COME ONE!!! COME
ALL!!!
TO THE
YIMBY (Yes, In My Back Yard) FESTIVAL
The
Gladstone Hotel is hosting a one day gathering of Neighbourhood Groups
and Citizens Organizations from across the GTA.
Saturday October
28, 2006
11am-5pm
Gladstone Hotel,
2nd Floor
Family-Friendly
Event
Free Admission
YIMBY or Why Yes?
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, over 40 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.
Who will be there?
Active18,
Model48, A
Day in the Life, Spacing
Magazine, DigIn, RISE,
the Riverdale Initiative for Solar Energy, Homecoming
Community Choice Coalition , Multistory
Complex, St.
Clare's Multifaith Housing Society, Urban SeedSavers
Network, Parkdale Residents' Association, Sistering, 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, 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 Residents Association,
ideaNation, CommunityAIR, Gooderham
Worts Neighbourhood Association, Toronto Energy Coalition, Harbord Village Residents
Association, Play at the Park, Dufferin
Grove Residents Association, Cathy's
Crawly Composters, Seaton Village Residents Association, Weston
Community Coalition, Wireless
Toronto, A-Way Courier.
As
you can tell by the names mentioned, there is a lot of amazing work being
done through citizen's work. Democracy is alive and well at
the street level. We hope that coming together face to face will help empower
these groups and you to have a strong presence in the election and in the next
city council.
FAQs:
- 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.
The
Yimby Festival: It's kinda like a country fair but without the chainsaw
competition and candy floss!!
Press
Contact: Magda O at
416-531-4635, ext. 7117 or magda@gladstonehotel.com
or visit http://www.gladstonehotel.com/yimbyfestival.htm
Gladstone Hotel 1214
Queen Street West Toronto ON WWW.GLADSTONEHOTEL.COM
