There is another opportunity for residents to provide input to the Parks, Recreation and Culture Master Plan update. The draft plan will be available for public to review and to comment on at meetings being held in Nobleton Arena on Monday May 13th. Meeting times are 3-5 PM and 6:30-8PM.
I had opportunity to review the draft at the Working Council session on May 6th. I must admit I was initially overwhelmed at seeing a strategy with 84 recommendations! But, given the scope of the strategy, namely all the services provided municipally for parks, recreation and culture, it was entirely appropriate. In addition to the specific recommendations, what is very valuable is the priority assigned to each: i.e. is it to be done in short term (1-3 years), medium term (4-6 years) on longer term i.e. 2019 and beyond. Finally, in the draft, there is clear indication of some initiatives which can only be undertaken with establishing beneficial partnerships.
I strongly encourage you to have a look at the draft and provide your feedback. I know that many residents have provided input to the strategy to date and for this I am very appreciative.
I really like the clean contemporary street furniture which represents the time in King’s history that this work will be done.
Great not to see any faux stage coach lamp posts…..
Thanks for your comment Gloria. It is an interesting one as indeed although everyone is enthusiastic about the “upgrade” there has been a little bit of questioning about being so contemporary.
When you try to imitate a bygone period, there is never a visual chronology to our built form. A perfect example is the contemporary Gardiner Museum in Toronto. It is surrounded with the Richardsonian and neoclassical UofT buildings in their red sandstone and grey limestone which really gives you a chronological sense of Toronto’s development in this area.
Construction of the Louvre began in the renaissance with baroque and neo-classical additions following over the centuries. Thank heavens I.M. Pei was not instructed to make his 1989 glass pyramids ‘blend’ with the surrounding buildings or change them to brick. His structures still cause controversy today, but there is no denying their ability to invigorate and yes, disturb our complacent sensibilities.