome any members, neighbours and friends who would like to attend our volunteer training session this weekend. We will learn about tree species, how to identify potential problems and how to maintain trees.  Plus, you will get to meet many of your neighbours!

For those new to the ARA, TreesPlease is our community coming together to conduct a tree survey throughout the Annex, using the Neighbourwoods system co-developed by Prof. Andy Kenney, who gave a wonderful presentation at our 2011 AGM. Much of our tree canopy was planted about a century ago, and we it's time to plan for future generations. Michael Low is chair of theTreesPlease Coordinating Committee and Lesley Stewart is its Volunteer Co-ordinator.  

The Neighbourwoods training program is scheduled for this coming weekend, out-of-doors, rain or shine. On both days, we'll be meeting up at 9:00am at the corner of Willcocks Street at Huron Streets, just outside the UofT Faculty of Forestry at 33 Willcocks Street. Here's a map of that location:

http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&q=33+Willcocks+Sreet,+Toronto&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1680&bih=904&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl


TreesPlease: Does money grow on trees? Read on!

Trees in the Annex
Read about the importance of trees in the urban forest and the ecological and environmental contributions they make on  TreesPlease 

TreesPlease
working group
Objectives: To preserve, improve and enhance the biodiversity of trees and the tree canopy in the Annex community.  Read more about the project at TreesPlease and in the the May issue of
The Annex Gleaner.

YOU can get involved!
Read more about how YOU can be a part of this great initiative at  TreesPlease. We also welcome your tax deductible donation to the program. Donation form
 

Please send an email with your contact information to ARATreesPlease@gmail.com. We would be delighted to hear from you.
Thank you for all that you do to preserve our trees and protect the Annex natural environment.


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                                                                                                  Annex Residents' Association Cycling Policy

The development of an Annex Residents’ Association Cycling Policy is prompted by current city-wide deliberations aimed at providing accommodation among riders of bicycles, drivers of motor vehicles, and pedestrians, all three of whom are amply represented in the Annex.  In it several concrete policy recommendations are advanced.  Not all members of the Association agree with all the recommendations, but all agree that safety must be a guiding principle in whatever policies the City finally agrees upon. The document was adopted by the Association’s Board in order to spark reasoned discussion and debate about this important matter within the Annex and beyond. Click here for the complete document.

 

An Invitation from the Chair of the Planning and Zoning Committee


We could use your help. The Planning and Zoning Committee monitors and often intervenes in proposals for renovations or new construction that could affect the integrity and quality of life in our neighbourhood.  We strive to represent a cross-section of Annex residents and include members with appropriate expertise, so we are looking for volunteers to join the Committee. It won't take a lot of time as the P&Z committee meets just once a month.
 

Working with the Councillor, the City’s Planning office, and with other neighbourhood or civic organizations, the committee helps Annex residents protect themselves against intrusive construction or development, ensures that zoning and heritage regulations are followed, reviews any application before the City’s Committee of Adjustment for an exemption to a by-law, and participates in appeals to the Ontario Municipal Board.
 

Any member of the ARA who may be interested should contact Frank Cunningham, the chair of the Planning and Zoning Committee, at frankcunningham55@gmail.com.

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Residents can now track the progress of major development applications on the City’s website at www.toronto.ca/planning/developmentapplications

 

 

 

 

 


Ecology Park
The first Ecology Park Gardening and Maintenance session fo this season, is to be held next
Saturday morning, March 24, 2012, from 9.00 to 11.00 am, for a general maintenance and Spring clean up, including picking up rubbish and debris; cleaning the paths and planting beds; pruning the plants in preparation for their growing season; cleaning out the tool shed and preparing the toold for gardening, and, if time permits,preparing the vegetable bed for spring planting.

Ecology Park can be found on Madison Avenue, just south of Bloor Street on the west side.

Ecology Park is a volunteer project of the Annex Residents’ Association with funds administered by the City of Toronto.                


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Volunteer Opportunities
The ARA is in the process of establishing a Heritage Conservation District for Madison Avenue. 

Read about the East Annex Heritage Conservation District Study at http://www.toronto.ca/heritage-preservation/hcd_east_annex.htm

Want to help? 
Contact Ian Ainsworth at heritage@theara.org for more details.

Volunteers with specialized skills needed for:

  • Fundraising

  • Data entry

  • Web development

  • Gardening

  • Archival Research  

  • Event Planning

      Are you interested?
Please contact the Membership - 
Rita Bilerman at
membership@theara.org

 

 

 

 

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