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posted October 18, 2006
YIMBY (yes in my back yard), OR WHY YES? Saturday Oct.28 11am to 5 pm.
Gladstone Hotel, 2nd floor, everyone welcome, free admission.
A one-day gathering of Neighbourhood Groups and Citizens Organizations from across the GTA. [see gladstone hotel web page]
From organizer Magda Olszanowski:
Magda Olszanowski“As Toronto continues to densify and our neighbourhoods get larger and more complex, how does the citizen express hope, dreams and new ideas for the city? Through the neighbourhood group!!! The focus of this festival is on positive change. The upcoming election brings galvanized energy and ideas to municipal politics. As much as neighbourhoods get unfairly labeled as NIMBY, we know YIMBYs to be the instruments of some of the best urban policy and ideas.
On the “Eve” of the municipal election, 30 associations are setting up shop at the Gladstone Hotel in order to share strategies, network, educate “hope-to-be” Councilors and MPPs and talk to YOU about the issues that concern all of us across the GTA.”
- Can anyone come to the event? Yes the event is family-friendly and open to all who want to learn more about these associations (or even start their own!!!!)
- How can my neighbourhood group sign up? Registration is still open on Saturday morning from 10am-11am, please e-mail magda@gladstonehotel.com and let us know you will be attending. Neighbourhood Groups pay $25+tax to have a table and display your group's issues and strategies.
This is who’s coming:
- Active18,
- Model48,
- A Day in the Life,
- Spacing Magazine,
- Dig In!
- Homecoming Coalition,
- Urban Seed Savers Network,
- RISE: Riverdale Initiative for Solar Energy,
- St. Clare's Multifaith Housing Society,
- Multistory Complex,
- Sistering,
- Parkdale Residents' Association,
- St. Christopher's House,
- The Wellington Place Neighbourhood Association,
- Palmerston Area Residents Association,
- FoodShare,
- Bathurst Quay Neighbourhood Association,
- Indiepolitik,
- Niagara Neighbourhood Now,
- Toronto Public Spacing Committee,
- Parkdale Liberty,
- PARC: Parkdale Activity Recreation Centre,
- King Spadina Residents Association,
- Draper Street Residents Association,
- several friends of Dufferin Grove Park,
- Annex Residents Association,
- Toronto Association of Business improvement Area,
- Voices from the Street,
- West Queen West BIA,
- The South Rosedale Ratepayers' Association,
- St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Association.
- The Queen Beaconsfield Neighbourhood Association,
- ideaNation,
- CommunityAIR,
- Gooderham Worts Neighbourhood Association
October 10, 2006
Friends to Attend YIMBY Festival at The Gladstone
October 28th, between 11am-5pm at the Gladstone Hotel. This is a family friendly event.
The Friends of Dufferin Grove Park will be tabling at the YIMBY (Yes In My Back Yard) Festival, hosted by The Gladstone Hotel.
From the YIMBY Festival Website:
The focus of this festival is on positive and decisive change. This election brings galvanized energy and ideas to municipal politics. As much as Neighbourhoods get unfairly labeled as NIMBY, we know them to be the instruments of some of the best urban policy and ideas.
As Toronto continues to intensify, as our neighbourhoods get larger and more complex, how does the citizen express hope, dreams and new ideas for the city? Through the neighbourhood group!!!
For more information and a list of community groups attending the festival, see the YIMBY Festival website