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Waterfront Trail and Greenway News
An Ezine Produced by the Waterfront Regeneration Trust
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The waterfront municipalities
of Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River, conservation authorities and
community groups* MapArt* DunMap* Niagara Region Integrated Community
Planning Department* MMM Group* Heart and Stroke Foundation* Mountain
Equipment Co-op* Toronto Cyclists Union*
Holcium (formerly St. Lawrence Cement)
August 2009
In this issue:
- 2009 Partners Meetings
- Trust Submits Waterfront Investment Program – Phase II to Infrastructure Stimulus Fund
- Updates from Waterfront Toronto
2009 PARTNERS MEETING
Save the date! This year’s Waterfront Trail Partners Meetings will
be taking place on October 27th and 28th. In order to reduce travel times
for our partners, we will be hosting two meetings:
October 27th – Ontario West
Location: Niagara, Creekside Estate Winery, 2170 Fourth Ave. Jordan, www.creeksidewine.com
Time: 9:30 am - 1:30 pm (Niagara hospitality - Tour and barrell tasting
of award-winning wines, 1:30 - 2 pm)
October 29th – Ontario East
Picton - Books and Company, 289 Main Street (Upstairs)
Time: 9:30 am - 1:30 pm (Picton hospitality - 1:30 - 2 pm)
More information including invitations and meeting agenda will be sent
out next week.
TRUST SUBMITS WATERFRONT INVESTMENT PROGRAM – PHASE II TO
INFRASTRUCTURE STIMULUS FUND
On the advice of our contacts at the province, the Trust has submitted the Waterfront Investment Program – Phase II to the Infrastructure Stimulus Fund through the not-for-profit stream. The program consolidates 25 projects from 15 partners in communities along the Waterfront Trail and Greenway and involves a total investment of $13 million. The program benefits include:
- Moving the Trail closer to the water's edge in 12 areas
- Building 22 kms of new trail
- Establishing community and major regional trail links
- Creation of 2 new waterfront parks; improvements to 16 others; 3 habitat restoration; improving universal accessibility
- Construction of 2 bridges and improvements to 2 others
- Cultural or natural habitat interpretation in 10 areas
- Addressing two critical safety issues
We’ll keep you up to date on any news as the process moves forward.
UPDATES FROM WATERFRONT TORONTO
Thanks to Waterfront Toronto for the following updates. For full stories,
you can read their online newsletter at www.waterfrontoronto.ca/newsletter/viewnewsletter.php?id=4a8ab7c5ea325&template=5
Canada Square Project Begins: Waterfront Toronto and Harbourfront Centre
have secured funding for the overall design of the Canada Square Project,
a mixed-use cultural village with two urban parks on a 1.4 hectare site
at York Quay within Harbourfront Centre.
- Rees Wavedeck Celebrations
- Sherbourne Park Groundbreaking
- Waterfront Toronto Opens Martin Goodman Trail at Ontario Place
Cheers!
Marlaine Koehler, Executive Director;
Vicki Barron, Director of Administration and Special Projects;
Ian Lobb, Tour Director, Great Waterfront Trail Adventure
Tour; and
and David Arcus, Project Coordinator, Editor Waterfront Trail and Greenway
News
The Waterfront Regeneration Trust
372 Richmond Street West, Suite 308
Toronto, Ontario
M5V 1X6
Tel: 416-943-8080
Fax: 416-943-8068
Email: info@wrtrust.com
Visit http://www.waterfronttrail.org
to download 77 online colour maps of the Waterfront Trail, from Niagara-on-the-Lake
to Brockville!
Thank You to our Supporters!:
- CIBC
- The Lake Ontario waterfront municipalities, conservation authorities and community groups
- The Ontario Trillium Foundation
- The Heart and Stroke Foundation
- The Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion
- MapArt
- Dunmap
- Niagara Freewheelers Bicycle Touring Club
- Regional Niagara Bicycling Committee
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