Come to Harbord Street on June 4 and discover the artisan studios in our neighbourhood!
This inaugural event will celebrate the spring season in the Harbord BIA and Harbord Village community. The self-guided tour will (re)introduce our growing Harbord Street artisan community (art,
… Read more Harbord St. Artisan Studio Tour, 11am-5pm Sat. June 4
Wiener’s Home Hardware is turning 100! Starting at 11am on Sat. June 18, join the Wiener family and your neighbours for a jazz trio, pizza, cotton candy, cake and more! Photos, videos, and a special presentation memorializing this family-run operation will be featured.
… Read more Sat. June 18, 11am-2pm: Wiener’s Home Hardware, 100th Anniversary
Let’s work together for a better neighbourhood! Come to Margaret Fairley Park at 10am, where supplies will be distributed and clean-up zones will be assigned. Please note this is a BYORG (bring your own reusable gloves) Event! Once teams have dropped off their garbage/recycling at the Central Tech parking lot,
BIG SUCCESS! HVRA teams raised over $11,000 towards FYFB’s total of more than $67,000. Team HVRA South won a prize for top team, with Team HVRA North in second place. Many thanks to our team captains, walkers, and donors! Thanks as well to FYFB board member and HV resident Jorge Muina for helping us get the ball rolling
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… Read more Coldest Night of the Year: Fundraising for Fort York Food Bank! Sat. Feb. 26
A Jan. 16 article in the Toronto Star celebrates Ceta Ramkhalawansingh for her decades of work in community activism and her achievements as an academic leader. Currently serving as honorary president of the Grange Community Association and member of the Grange Park Community Council,
Twice a year, HVRA solicits nominations for Community Builder Awards, which are presented at the Spring Meeting in May and the AGM in October. If you know someone who in your opinion has made Harbord Village a better place to live, then please put that person’s name forward by Wednesday April 13th for awards to be given at our May 2022 meeting.
… Read more SEND SOON! Nominations for Community Builder Awards
Matt Hoffmann’s lively and persuasive article in the Dec. 12 Toronto Star outlines why and how HVRA’s Net Zero Committee is working to help our neighbourhood reduce carbon emissions. Using the new Esso station on Harbord as an example,
At its November meeting, the HVRA Board committed to considering the ecological implications of all its actions and decisions. Here is the Board statement and the motion to adopt it — which passed unanimously.
CLIMATE STATEMENT AND MOTION
The climate crisis is the result of billions of individual and collective decisions.
