Category: MAJOR URBAN

New updated content: 2026-06-10 16:48:01 The Poets’ Pathway was featured at the River Ward Earth Day event on April 18, at which the GA and the Poets’ Pathway shared a table. Many visitors stopped at the table and a few unexpected but welcome contacts were made that will help promote the Poets’ Pathway. Good progress is also being made on the new website, which should be ready to launch by

New updated content: 2026-03-14 15:44:46 Both the GA and the Poet’s Pathway delegated at the December 17 joint meeting of Planning and ARAC, bringing welcome new attention to this key greenspace. Our focus will now extend beyond the two parcels currently under threat to mount a campaign to preserve and protect the entirety of the linked greenspaces that form the inner greenbelt that is the Poets’ Pathway. To raise awareness

New updated content: 2025-12-08 09:29:26 The major threat at this point is the potential rezoning under the new Zoning Bylaw to Development Reserve of lands through which the Poets’ Pathway goes. This is being countered through our advocacy on the new Bylaw, in collaboration with the Poets’ Pathway Committee and the Community Associations directly affected. Contacts have been established with the local councillors, federal and provincial elected officials and a

New updated content: 2025-10-06 11:40:27 There are lands used by the Poet’s Pathway that are under threat of development. This is particularly true for the Southern Corridor, which in the Woodroffe-Merivale segment could be opened to residential development by a new Secondary Plan, while the McCarthy meadow section is slated for reclassification to Development Reserve in Draft 3 of the new Zoning Bylaw. The loss of greenspace in these segments