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.
For more information and to register, please see our event listing.
Meet your neighbours, find out what is happening in your community, contribute and be involved.
Our speaker is Colin Furness, infection control epidemiologist and Assistant Professor of Information,
… Read more Register for our Spring Meeting on Tues. May 18, 2021, 7-9pm
Clearing up extraneous garbage is a spring ritual with both environmental and aesthetic benefits. This year (again), Earth Day Community cleanups are shaped by pandemic restrictions.
The Harbord Village Community Clean-Up is back on Saturday April 24—with social distance. The clean-up will be a DIY affair this year with residents collecting garbage and recycling,… Read more Harbord Village Spring Clean Up
We will soon have a new park! The March edition of the Annex Gleaner has an update on the Community Area of the Robert St. Field with many useful links.
The University also has a website to keep the neighbourhood up-to-date on the progress of the field.
… Read more Update on Community Area of the Robert St. Field
Local author David Macfarlane writes in the Mar. 27 Globe & Mail about waving to a driver as he walked along Harbord Street, on a slightly dangerous stretch where the sidewalk crosses a narrow laneway. That leads to another vivid story about waving between boaters,
… Read more Making Waves in Harbord Village: David Macfarlane Reflects on Acknowledging Other People
A Feb. 21 Toronto Star story about Kensington Gardens longterm-care residences showcases the strength and creativity of staff, families, and residents. These are the people we banged pots for in the springtime, and for whom neighbour Jackie Brown recently set up a fundraiser page.
A recent article in Now Magazine lamented the city’s loss from the closing of Parentbooks on Harbord Street. Local resident Dinny Biggs has sent us this story about the loss to the neighbourhood and to her personally. There are deep roots here!
… Read more Saying Goodbye to Patti Kirk and Parentbooks (by Dinny Biggs)