UPDATE: prizewinners announced, with photos! Visit our permanent Pumpkin Fest page to admire them.
Pumpkinfest 2021 (COVID-ish version)
Halloween is back this year and HVRA and the Harbord Street BIA are here to help the neighbourhood celebrate —… Read more Pumpkinfest 2021!
FOLLOWUP: For those who missed this year’s AGM, you may find the following helpful:
2021 AGM minutes – draft reviewed by board, to be approved at next General Meeting,
2020-21 Annual Report
Also:
… Read more HVRA Annual General Meeting, 7-9pm, Thurs. Oct. 21, 2021
Concerned that 38% of Toronto’s carbon emissions come from transportation? Thinking about ways to lower your carbon footprint? Want to use your car less, but not up for cycling everywhere?
On September 25, 2021, HVRA’s Net Zero committee hosted The Harbord Village Power Pedal Fair to introduce electric-assist bicycle technology to people.
… Read more Pedal Power Fair – Sat. Sept. 25, noon to 4pm (view photos!)
Enjoy the 2021 HVRA Fall Event: schedule and locations (updated Sept. 10).
The owner is delightful, and the coffee is amazing. The Toronto Star of April 25 profiles Leighton Walters, who opened Found Coffee at 324 College at the start of the pandemic, and has kept it open by making customers happy. His backstory includes 63 hospital stays,
UPDATE: As of Sept. 13, we’ve received over 400 responses to the survey that will help guide the Net Zero project — and there’s still time for more!
Congratulations to the mid-June winners of a free pizza from the Victory Café on Bloor Street!
… Read more Now We Have over 400 Survey Answers and Many Pizza Winners!
HVRA hosted a free webinar on June 1st at 7pm on the topic “Financial Incentives for Pursuing Net Zero”. You can now watch it on YouTube. For more information on our Net Zero Carbon project and another webinar,
After much urging from HVRA, the city is planning to clear your sidewalk next winter — just like in the rest of the city. A recent article from the Toronto Star quotes HVRA Board member Bob Stambula:
Robert Stambula of the Harbord Village Residents Association welcomed with relief news that he won’t again have to argue for an end to the situation where even one resident failing to shovel can create a big hazard for many.
