Hi all
Sorry, this important bit of info was left off my earlier message

The AGM will be held in the General Purpose room [main floor] at the Kensington Health Centre 25 Brunswick Avenue.. the entrance of which is between Major and Brunswick just north of College
Thanks to Maggie Siggins for pointing this out

See you there

Gus

Dear wonderful members of HVRA

The AGM is this Tuesday October 20---

6:30 for a 7:pm start - ends 9 pm sharp

The Agenda includes;
-Area Caucuses -where you decide who your Area Reps on the Board will be for the coming year and where you can report things of interest in your area.
-Reports from Committees of the Board - There has been an enormous amount of activity on many fronts.. come as see what we have been up to
-Election of officers for the coming year
-State of the Union by Councillor Adam Vaughan
- and special topic.. 'Visioning the Lanes of Harbord Village'

We would love to see you out at this meeting..

Dear Members of Harbord Village
Some of you may remember Dick Nelles, indefatigable promoter of community in our part of the City.. Back then, where we lived was know as "Sussex Ulster" and Dick was as grand an exponent of how to do neighbourhood as ever lived
For those of you who may not have heard, Dick passed away last week at Kensington Gardens
For those of you who may be interested in honouring this good man, there will be a memorial service at Kensington Gardens tomorrow, Wednesday at 3 pm in the north building.

Special condolences and good wishes go from us to Dick's long time partner, Doris Adler

Greetings HVRA Members,

The HVRA Home Energy Retrofit Opportunity (HERO) project is having a home energy efficiency information meeting:

Heating and Insulation 101
Tuesday, September 29, 7:00 pm
Kensington Gardens, 25 Brunswick Avenue

The HERO project is excited to have two excellent speakers to highlight some of the opportunities available to Harbord Village residents to improve the energy efficiency of their homes.

Melinda Zytaruk of Fourth Pig Worker Coop will talk about less toxic building/renovation material options, indoor air quality, and home insulation.

Trevor John of AtlasCare will talk about high efficiency furnaces, including what makes them high efficiency, what other benefits they offer, and why they provide the lowest life cycle cost, along with their environmental benefits.

Hi there HVRA members

Bob Barnett, a resident of Harbord Village for over 30 years, is the Executive Director of the Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy, which is dedicated to creating nature reserves along the Niagara Escarpment and the Lake Huron shoreline. Since 1996, the EBC has created 84 nature reserves, protected over 7,000 acres of land and become the second largest regional land trust after the Nature Conservancy of Canada.

For more than 10 years Bob has also used Escarpment Telecom as a small fund raising venture. Using a Canadian company based in Nepean, Ontario, Telecom provides long distance phone services to customers at competitive rates. Instead of making a profit, 20% of customers’ phone charges are considered a donation to conservation. Customers receive a tax receipt for their EBC donation each year.

Hi All
A final reminder
The Longest Running Event produced by a Toronto Residents' Association is this Sunday
Place: Margarer Fairley Park [Brunswick and Ulster]
Time: Noon to 7 pm
Date: Sunday September 13

What to look for:
-Fabulous Food; pita wraps from Ghazale, burgers, hot dogs, corn, sausages,
-All day continuous live music
-Beer, Wine, pop, juice
-Silent Auction - really great stuff
-Raffle - also really great stuff
-Community Interest tables: Hero Programme; Escarpment Biosphere Telecom programme;
Trees; HVRA, your fab Residents' Association and much more .
-The biggest garage sale of the year [bring your stuff on the day to the park: books

Hello Harbord Villagers

As you know there have been ongoing concerns with respect to the north end of Harbord Village exp around the nexus of Bloor and Brunswick

To this end, we are proposing two initiatives/meetings in concert with the Councillors' Office, the ARA and the HSRO and the two BIA's.

1: A Meeting [Yes another one!] with the operators of the Brunswick House

Date: September 9
Time: at 7:00pm
Place: Room 151 in the Rotman Building 105 St. George Street

Agenda: To attempt one more time to impress upon the owners that the business plan adopted by the Brunswick House is having a devastating impact on the community in which it does business..

Hello all you fine members of Harbord Village

Are you ready for the finest social event in the HV calendar?!!!!!

Yes in a few short weeks the longest running Residents' Association shindig will be underway - the first one was 1992 and so we are coming on to 20 years.
You will recall that Hurricane Hugo threatened a deluge last year and we cancelled in the face of dire weather reports
This year we are hoping we have paid our weather dues and the Fair will be on in full colour

Come along to enjoy:
-non stop music -folk, bluegrass, celtic, blues and a little rock
-beer and wine
-fab food: sausages, corn burgers, pita wraps from Ghazale, hot dogs cool drinks

Greetings.
HVRA's Treeing the Village committee is offering $50 scholarships to the first two members who are interested in taking the Tree Tenders Training course, as described below.

If interested, contact Tim Grant at tim@greenteacher.com, or by phone at 416-960-1244. You will be asked to pay the $50 registration, attend the course and then submit your registration receipt to HVRA for reimbursement.

From: LEAF - Robin Sutherland [mailto:robin@leaftoronto.org]
Sent: August 7, 2009 4:51 PM
To: Robin Sutherland
Subject: Spots still available for Fall Tree Tenders!

September 15th, 22nd, 29th, and October 3rd

Hi all
Just a reminder-
The produce from our farmers keeps on coming down the pike...
no rest for the weary etc .. esp farmers

The Bloor.Borden Market will be open Wednesday July 1st-- 3 pm to 7 pm

Tell your friends.. Come along for produce picked Wednesday morning
Enjoy the festive atmosphere.. music. things for kids
and totally the real thing when it comes to food

See you there!

Rory 'Gus' Sinclair
Chair HVRA