The 4th annual Toronto Park Summit took place on February 22nd at Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park.

Photo by Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

Toronto Park People's Park Summit is the premier event celebrating and sharing the successes and opportunities of Toronto’s 1600+ parks. This year’s theme, Reimagine Our Parks, explored creative ways volunteers and partners can transform parks into the heart of their communities. 400 of Toronto’s most passionate park advocates and champions came together at the 2014 Toronto Park Summit.

The keynote adress was given by Adrian Benepe. Adrian was New York City’s Parks Commissioner under Mayor Bloomberg from 2002 to 2012. He is currently a Senior Vice President and Director of City Park Development for the Trust for Public Land, the world’s leading independent organization supporting the protection and enhancement of city parks. Adrian is one of the leading global experts on connecting the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in public-space development and management and his role with TPL is to provide advice on using partnerships to improve parks in cities across the US. As NYC’s Parks Commissioner, Adrian oversaw a renaissance in New York City’s parks system including adding 730 acres of parkland and overseeing such exciting new parks as the High Line, Battery Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Reimaging the Role of Our Parks. We featured and explored opportunities to reimagine parks with four park groups.

Friends of Earl Bales Park - Partnerships for Parks (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7PMtcMATzA)

Panorama Community Garden Group - Rexdale Foodie Fest

(video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHufEgSBtmA)

Friends of the York Beltline - Linear Parks & Active Transportation Corridors (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAak22yOB8w)

Friends of The Guild Park & Gardens - Where Art Meets Nature (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-jl_r7AevM)

The summit concluded with remarks from Richard Ubbens, acting director of Parks, Forestry & Recreation with the City of Toronto, followed by a social and tour of the new Regent Park, opening this summer.

Members of the Regent Park Food Partnership took attendees for a one-hour walking tour of the Regent Park community. Regent Park is undergoing a massive transformation, which is being looked at around the world as a model by which challenged urban neighbourhoods can be re-imagined and re-created as healthy, sustainable communities. See and hear about the new state-of-the-art neighbourhood amenities (including the six-acre park!) that are at the centre of this transformation and are sure to be a destination for the entire City!

Sponsors:

We'd like to thank the sponsors who made our 4th Annual Toronto Park Summit possible:

SUMMIT PRESENTING SPONSOR

TD Canada (www.tdcanadatrust.com/)

SUMMIT SUPPORTING SPONSOR

Mitchell Cohen & Janice Lewis

SUMMIT DONORS

Artscape (torontoartscape.org/)

Henry of Pelham Estates (henryofpelham.com/)

Mountain Equipment Co-op (mec.ca

Mill St. Brewery (millstreetbrewery.com/)

Montforte Dairy (www.monfortedairy.com/)

PARK PARTNERS

David Suzuki Foundation (www.davidsuzuki.org/)

Evergreen (www.evergreen.ca/)

Foodshare (www.foodshare.net/)

Jane's Walk (www.janeswalk.org/)

LEAF (yourleaf.org)

LiveGreen Toronto (www.toronto.ca/livegreen/index.htm)

Parks Canada - Rouge National Park (www.rougepark.com/about/parks_can.php)

City of Toronto (www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=830adada...)

Toronto Field Naturalists (www.torontofieldnaturalists.org/)

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (www.trca.on.ca/)

Photos by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca) Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

The 4th annual Toronto Park Summit took place on February 22nd at Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park.

Photo by Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

Toronto Park People's Park Summit is the premier event celebrating and sharing the successes and opportunities of Toronto’s 1600+ parks. This year’s theme, Reimagine Our Parks, explored creative ways volunteers and partners can transform parks into the heart of their communities. 400 of Toronto’s most passionate park advocates and champions came together at the 2014 Toronto Park Summit.

The keynote adress was given by Adrian Benepe. Adrian was New York City’s Parks Commissioner under Mayor Bloomberg from 2002 to 2012. He is currently a Senior Vice President and Director of City Park Development for the Trust for Public Land, the world’s leading independent organization supporting the protection and enhancement of city parks. Adrian is one of the leading global experts on connecting the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in public-space development and management and his role with TPL is to provide advice on using partnerships to improve parks in cities across the US. As NYC’s Parks Commissioner, Adrian oversaw a renaissance in New York City’s parks system including adding 730 acres of parkland and overseeing such exciting new parks as the High Line, Battery Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Reimaging the Role of Our Parks. We featured and explored opportunities to reimagine parks with four park groups.

Friends of Earl Bales Park - Partnerships for Parks (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7PMtcMATzA)

Panorama Community Garden Group - Rexdale Foodie Fest

(video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHufEgSBtmA)

Friends of the York Beltline - Linear Parks & Active Transportation Corridors (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAak22yOB8w)

Friends of The Guild Park & Gardens - Where Art Meets Nature (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-jl_r7AevM)

The summit concluded with remarks from Richard Ubbens, acting director of Parks, Forestry & Recreation with the City of Toronto, followed by a social and tour of the new Regent Park, opening this summer.

Members of the Regent Park Food Partnership took attendees for a one-hour walking tour of the Regent Park community. Regent Park is undergoing a massive transformation, which is being looked at around the world as a model by which challenged urban neighbourhoods can be re-imagined and re-created as healthy, sustainable communities. See and hear about the new state-of-the-art neighbourhood amenities (including the six-acre park!) that are at the centre of this transformation and are sure to be a destination for the entire City!

Sponsors:

We'd like to thank the sponsors who made our 4th Annual Toronto Park Summit possible:

SUMMIT PRESENTING SPONSOR

TD Canada (www.tdcanadatrust.com/)

SUMMIT SUPPORTING SPONSOR

Mitchell Cohen & Janice Lewis

SUMMIT DONORS

Artscape (torontoartscape.org/)

Henry of Pelham Estates (henryofpelham.com/)

Mountain Equipment Co-op (mec.ca

Mill St. Brewery (millstreetbrewery.com/)

Montforte Dairy (www.monfortedairy.com/)

PARK PARTNERS

David Suzuki Foundation (www.davidsuzuki.org/)

Evergreen (www.evergreen.ca/)

Foodshare (www.foodshare.net/)

Jane's Walk (www.janeswalk.org/)

LEAF (yourleaf.org)

LiveGreen Toronto (www.toronto.ca/livegreen/index.htm)

Parks Canada - Rouge National Park (www.rougepark.com/about/parks_can.php)

City of Toronto (www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=830adada...)

Toronto Field Naturalists (www.torontofieldnaturalists.org/)

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (www.trca.on.ca/)

Photos by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca) Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

Yay! New showerhead!

I wish he hadn't drawn that X where he thought it should be...because that wasn't where we wanted it, grrr. Now there's an X...

At the bottom, You can see the showerhead mount for the old shower. The shower head would be hanging 6 inches below that. Having water properly above us during a shower, for the first time in our adult lives? Nice.

It really doesn't look that blue in real life.

Moen model 82910 showerhead, ceramic wall, showerhead, showerhead mount.

bathroom, Clint and Carolyn's house, Alexandria, Virginia.

July 7, 2016.

Pic by Carolyn.

... Read my blog at ClintJCL at wordpress.com

... Read Carolyn's blog at CarolynCASL at wordpress.com

BACKSTORY: When we moved into our house, it did not have a real shower in the main bathroom. Just the special diverter-style bathtub spout that lets you attach a shower hose. It has new problems that creep up every couple of years--we're on the 3rd or 4th bathtub spout and had plumbing work done by LiveGreen Plumbing which completely failed to stop the leaking.

A decade or so ago, we replaced the diverter-attached shower head with a double shower so we can both have separate water when we shower together. It was rigged up with waterproof tape because plastic threading isn't really waterproof. It also didn't fit on the wall well, so a washcloth wedged into a hook was holding it up. It hung very low, so that we'd both have to stoop in order to wash out our hair. When 6'-tall Andrea lived with us, showering was a particular challenge for her, because of her height & back problems. The shower hose had just recently broke in such a way that it wouldn't stay screwed into thebathtub spout diverter, and kept flying out mid-shower, in a way that only Clint seemed to be able to fix. So we decided to just go ahead and have a real shower installed instead, because of Andrea's problems, but also because this was something we should have done years ago. New plumbing was cut and soldered onto the existing plumbing, extending the water supply to shower-head height. A mixing valve was added, so we could now turn on the water without having to bend down. The cost was a mere $600, with parts being more than the labor. We still need to replace the shower head with a double shower again, but we got him to install the head higher up so that neither of us have to stoop...Not even tall Andrea! Andrea is gone, but the home improvements she helped catalyze will remain with us.

The 4th annual Toronto Park Summit took place on February 22nd at Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park.

Photo by Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

Toronto Park People's Park Summit is the premier event celebrating and sharing the successes and opportunities of Toronto’s 1600+ parks. This year’s theme, Reimagine Our Parks, explored creative ways volunteers and partners can transform parks into the heart of their communities. 400 of Toronto’s most passionate park advocates and champions came together at the 2014 Toronto Park Summit.

The keynote adress was given by Adrian Benepe. Adrian was New York City’s Parks Commissioner under Mayor Bloomberg from 2002 to 2012. He is currently a Senior Vice President and Director of City Park Development for the Trust for Public Land, the world’s leading independent organization supporting the protection and enhancement of city parks. Adrian is one of the leading global experts on connecting the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in public-space development and management and his role with TPL is to provide advice on using partnerships to improve parks in cities across the US. As NYC’s Parks Commissioner, Adrian oversaw a renaissance in New York City’s parks system including adding 730 acres of parkland and overseeing such exciting new parks as the High Line, Battery Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Reimaging the Role of Our Parks. We featured and explored opportunities to reimagine parks with four park groups.

Friends of Earl Bales Park - Partnerships for Parks (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7PMtcMATzA)

Panorama Community Garden Group - Rexdale Foodie Fest

(video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHufEgSBtmA)

Friends of the York Beltline - Linear Parks & Active Transportation Corridors (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAak22yOB8w)

Friends of The Guild Park & Gardens - Where Art Meets Nature (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-jl_r7AevM)

The summit concluded with remarks from Richard Ubbens, acting director of Parks, Forestry & Recreation with the City of Toronto, followed by a social and tour of the new Regent Park, opening this summer.

Members of the Regent Park Food Partnership took attendees for a one-hour walking tour of the Regent Park community. Regent Park is undergoing a massive transformation, which is being looked at around the world as a model by which challenged urban neighbourhoods can be re-imagined and re-created as healthy, sustainable communities. See and hear about the new state-of-the-art neighbourhood amenities (including the six-acre park!) that are at the centre of this transformation and are sure to be a destination for the entire City!

Sponsors:

We'd like to thank the sponsors who made our 4th Annual Toronto Park Summit possible:

SUMMIT PRESENTING SPONSOR

TD Canada (www.tdcanadatrust.com/)

SUMMIT SUPPORTING SPONSOR

Mitchell Cohen & Janice Lewis

SUMMIT DONORS

Artscape (torontoartscape.org/)

Henry of Pelham Estates (henryofpelham.com/)

Mountain Equipment Co-op (mec.ca

Mill St. Brewery (millstreetbrewery.com/)

Montforte Dairy (www.monfortedairy.com/)

PARK PARTNERS

David Suzuki Foundation (www.davidsuzuki.org/)

Evergreen (www.evergreen.ca/)

Foodshare (www.foodshare.net/)

Jane's Walk (www.janeswalk.org/)

LEAF (yourleaf.org)

LiveGreen Toronto (www.toronto.ca/livegreen/index.htm)

Parks Canada - Rouge National Park (www.rougepark.com/about/parks_can.php)

City of Toronto (www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=830adada...)

Toronto Field Naturalists (www.torontofieldnaturalists.org/)

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (www.trca.on.ca/)

Photos by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca) Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

The 4th annual Toronto Park Summit took place on February 22nd at Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park.

This slideshow highlighted and celebrated our accomplishments in 2013.

Toronto Park People's Park Summit is the premier event celebrating and sharing the successes and opportunities of Toronto’s 1600+ parks. This year’s theme, Reimagine Our Parks, explored creative ways volunteers and partners can transform parks into the heart of their communities. 400 of Toronto’s most passionate park advocates and champions came together at the 2014 Toronto Park Summit.

The keynote adress was given by Adrian Benepe. Adrian was New York City’s Parks Commissioner under Mayor Bloomberg from 2002 to 2012. He is currently a Senior Vice President and Director of City Park Development for the Trust for Public Land, the world’s leading independent organization supporting the protection and enhancement of city parks. Adrian is one of the leading global experts on connecting the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in public-space development and management and his role with TPL is to provide advice on using partnerships to improve parks in cities across the US. As NYC’s Parks Commissioner, Adrian oversaw a renaissance in New York City’s parks system including adding 730 acres of parkland and overseeing such exciting new parks as the High Line, Battery Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Reimaging the Role of Our Parks. We featured and explored opportunities to reimagine parks with four park groups.

Friends of Earl Bales Park - Partnerships for Parks (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7PMtcMATzA)

Panorama Community Garden Group - Rexdale Foodie Fest

(video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHufEgSBtmA)

Friends of the York Beltline - Linear Parks & Active Transportation Corridors (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAak22yOB8w)

Friends of The Guild Park & Gardens - Where Art Meets Nature (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-jl_r7AevM)

The summit concluded with remarks from Richard Ubbens, acting director of Parks, Forestry & Recreation with the City of Toronto, followed by a social and tour of the new Regent Park, opening this summer.

Members of the Regent Park Food Partnership took attendees for a one-hour walking tour of the Regent Park community. Regent Park is undergoing a massive transformation, which is being looked at around the world as a model by which challenged urban neighbourhoods can be re-imagined and re-created as healthy, sustainable communities. See and hear about the new state-of-the-art neighbourhood amenities (including the six-acre park!) that are at the centre of this transformation and are sure to be a destination for the entire City!

Sponsors:

We'd like to thank the sponsors who made our 4th Annual Toronto Park Summit possible:

SUMMIT PRESENTING SPONSOR

TD Canada (www.tdcanadatrust.com/)

SUMMIT SUPPORTING SPONSOR

Mitchell Cohen & Janice Lewis

SUMMIT DONORS

Artscape (torontoartscape.org/)

Henry of Pelham Estates (henryofpelham.com/)

Mountain Equipment Co-op (mec.ca

Mill St. Brewery (millstreetbrewery.com/)

Montforte Dairy (www.monfortedairy.com/)

PARK PARTNERS

David Suzuki Foundation (www.davidsuzuki.org/)

Evergreen (www.evergreen.ca/)

Foodshare (www.foodshare.net/)

Jane's Walk (www.janeswalk.org/)

LEAF (yourleaf.org)

LiveGreen Toronto (www.toronto.ca/livegreen/index.htm)

Parks Canada - Rouge National Park (www.rougepark.com/about/parks_can.php)

City of Toronto (www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=830adada...)

Toronto Field Naturalists (www.torontofieldnaturalists.org/)

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (www.trca.on.ca/)

Photos by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca) Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

The 4th annual Toronto Park Summit took place on February 22nd at Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park.

Photo by Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

Toronto Park People's Park Summit is the premier event celebrating and sharing the successes and opportunities of Toronto’s 1600+ parks. This year’s theme, Reimagine Our Parks, explored creative ways volunteers and partners can transform parks into the heart of their communities. 400 of Toronto’s most passionate park advocates and champions came together at the 2014 Toronto Park Summit.

The keynote adress was given by Adrian Benepe. Adrian was New York City’s Parks Commissioner under Mayor Bloomberg from 2002 to 2012. He is currently a Senior Vice President and Director of City Park Development for the Trust for Public Land, the world’s leading independent organization supporting the protection and enhancement of city parks. Adrian is one of the leading global experts on connecting the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in public-space development and management and his role with TPL is to provide advice on using partnerships to improve parks in cities across the US. As NYC’s Parks Commissioner, Adrian oversaw a renaissance in New York City’s parks system including adding 730 acres of parkland and overseeing such exciting new parks as the High Line, Battery Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Reimaging the Role of Our Parks. We featured and explored opportunities to reimagine parks with four park groups.

Friends of Earl Bales Park - Partnerships for Parks (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7PMtcMATzA)

Panorama Community Garden Group - Rexdale Foodie Fest

(video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHufEgSBtmA)

Friends of the York Beltline - Linear Parks & Active Transportation Corridors (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAak22yOB8w)

Friends of The Guild Park & Gardens - Where Art Meets Nature (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-jl_r7AevM)

The summit concluded with remarks from Richard Ubbens, acting director of Parks, Forestry & Recreation with the City of Toronto, followed by a social and tour of the new Regent Park, opening this summer.

Members of the Regent Park Food Partnership took attendees for a one-hour walking tour of the Regent Park community. Regent Park is undergoing a massive transformation, which is being looked at around the world as a model by which challenged urban neighbourhoods can be re-imagined and re-created as healthy, sustainable communities. See and hear about the new state-of-the-art neighbourhood amenities (including the six-acre park!) that are at the centre of this transformation and are sure to be a destination for the entire City!

Sponsors:

We'd like to thank the sponsors who made our 4th Annual Toronto Park Summit possible:

SUMMIT PRESENTING SPONSOR

TD Canada (www.tdcanadatrust.com/)

SUMMIT SUPPORTING SPONSOR

Mitchell Cohen & Janice Lewis

SUMMIT DONORS

Artscape (torontoartscape.org/)

Henry of Pelham Estates (henryofpelham.com/)

Mountain Equipment Co-op (mec.ca

Mill St. Brewery (millstreetbrewery.com/)

Montforte Dairy (www.monfortedairy.com/)

PARK PARTNERS

David Suzuki Foundation (www.davidsuzuki.org/)

Evergreen (www.evergreen.ca/)

Foodshare (www.foodshare.net/)

Jane's Walk (www.janeswalk.org/)

LEAF (yourleaf.org)

LiveGreen Toronto (www.toronto.ca/livegreen/index.htm)

Parks Canada - Rouge National Park (www.rougepark.com/about/parks_can.php)

City of Toronto (www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=830adada...)

Toronto Field Naturalists (www.torontofieldnaturalists.org/)

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (www.trca.on.ca/)

Photos by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca) Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

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The 4th annual Toronto Park Summit took place on February 22nd at Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park.

Photo by Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

Toronto Park People's Park Summit is the premier event celebrating and sharing the successes and opportunities of Toronto’s 1600+ parks. This year’s theme, Reimagine Our Parks, explored creative ways volunteers and partners can transform parks into the heart of their communities. 400 of Toronto’s most passionate park advocates and champions came together at the 2014 Toronto Park Summit.

The keynote adress was given by Adrian Benepe. Adrian was New York City’s Parks Commissioner under Mayor Bloomberg from 2002 to 2012. He is currently a Senior Vice President and Director of City Park Development for the Trust for Public Land, the world’s leading independent organization supporting the protection and enhancement of city parks. Adrian is one of the leading global experts on connecting the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in public-space development and management and his role with TPL is to provide advice on using partnerships to improve parks in cities across the US. As NYC’s Parks Commissioner, Adrian oversaw a renaissance in New York City’s parks system including adding 730 acres of parkland and overseeing such exciting new parks as the High Line, Battery Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Reimaging the Role of Our Parks. We featured and explored opportunities to reimagine parks with four park groups.

Friends of Earl Bales Park - Partnerships for Parks (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7PMtcMATzA)

Panorama Community Garden Group - Rexdale Foodie Fest

(video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHufEgSBtmA)

Friends of the York Beltline - Linear Parks & Active Transportation Corridors (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAak22yOB8w)

Friends of The Guild Park & Gardens - Where Art Meets Nature (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-jl_r7AevM)

The summit concluded with remarks from Richard Ubbens, acting director of Parks, Forestry & Recreation with the City of Toronto, followed by a social and tour of the new Regent Park, opening this summer.

Members of the Regent Park Food Partnership took attendees for a one-hour walking tour of the Regent Park community. Regent Park is undergoing a massive transformation, which is being looked at around the world as a model by which challenged urban neighbourhoods can be re-imagined and re-created as healthy, sustainable communities. See and hear about the new state-of-the-art neighbourhood amenities (including the six-acre park!) that are at the centre of this transformation and are sure to be a destination for the entire City!

Sponsors:

We'd like to thank the sponsors who made our 4th Annual Toronto Park Summit possible:

SUMMIT PRESENTING SPONSOR

TD Canada (www.tdcanadatrust.com/)

SUMMIT SUPPORTING SPONSOR

Mitchell Cohen & Janice Lewis

SUMMIT DONORS

Artscape (torontoartscape.org/)

Henry of Pelham Estates (henryofpelham.com/)

Mountain Equipment Co-op (mec.ca

Mill St. Brewery (millstreetbrewery.com/)

Montforte Dairy (www.monfortedairy.com/)

PARK PARTNERS

David Suzuki Foundation (www.davidsuzuki.org/)

Evergreen (www.evergreen.ca/)

Foodshare (www.foodshare.net/)

Jane's Walk (www.janeswalk.org/)

LEAF (yourleaf.org)

LiveGreen Toronto (www.toronto.ca/livegreen/index.htm)

Parks Canada - Rouge National Park (www.rougepark.com/about/parks_can.php)

City of Toronto (www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=830adada...)

Toronto Field Naturalists (www.torontofieldnaturalists.org/)

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (www.trca.on.ca/)

Photos by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca) Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

The 4th annual Toronto Park Summit took place on February 22nd at Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park.

Photo by Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

Toronto Park People's Park Summit is the premier event celebrating and sharing the successes and opportunities of Toronto’s 1600+ parks. This year’s theme, Reimagine Our Parks, explored creative ways volunteers and partners can transform parks into the heart of their communities. 400 of Toronto’s most passionate park advocates and champions came together at the 2014 Toronto Park Summit.

The keynote adress was given by Adrian Benepe. Adrian was New York City’s Parks Commissioner under Mayor Bloomberg from 2002 to 2012. He is currently a Senior Vice President and Director of City Park Development for the Trust for Public Land, the world’s leading independent organization supporting the protection and enhancement of city parks. Adrian is one of the leading global experts on connecting the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in public-space development and management and his role with TPL is to provide advice on using partnerships to improve parks in cities across the US. As NYC’s Parks Commissioner, Adrian oversaw a renaissance in New York City’s parks system including adding 730 acres of parkland and overseeing such exciting new parks as the High Line, Battery Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Reimaging the Role of Our Parks. We featured and explored opportunities to reimagine parks with four park groups.

Friends of Earl Bales Park - Partnerships for Parks (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7PMtcMATzA)

Panorama Community Garden Group - Rexdale Foodie Fest

(video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHufEgSBtmA)

Friends of the York Beltline - Linear Parks & Active Transportation Corridors (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAak22yOB8w)

Friends of The Guild Park & Gardens - Where Art Meets Nature (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-jl_r7AevM)

The summit concluded with remarks from Richard Ubbens, acting director of Parks, Forestry & Recreation with the City of Toronto, followed by a social and tour of the new Regent Park, opening this summer.

Members of the Regent Park Food Partnership took attendees for a one-hour walking tour of the Regent Park community. Regent Park is undergoing a massive transformation, which is being looked at around the world as a model by which challenged urban neighbourhoods can be re-imagined and re-created as healthy, sustainable communities. See and hear about the new state-of-the-art neighbourhood amenities (including the six-acre park!) that are at the centre of this transformation and are sure to be a destination for the entire City!

Sponsors:

We'd like to thank the sponsors who made our 4th Annual Toronto Park Summit possible:

SUMMIT PRESENTING SPONSOR

TD Canada (www.tdcanadatrust.com/)

SUMMIT SUPPORTING SPONSOR

Mitchell Cohen & Janice Lewis

SUMMIT DONORS

Artscape (torontoartscape.org/)

Henry of Pelham Estates (henryofpelham.com/)

Mountain Equipment Co-op (mec.ca

Mill St. Brewery (millstreetbrewery.com/)

Montforte Dairy (www.monfortedairy.com/)

PARK PARTNERS

David Suzuki Foundation (www.davidsuzuki.org/)

Evergreen (www.evergreen.ca/)

Foodshare (www.foodshare.net/)

Jane's Walk (www.janeswalk.org/)

LEAF (yourleaf.org)

LiveGreen Toronto (www.toronto.ca/livegreen/index.htm)

Parks Canada - Rouge National Park (www.rougepark.com/about/parks_can.php)

City of Toronto (www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=830adada...)

Toronto Field Naturalists (www.torontofieldnaturalists.org/)

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (www.trca.on.ca/)

Photos by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca) Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

The 4th annual Toronto Park Summit took place on February 22nd at Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park.

Photo by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca)

Toronto Park People's Park Summit is the premier event celebrating and sharing the successes and opportunities of Toronto’s 1600+ parks. This year’s theme, Reimagine Our Parks, explored creative ways volunteers and partners can transform parks into the heart of their communities. 400 of Toronto’s most passionate park advocates and champions came together at the 2014 Toronto Park Summit.

The keynote adress was given by Adrian Benepe. Adrian was New York City’s Parks Commissioner under Mayor Bloomberg from 2002 to 2012. He is currently a Senior Vice President and Director of City Park Development for the Trust for Public Land, the world’s leading independent organization supporting the protection and enhancement of city parks. Adrian is one of the leading global experts on connecting the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in public-space development and management and his role with TPL is to provide advice on using partnerships to improve parks in cities across the US. As NYC’s Parks Commissioner, Adrian oversaw a renaissance in New York City’s parks system including adding 730 acres of parkland and overseeing such exciting new parks as the High Line, Battery Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Reimaging the Role of Our Parks. We featured and explored opportunities to reimagine parks with four park groups.

Friends of Earl Bales Park - Partnerships for Parks (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7PMtcMATzA)

Panorama Community Garden Group - Rexdale Foodie Fest

(video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHufEgSBtmA)

Friends of the York Beltline - Linear Parks & Active Transportation Corridors (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAak22yOB8w)

Friends of The Guild Park & Gardens - Where Art Meets Nature (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-jl_r7AevM)

The summit concluded with remarks from Richard Ubbens, acting director of Parks, Forestry & Recreation with the City of Toronto, followed by a social and tour of the new Regent Park, opening this summer.

Members of the Regent Park Food Partnership took attendees for a one-hour walking tour of the Regent Park community. Regent Park is undergoing a massive transformation, which is being looked at around the world as a model by which challenged urban neighbourhoods can be re-imagined and re-created as healthy, sustainable communities. See and hear about the new state-of-the-art neighbourhood amenities (including the six-acre park!) that are at the centre of this transformation and are sure to be a destination for the entire City!

Sponsors:

We'd like to thank the sponsors who made our 4th Annual Toronto Park Summit possible:

SUMMIT PRESENTING SPONSOR

TD Canada (www.tdcanadatrust.com/)

SUMMIT SUPPORTING SPONSOR

Mitchell Cohen & Janice Lewis

SUMMIT DONORS

Artscape (torontoartscape.org/)

Henry of Pelham Estates (henryofpelham.com/)

Mountain Equipment Co-op (mec.ca

Mill St. Brewery (millstreetbrewery.com/)

Montforte Dairy (www.monfortedairy.com/)

PARK PARTNERS

David Suzuki Foundation (www.davidsuzuki.org/)

Evergreen (www.evergreen.ca/)

Foodshare (www.foodshare.net/)

Jane's Walk (www.janeswalk.org/)

LEAF (yourleaf.org)

LiveGreen Toronto (www.toronto.ca/livegreen/index.htm)

Parks Canada - Rouge National Park (www.rougepark.com/about/parks_can.php)

City of Toronto (www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=830adada...)

Toronto Field Naturalists (www.torontofieldnaturalists.org/)

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (www.trca.on.ca/)

Photos by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca) Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

The 4th annual Toronto Park Summit took place on February 22nd at Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park.

Photo by Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

Toronto Park People's Park Summit is the premier event celebrating and sharing the successes and opportunities of Toronto’s 1600+ parks. This year’s theme, Reimagine Our Parks, explored creative ways volunteers and partners can transform parks into the heart of their communities. 400 of Toronto’s most passionate park advocates and champions came together at the 2014 Toronto Park Summit.

The keynote adress was given by Adrian Benepe. Adrian was New York City’s Parks Commissioner under Mayor Bloomberg from 2002 to 2012. He is currently a Senior Vice President and Director of City Park Development for the Trust for Public Land, the world’s leading independent organization supporting the protection and enhancement of city parks. Adrian is one of the leading global experts on connecting the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in public-space development and management and his role with TPL is to provide advice on using partnerships to improve parks in cities across the US. As NYC’s Parks Commissioner, Adrian oversaw a renaissance in New York City’s parks system including adding 730 acres of parkland and overseeing such exciting new parks as the High Line, Battery Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Reimaging the Role of Our Parks. We featured and explored opportunities to reimagine parks with four park groups.

Friends of Earl Bales Park - Partnerships for Parks (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7PMtcMATzA)

Panorama Community Garden Group - Rexdale Foodie Fest

(video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHufEgSBtmA)

Friends of the York Beltline - Linear Parks & Active Transportation Corridors (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAak22yOB8w)

Friends of The Guild Park & Gardens - Where Art Meets Nature (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-jl_r7AevM)

The summit concluded with remarks from Richard Ubbens, acting director of Parks, Forestry & Recreation with the City of Toronto, followed by a social and tour of the new Regent Park, opening this summer.

Members of the Regent Park Food Partnership took attendees for a one-hour walking tour of the Regent Park community. Regent Park is undergoing a massive transformation, which is being looked at around the world as a model by which challenged urban neighbourhoods can be re-imagined and re-created as healthy, sustainable communities. See and hear about the new state-of-the-art neighbourhood amenities (including the six-acre park!) that are at the centre of this transformation and are sure to be a destination for the entire City!

Sponsors:

We'd like to thank the sponsors who made our 4th Annual Toronto Park Summit possible:

SUMMIT PRESENTING SPONSOR

TD Canada (www.tdcanadatrust.com/)

SUMMIT SUPPORTING SPONSOR

Mitchell Cohen & Janice Lewis

SUMMIT DONORS

Artscape (torontoartscape.org/)

Henry of Pelham Estates (henryofpelham.com/)

Mountain Equipment Co-op (mec.ca

Mill St. Brewery (millstreetbrewery.com/)

Montforte Dairy (www.monfortedairy.com/)

PARK PARTNERS

David Suzuki Foundation (www.davidsuzuki.org/)

Evergreen (www.evergreen.ca/)

Foodshare (www.foodshare.net/)

Jane's Walk (www.janeswalk.org/)

LEAF (yourleaf.org)

LiveGreen Toronto (www.toronto.ca/livegreen/index.htm)

Parks Canada - Rouge National Park (www.rougepark.com/about/parks_can.php)

City of Toronto (www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=830adada...)

Toronto Field Naturalists (www.torontofieldnaturalists.org/)

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (www.trca.on.ca/)

Photos by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca) Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

New shiny copper pipes are so much better than old rusty pipes.

concrete wall, copper pipes.

media room, Clint and Carolyn's house, Alexandria, Virginia.

July 7, 2016.

... Read my blog at ClintJCL at wordpress.com

... Read Carolyn's blog at CarolynCASL at wordpress.com

BACKSTORY: When we moved into our house, it did not have a real shower in the main bathroom. Just the special diverter-style bathtub spout that lets you attach a shower hose. It has new problems that creep up every couple of years--we're on the 3rd or 4th bathtub spout and had plumbing work done by LiveGreen Plumbing which completely failed to stop the leaking.

A decade or so ago, we replaced the diverter-attached shower head with a double shower so we can both have separate water when we shower together. It was rigged up with waterproof tape because plastic threading isn't really waterproof. It also didn't fit on the wall well, so a washcloth wedged into a hook was holding it up. It hung very low, so that we'd both have to stoop in order to wash out our hair. When 6'-tall Andrea lived with us, showering was a particular challenge for her, because of her height & back problems. The shower hose had just recently broke in such a way that it wouldn't stay screwed into the bathtub spout diverter, and kept flying out mid-shower, in a way that only Clint seemed to be able to fix. So we decided to just go ahead and have a real shower installed instead, because of Andrea's problems, but also because this was something we should have done years ago. New plumbing was cut and soldered onto the existing plumbing, extending the water supply to shower-head height. A mixing valve was added, so we could now turn on the water without having to bend down. The cost was a mere $600, with parts being more than the labor. We still need to replace the shower head with a double shower again, but we got him to install the head higher up so that neither of us have to stoop...Not even tall Andrea! Andrea is gone, but the home improvements she helped catalyze will remain with us.

Today our team visited Wings of the Ocean in Santa Cruz de Tenerife! We met their amazing team and got a chance to see Kraken- their 3-masted ship!🙏

The Kraken is used to sail in the Atlantic ocean, visiting different islands such as Madeira, Selvagens, Canaries, Azores...

With the help of their amazing volunteer crew, they wish to make an impact on the long run. They are trying to:

🔹Initiate systematic depollution, by encouraging local initiatives,

🔹Raise awareness about the impact of plastic waste at sea,

🔹Teach younger generations about plastic pollution and its consequences,

🔹Collaborate with local initiatives to have actions all year long.

#Tenerife #CanaryIslands #MyCanaryGreen

The 4th annual Toronto Park Summit took place on February 22nd at Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park.

Photo by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca)

Toronto Park People's Park Summit is the premier event celebrating and sharing the successes and opportunities of Toronto’s 1600+ parks. This year’s theme, Reimagine Our Parks, explored creative ways volunteers and partners can transform parks into the heart of their communities. 400 of Toronto’s most passionate park advocates and champions came together at the 2014 Toronto Park Summit.

The keynote adress was given by Adrian Benepe. Adrian was New York City’s Parks Commissioner under Mayor Bloomberg from 2002 to 2012. He is currently a Senior Vice President and Director of City Park Development for the Trust for Public Land, the world’s leading independent organization supporting the protection and enhancement of city parks. Adrian is one of the leading global experts on connecting the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in public-space development and management and his role with TPL is to provide advice on using partnerships to improve parks in cities across the US. As NYC’s Parks Commissioner, Adrian oversaw a renaissance in New York City’s parks system including adding 730 acres of parkland and overseeing such exciting new parks as the High Line, Battery Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Reimaging the Role of Our Parks. We featured and explored opportunities to reimagine parks with four park groups.

Friends of Earl Bales Park - Partnerships for Parks (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7PMtcMATzA)

Panorama Community Garden Group - Rexdale Foodie Fest

(video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHufEgSBtmA)

Friends of the York Beltline - Linear Parks & Active Transportation Corridors (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAak22yOB8w)

Friends of The Guild Park & Gardens - Where Art Meets Nature (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-jl_r7AevM)

The summit concluded with remarks from Richard Ubbens, acting director of Parks, Forestry & Recreation with the City of Toronto, followed by a social and tour of the new Regent Park, opening this summer.

Members of the Regent Park Food Partnership took attendees for a one-hour walking tour of the Regent Park community. Regent Park is undergoing a massive transformation, which is being looked at around the world as a model by which challenged urban neighbourhoods can be re-imagined and re-created as healthy, sustainable communities. See and hear about the new state-of-the-art neighbourhood amenities (including the six-acre park!) that are at the centre of this transformation and are sure to be a destination for the entire City!

Sponsors:

We'd like to thank the sponsors who made our 4th Annual Toronto Park Summit possible:

SUMMIT PRESENTING SPONSOR

TD Canada (www.tdcanadatrust.com/)

SUMMIT SUPPORTING SPONSOR

Mitchell Cohen & Janice Lewis

SUMMIT DONORS

Artscape (torontoartscape.org/)

Henry of Pelham Estates (henryofpelham.com/)

Mountain Equipment Co-op (mec.ca

Mill St. Brewery (millstreetbrewery.com/)

Montforte Dairy (www.monfortedairy.com/)

PARK PARTNERS

David Suzuki Foundation (www.davidsuzuki.org/)

Evergreen (www.evergreen.ca/)

Foodshare (www.foodshare.net/)

Jane's Walk (www.janeswalk.org/)

LEAF (yourleaf.org)

LiveGreen Toronto (www.toronto.ca/livegreen/index.htm)

Parks Canada - Rouge National Park (www.rougepark.com/about/parks_can.php)

City of Toronto (www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=830adada...)

Toronto Field Naturalists (www.torontofieldnaturalists.org/)

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (www.trca.on.ca/)

Photos by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca) Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

The 4th annual Toronto Park Summit took place on February 22nd at Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park.

Photo by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca)

Toronto Park People's Park Summit is the premier event celebrating and sharing the successes and opportunities of Toronto’s 1600+ parks. This year’s theme, Reimagine Our Parks, explored creative ways volunteers and partners can transform parks into the heart of their communities. 400 of Toronto’s most passionate park advocates and champions came together at the 2014 Toronto Park Summit.

The keynote adress was given by Adrian Benepe. Adrian was New York City’s Parks Commissioner under Mayor Bloomberg from 2002 to 2012. He is currently a Senior Vice President and Director of City Park Development for the Trust for Public Land, the world’s leading independent organization supporting the protection and enhancement of city parks. Adrian is one of the leading global experts on connecting the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in public-space development and management and his role with TPL is to provide advice on using partnerships to improve parks in cities across the US. As NYC’s Parks Commissioner, Adrian oversaw a renaissance in New York City’s parks system including adding 730 acres of parkland and overseeing such exciting new parks as the High Line, Battery Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Reimaging the Role of Our Parks. We featured and explored opportunities to reimagine parks with four park groups.

Friends of Earl Bales Park - Partnerships for Parks (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7PMtcMATzA)

Panorama Community Garden Group - Rexdale Foodie Fest

(video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHufEgSBtmA)

Friends of the York Beltline - Linear Parks & Active Transportation Corridors (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAak22yOB8w)

Friends of The Guild Park & Gardens - Where Art Meets Nature (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-jl_r7AevM)

The summit concluded with remarks from Richard Ubbens, acting director of Parks, Forestry & Recreation with the City of Toronto, followed by a social and tour of the new Regent Park, opening this summer.

Members of the Regent Park Food Partnership took attendees for a one-hour walking tour of the Regent Park community. Regent Park is undergoing a massive transformation, which is being looked at around the world as a model by which challenged urban neighbourhoods can be re-imagined and re-created as healthy, sustainable communities. See and hear about the new state-of-the-art neighbourhood amenities (including the six-acre park!) that are at the centre of this transformation and are sure to be a destination for the entire City!

Sponsors:

We'd like to thank the sponsors who made our 4th Annual Toronto Park Summit possible:

SUMMIT PRESENTING SPONSOR

TD Canada (www.tdcanadatrust.com/)

SUMMIT SUPPORTING SPONSOR

Mitchell Cohen & Janice Lewis

SUMMIT DONORS

Artscape (torontoartscape.org/)

Henry of Pelham Estates (henryofpelham.com/)

Mountain Equipment Co-op (mec.ca

Mill St. Brewery (millstreetbrewery.com/)

Montforte Dairy (www.monfortedairy.com/)

PARK PARTNERS

David Suzuki Foundation (www.davidsuzuki.org/)

Evergreen (www.evergreen.ca/)

Foodshare (www.foodshare.net/)

Jane's Walk (www.janeswalk.org/)

LEAF (yourleaf.org)

LiveGreen Toronto (www.toronto.ca/livegreen/index.htm)

Parks Canada - Rouge National Park (www.rougepark.com/about/parks_can.php)

City of Toronto (www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=830adada...)

Toronto Field Naturalists (www.torontofieldnaturalists.org/)

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (www.trca.on.ca/)

Photos by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca) Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

New shiny copper pipes are so much better than old rusty pipes.

concrete wall, pipes.

media room, Clint and Carolyn's house, Alexandria, Virginia.

July 7, 2016.

... Read my blog at ClintJCL at wordpress.com

... Read Carolyn's blog at CarolynCASL at wordpress.com

BACKSTORY: When we moved into our house, it did not have a real shower in the main bathroom. Just the special diverter-style bathtub spout that lets you attach a shower hose. It has new problems that creep up every couple of years--we're on the 3rd or 4th bathtub spout and had plumbing work done by LiveGreen Plumbing which completely failed to stop the leaking.

A decade or so ago, we replaced the diverter-attached shower head with a double shower so we can both have separate water when we shower together. It was rigged up with waterproof tape because plastic threading isn't really waterproof. It also didn't fit on the wall well, so a washcloth wedged into a hook was holding it up. It hung very low, so that we'd both have to stoop in order to wash out our hair. When 6'-tall Andrea lived with us, showering was a particular challenge for her, because of her height & back problems. The shower hose had just recently broke in such a way that it wouldn't stay screwed into the bathtub spout diverter, and kept flying out mid-shower, in a way that only Clint seemed to be able to fix. So we decided to just go ahead and have a real shower installed instead, because of Andrea's problems, but also because this was something we should have done years ago. New plumbing was cut and soldered onto the existing plumbing, extending the water supply to shower-head height. A mixing valve was added, so we could now turn on the water without having to bend down. The cost was a mere $600, with parts being more than the labor. We still need to replace the shower head with a double shower again, but we got him to install the head higher up so that neither of us have to stoop...Not even tall Andrea! Andrea is gone, but the home improvements she helped catalyze will remain with us.

The 4th annual Toronto Park Summit took place on February 22nd at Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park.

Photo by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca)

Toronto Park People's Park Summit is the premier event celebrating and sharing the successes and opportunities of Toronto’s 1600+ parks. This year’s theme, Reimagine Our Parks, explored creative ways volunteers and partners can transform parks into the heart of their communities. 400 of Toronto’s most passionate park advocates and champions came together at the 2014 Toronto Park Summit.

The keynote adress was given by Adrian Benepe. Adrian was New York City’s Parks Commissioner under Mayor Bloomberg from 2002 to 2012. He is currently a Senior Vice President and Director of City Park Development for the Trust for Public Land, the world’s leading independent organization supporting the protection and enhancement of city parks. Adrian is one of the leading global experts on connecting the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in public-space development and management and his role with TPL is to provide advice on using partnerships to improve parks in cities across the US. As NYC’s Parks Commissioner, Adrian oversaw a renaissance in New York City’s parks system including adding 730 acres of parkland and overseeing such exciting new parks as the High Line, Battery Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Reimaging the Role of Our Parks. We featured and explored opportunities to reimagine parks with four park groups.

Friends of Earl Bales Park - Partnerships for Parks (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7PMtcMATzA)

Panorama Community Garden Group - Rexdale Foodie Fest

(video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHufEgSBtmA)

Friends of the York Beltline - Linear Parks & Active Transportation Corridors (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAak22yOB8w)

Friends of The Guild Park & Gardens - Where Art Meets Nature (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-jl_r7AevM)

The summit concluded with remarks from Richard Ubbens, acting director of Parks, Forestry & Recreation with the City of Toronto, followed by a social and tour of the new Regent Park, opening this summer.

Members of the Regent Park Food Partnership took attendees for a one-hour walking tour of the Regent Park community. Regent Park is undergoing a massive transformation, which is being looked at around the world as a model by which challenged urban neighbourhoods can be re-imagined and re-created as healthy, sustainable communities. See and hear about the new state-of-the-art neighbourhood amenities (including the six-acre park!) that are at the centre of this transformation and are sure to be a destination for the entire City!

Sponsors:

We'd like to thank the sponsors who made our 4th Annual Toronto Park Summit possible:

SUMMIT PRESENTING SPONSOR

TD Canada (www.tdcanadatrust.com/)

SUMMIT SUPPORTING SPONSOR

Mitchell Cohen & Janice Lewis

SUMMIT DONORS

Artscape (torontoartscape.org/)

Henry of Pelham Estates (henryofpelham.com/)

Mountain Equipment Co-op (mec.ca

Mill St. Brewery (millstreetbrewery.com/)

Montforte Dairy (www.monfortedairy.com/)

PARK PARTNERS

David Suzuki Foundation (www.davidsuzuki.org/)

Evergreen (www.evergreen.ca/)

Foodshare (www.foodshare.net/)

Jane's Walk (www.janeswalk.org/)

LEAF (yourleaf.org)

LiveGreen Toronto (www.toronto.ca/livegreen/index.htm)

Parks Canada - Rouge National Park (www.rougepark.com/about/parks_can.php)

City of Toronto (www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=830adada...)

Toronto Field Naturalists (www.torontofieldnaturalists.org/)

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (www.trca.on.ca/)

Photos by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca) Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

Sculpture

The 4th annual Toronto Park Summit took place on February 22nd at Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park.

Photo by Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

Toronto Park People's Park Summit is the premier event celebrating and sharing the successes and opportunities of Toronto’s 1600+ parks. This year’s theme, Reimagine Our Parks, explored creative ways volunteers and partners can transform parks into the heart of their communities. 400 of Toronto’s most passionate park advocates and champions came together at the 2014 Toronto Park Summit.

The keynote adress was given by Adrian Benepe. Adrian was New York City’s Parks Commissioner under Mayor Bloomberg from 2002 to 2012. He is currently a Senior Vice President and Director of City Park Development for the Trust for Public Land, the world’s leading independent organization supporting the protection and enhancement of city parks. Adrian is one of the leading global experts on connecting the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in public-space development and management and his role with TPL is to provide advice on using partnerships to improve parks in cities across the US. As NYC’s Parks Commissioner, Adrian oversaw a renaissance in New York City’s parks system including adding 730 acres of parkland and overseeing such exciting new parks as the High Line, Battery Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Reimaging the Role of Our Parks. We featured and explored opportunities to reimagine parks with four park groups.

Friends of Earl Bales Park - Partnerships for Parks (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7PMtcMATzA)

Panorama Community Garden Group - Rexdale Foodie Fest

(video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHufEgSBtmA)

Friends of the York Beltline - Linear Parks & Active Transportation Corridors (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAak22yOB8w)

Friends of The Guild Park & Gardens - Where Art Meets Nature (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-jl_r7AevM)

The summit concluded with remarks from Richard Ubbens, acting director of Parks, Forestry & Recreation with the City of Toronto, followed by a social and tour of the new Regent Park, opening this summer.

Members of the Regent Park Food Partnership took attendees for a one-hour walking tour of the Regent Park community. Regent Park is undergoing a massive transformation, which is being looked at around the world as a model by which challenged urban neighbourhoods can be re-imagined and re-created as healthy, sustainable communities. See and hear about the new state-of-the-art neighbourhood amenities (including the six-acre park!) that are at the centre of this transformation and are sure to be a destination for the entire City!

Sponsors:

We'd like to thank the sponsors who made our 4th Annual Toronto Park Summit possible:

SUMMIT PRESENTING SPONSOR

TD Canada (www.tdcanadatrust.com/)

SUMMIT SUPPORTING SPONSOR

Mitchell Cohen & Janice Lewis

SUMMIT DONORS

Artscape (torontoartscape.org/)

Henry of Pelham Estates (henryofpelham.com/)

Mountain Equipment Co-op (mec.ca

Mill St. Brewery (millstreetbrewery.com/)

Montforte Dairy (www.monfortedairy.com/)

PARK PARTNERS

David Suzuki Foundation (www.davidsuzuki.org/)

Evergreen (www.evergreen.ca/)

Foodshare (www.foodshare.net/)

Jane's Walk (www.janeswalk.org/)

LEAF (yourleaf.org)

LiveGreen Toronto (www.toronto.ca/livegreen/index.htm)

Parks Canada - Rouge National Park (www.rougepark.com/about/parks_can.php)

City of Toronto (www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=830adada...)

Toronto Field Naturalists (www.torontofieldnaturalists.org/)

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (www.trca.on.ca/)

Photos by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca) Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

The 4th annual Toronto Park Summit took place on February 22nd at Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park.

Photo by Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

Toronto Park People's Park Summit is the premier event celebrating and sharing the successes and opportunities of Toronto’s 1600+ parks. This year’s theme, Reimagine Our Parks, explored creative ways volunteers and partners can transform parks into the heart of their communities. 400 of Toronto’s most passionate park advocates and champions came together at the 2014 Toronto Park Summit.

The keynote adress was given by Adrian Benepe. Adrian was New York City’s Parks Commissioner under Mayor Bloomberg from 2002 to 2012. He is currently a Senior Vice President and Director of City Park Development for the Trust for Public Land, the world’s leading independent organization supporting the protection and enhancement of city parks. Adrian is one of the leading global experts on connecting the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in public-space development and management and his role with TPL is to provide advice on using partnerships to improve parks in cities across the US. As NYC’s Parks Commissioner, Adrian oversaw a renaissance in New York City’s parks system including adding 730 acres of parkland and overseeing such exciting new parks as the High Line, Battery Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Reimaging the Role of Our Parks. We featured and explored opportunities to reimagine parks with four park groups.

Friends of Earl Bales Park - Partnerships for Parks (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7PMtcMATzA)

Panorama Community Garden Group - Rexdale Foodie Fest

(video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHufEgSBtmA)

Friends of the York Beltline - Linear Parks & Active Transportation Corridors (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAak22yOB8w)

Friends of The Guild Park & Gardens - Where Art Meets Nature (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-jl_r7AevM)

The summit concluded with remarks from Richard Ubbens, acting director of Parks, Forestry & Recreation with the City of Toronto, followed by a social and tour of the new Regent Park, opening this summer.

Members of the Regent Park Food Partnership took attendees for a one-hour walking tour of the Regent Park community. Regent Park is undergoing a massive transformation, which is being looked at around the world as a model by which challenged urban neighbourhoods can be re-imagined and re-created as healthy, sustainable communities. See and hear about the new state-of-the-art neighbourhood amenities (including the six-acre park!) that are at the centre of this transformation and are sure to be a destination for the entire City!

Sponsors:

We'd like to thank the sponsors who made our 4th Annual Toronto Park Summit possible:

SUMMIT PRESENTING SPONSOR

TD Canada (www.tdcanadatrust.com/)

SUMMIT SUPPORTING SPONSOR

Mitchell Cohen & Janice Lewis

SUMMIT DONORS

Artscape (torontoartscape.org/)

Henry of Pelham Estates (henryofpelham.com/)

Mountain Equipment Co-op (mec.ca

Mill St. Brewery (millstreetbrewery.com/)

Montforte Dairy (www.monfortedairy.com/)

PARK PARTNERS

David Suzuki Foundation (www.davidsuzuki.org/)

Evergreen (www.evergreen.ca/)

Foodshare (www.foodshare.net/)

Jane's Walk (www.janeswalk.org/)

LEAF (yourleaf.org)

LiveGreen Toronto (www.toronto.ca/livegreen/index.htm)

Parks Canada - Rouge National Park (www.rougepark.com/about/parks_can.php)

City of Toronto (www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=830adada...)

Toronto Field Naturalists (www.torontofieldnaturalists.org/)

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (www.trca.on.ca/)

Photos by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca) Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

The 4th annual Toronto Park Summit took place on February 22nd at Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park.

This slideshow highlighted and celebrated our accomplishments in 2013.

Toronto Park People's Park Summit is the premier event celebrating and sharing the successes and opportunities of Toronto’s 1600+ parks. This year’s theme, Reimagine Our Parks, explored creative ways volunteers and partners can transform parks into the heart of their communities. 400 of Toronto’s most passionate park advocates and champions came together at the 2014 Toronto Park Summit.

The keynote adress was given by Adrian Benepe. Adrian was New York City’s Parks Commissioner under Mayor Bloomberg from 2002 to 2012. He is currently a Senior Vice President and Director of City Park Development for the Trust for Public Land, the world’s leading independent organization supporting the protection and enhancement of city parks. Adrian is one of the leading global experts on connecting the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in public-space development and management and his role with TPL is to provide advice on using partnerships to improve parks in cities across the US. As NYC’s Parks Commissioner, Adrian oversaw a renaissance in New York City’s parks system including adding 730 acres of parkland and overseeing such exciting new parks as the High Line, Battery Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Reimaging the Role of Our Parks. We featured and explored opportunities to reimagine parks with four park groups.

Friends of Earl Bales Park - Partnerships for Parks (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7PMtcMATzA)

Panorama Community Garden Group - Rexdale Foodie Fest

(video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHufEgSBtmA)

Friends of the York Beltline - Linear Parks & Active Transportation Corridors (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAak22yOB8w)

Friends of The Guild Park & Gardens - Where Art Meets Nature (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-jl_r7AevM)

The summit concluded with remarks from Richard Ubbens, acting director of Parks, Forestry & Recreation with the City of Toronto, followed by a social and tour of the new Regent Park, opening this summer.

Members of the Regent Park Food Partnership took attendees for a one-hour walking tour of the Regent Park community. Regent Park is undergoing a massive transformation, which is being looked at around the world as a model by which challenged urban neighbourhoods can be re-imagined and re-created as healthy, sustainable communities. See and hear about the new state-of-the-art neighbourhood amenities (including the six-acre park!) that are at the centre of this transformation and are sure to be a destination for the entire City!

Sponsors:

We'd like to thank the sponsors who made our 4th Annual Toronto Park Summit possible:

SUMMIT PRESENTING SPONSOR

TD Canada (www.tdcanadatrust.com/)

SUMMIT SUPPORTING SPONSOR

Mitchell Cohen & Janice Lewis

SUMMIT DONORS

Artscape (torontoartscape.org/)

Henry of Pelham Estates (henryofpelham.com/)

Mountain Equipment Co-op (mec.ca

Mill St. Brewery (millstreetbrewery.com/)

Montforte Dairy (www.monfortedairy.com/)

PARK PARTNERS

David Suzuki Foundation (www.davidsuzuki.org/)

Evergreen (www.evergreen.ca/)

Foodshare (www.foodshare.net/)

Jane's Walk (www.janeswalk.org/)

LEAF (yourleaf.org)

LiveGreen Toronto (www.toronto.ca/livegreen/index.htm)

Parks Canada - Rouge National Park (www.rougepark.com/about/parks_can.php)

City of Toronto (www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=830adada...)

Toronto Field Naturalists (www.torontofieldnaturalists.org/)

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (www.trca.on.ca/)

Photos by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca) Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

The 4th annual Toronto Park Summit took place on February 22nd at Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park.

Photo by Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

Toronto Park People's Park Summit is the premier event celebrating and sharing the successes and opportunities of Toronto’s 1600+ parks. This year’s theme, Reimagine Our Parks, explored creative ways volunteers and partners can transform parks into the heart of their communities. 400 of Toronto’s most passionate park advocates and champions came together at the 2014 Toronto Park Summit.

The keynote adress was given by Adrian Benepe. Adrian was New York City’s Parks Commissioner under Mayor Bloomberg from 2002 to 2012. He is currently a Senior Vice President and Director of City Park Development for the Trust for Public Land, the world’s leading independent organization supporting the protection and enhancement of city parks. Adrian is one of the leading global experts on connecting the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in public-space development and management and his role with TPL is to provide advice on using partnerships to improve parks in cities across the US. As NYC’s Parks Commissioner, Adrian oversaw a renaissance in New York City’s parks system including adding 730 acres of parkland and overseeing such exciting new parks as the High Line, Battery Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Reimaging the Role of Our Parks. We featured and explored opportunities to reimagine parks with four park groups.

Friends of Earl Bales Park - Partnerships for Parks (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7PMtcMATzA)

Panorama Community Garden Group - Rexdale Foodie Fest

(video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHufEgSBtmA)

Friends of the York Beltline - Linear Parks & Active Transportation Corridors (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAak22yOB8w)

Friends of The Guild Park & Gardens - Where Art Meets Nature (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-jl_r7AevM)

The summit concluded with remarks from Richard Ubbens, acting director of Parks, Forestry & Recreation with the City of Toronto, followed by a social and tour of the new Regent Park, opening this summer.

Members of the Regent Park Food Partnership took attendees for a one-hour walking tour of the Regent Park community. Regent Park is undergoing a massive transformation, which is being looked at around the world as a model by which challenged urban neighbourhoods can be re-imagined and re-created as healthy, sustainable communities. See and hear about the new state-of-the-art neighbourhood amenities (including the six-acre park!) that are at the centre of this transformation and are sure to be a destination for the entire City!

Sponsors:

We'd like to thank the sponsors who made our 4th Annual Toronto Park Summit possible:

SUMMIT PRESENTING SPONSOR

TD Canada (www.tdcanadatrust.com/)

SUMMIT SUPPORTING SPONSOR

Mitchell Cohen & Janice Lewis

SUMMIT DONORS

Artscape (torontoartscape.org/)

Henry of Pelham Estates (henryofpelham.com/)

Mountain Equipment Co-op (mec.ca

Mill St. Brewery (millstreetbrewery.com/)

Montforte Dairy (www.monfortedairy.com/)

PARK PARTNERS

David Suzuki Foundation (www.davidsuzuki.org/)

Evergreen (www.evergreen.ca/)

Foodshare (www.foodshare.net/)

Jane's Walk (www.janeswalk.org/)

LEAF (yourleaf.org)

LiveGreen Toronto (www.toronto.ca/livegreen/index.htm)

Parks Canada - Rouge National Park (www.rougepark.com/about/parks_can.php)

City of Toronto (www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=830adada...)

Toronto Field Naturalists (www.torontofieldnaturalists.org/)

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (www.trca.on.ca/)

Photos by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca) Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

New shiny copper pipes are so much better than old rusty pipes.

concrete wall, copper pipes.

media room, Clint and Carolyn's house, Alexandria, Virginia.

July 7, 2016.

... Read my blog at ClintJCL at wordpress.com

... Read Carolyn's blog at CarolynCASL at wordpress.com

BACKSTORY: When we moved into our house, it did not have a real shower in the main bathroom. Just the special diverter-style bathtub spout that lets you attach a shower hose. It has new problems that creep up every couple of years--we're on the 3rd or 4th bathtub spout and had plumbing work done by LiveGreen Plumbing which completely failed to stop the leaking.

A decade or so ago, we replaced the diverter-attached shower head with a double shower so we can both have separate water when we shower together. It was rigged up with waterproof tape because plastic threading isn't really waterproof. It also didn't fit on the wall well, so a washcloth wedged into a hook was holding it up. It hung very low, so that we'd both have to stoop in order to wash out our hair. When 6'-tall Andrea lived with us, showering was a particular challenge for her, because of her height & back problems. The shower hose had just recently broke in such a way that it wouldn't stay screwed into the bathtub spout diverter, and kept flying out mid-shower, in a way that only Clint seemed to be able to fix. So we decided to just go ahead and have a real shower installed instead, because of Andrea's problems, but also because this was something we should have done years ago. New plumbing was cut and soldered onto the existing plumbing, extending the water supply to shower-head height. A mixing valve was added, so we could now turn on the water without having to bend down. The cost was a mere $600, with parts being more than the labor. We still need to replace the shower head with a double shower again, but we got him to install the head higher up so that neither of us have to stoop...Not even tall Andrea! Andrea is gone, but the home improvements she helped catalyze will remain with us.

The 4th annual Toronto Park Summit took place on February 22nd at Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park.

Photo by Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

Toronto Park People's Park Summit is the premier event celebrating and sharing the successes and opportunities of Toronto’s 1600+ parks. This year’s theme, Reimagine Our Parks, explored creative ways volunteers and partners can transform parks into the heart of their communities. 400 of Toronto’s most passionate park advocates and champions came together at the 2014 Toronto Park Summit.

The keynote adress was given by Adrian Benepe. Adrian was New York City’s Parks Commissioner under Mayor Bloomberg from 2002 to 2012. He is currently a Senior Vice President and Director of City Park Development for the Trust for Public Land, the world’s leading independent organization supporting the protection and enhancement of city parks. Adrian is one of the leading global experts on connecting the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in public-space development and management and his role with TPL is to provide advice on using partnerships to improve parks in cities across the US. As NYC’s Parks Commissioner, Adrian oversaw a renaissance in New York City’s parks system including adding 730 acres of parkland and overseeing such exciting new parks as the High Line, Battery Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Reimaging the Role of Our Parks. We featured and explored opportunities to reimagine parks with four park groups.

Friends of Earl Bales Park - Partnerships for Parks (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7PMtcMATzA)

Panorama Community Garden Group - Rexdale Foodie Fest

(video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHufEgSBtmA)

Friends of the York Beltline - Linear Parks & Active Transportation Corridors (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAak22yOB8w)

Friends of The Guild Park & Gardens - Where Art Meets Nature (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-jl_r7AevM)

The summit concluded with remarks from Richard Ubbens, acting director of Parks, Forestry & Recreation with the City of Toronto, followed by a social and tour of the new Regent Park, opening this summer.

Members of the Regent Park Food Partnership took attendees for a one-hour walking tour of the Regent Park community. Regent Park is undergoing a massive transformation, which is being looked at around the world as a model by which challenged urban neighbourhoods can be re-imagined and re-created as healthy, sustainable communities. See and hear about the new state-of-the-art neighbourhood amenities (including the six-acre park!) that are at the centre of this transformation and are sure to be a destination for the entire City!

Sponsors:

We'd like to thank the sponsors who made our 4th Annual Toronto Park Summit possible:

SUMMIT PRESENTING SPONSOR

TD Canada (www.tdcanadatrust.com/)

SUMMIT SUPPORTING SPONSOR

Mitchell Cohen & Janice Lewis

SUMMIT DONORS

Artscape (torontoartscape.org/)

Henry of Pelham Estates (henryofpelham.com/)

Mountain Equipment Co-op (mec.ca

Mill St. Brewery (millstreetbrewery.com/)

Montforte Dairy (www.monfortedairy.com/)

PARK PARTNERS

David Suzuki Foundation (www.davidsuzuki.org/)

Evergreen (www.evergreen.ca/)

Foodshare (www.foodshare.net/)

Jane's Walk (www.janeswalk.org/)

LEAF (yourleaf.org)

LiveGreen Toronto (www.toronto.ca/livegreen/index.htm)

Parks Canada - Rouge National Park (www.rougepark.com/about/parks_can.php)

City of Toronto (www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=830adada...)

Toronto Field Naturalists (www.torontofieldnaturalists.org/)

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (www.trca.on.ca/)

Photos by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca) Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

The knight in our living room has a name: Nutrasweet. Now he has an iPhone.

armor knight, iphone cell phone, mirror.

living room, Clint and Carolyn's house, Alexandria, Virginia.

July 7, 2016.

Pic by Carolyn.

... Read my blog at ClintJCL at wordpress.com

... Read Carolyn's blog at CarolynCASL at wordpress.com

BACKSTORY: When we moved into our house, it did not have a real shower in the main bathroom. Just the special diverter-style bathtub spout that lets you attach a shower hose. It has new problems that creep up every couple of years--we're on the 3rd or 4th bathtub spout and had plumbing work done by LiveGreen Plumbing which completely failed to stop the leaking.

A decade or so ago, we replaced the diverter-attached shower head with a double shower so we can both have separate water when we shower together. It was rigged up with waterproof tape because plastic threading isn't really waterproof. It also didn't fit on the wall well, so a washcloth wedged into a hook was holding it up. It hung very low, so that we'd both have to stoop in order to wash out our hair. When 6'-tall Andrea lived with us, showering was a particular challenge for her, because of her height & back problems. The shower hose had just recently broke in such a way that it wouldn't stay screwed into the bathtub spout diverter, and kept flying out mid-shower, in a way that only Clint seemed to be able to fix. So we decided to just go ahead and have a real shower installed instead, because of Andrea's problems, but also because this was something we should have done years ago. New plumbing was cut and soldered onto the existing plumbing, extending the water supply to shower-head height. A mixing valve was added, so we could now turn on the water without having to bend down. The cost was a mere $600, with parts being more than the labor. We still need to replace the shower head with a double shower again, but we got him to install the head higher up so that neither of us have to stoop...Not even tall Andrea! Andrea is gone, but the home improvements she helped catalyze will remain with us.

The 4th annual Toronto Park Summit took place on February 22nd at Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park.

Photo by Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

Toronto Park People's Park Summit is the premier event celebrating and sharing the successes and opportunities of Toronto’s 1600+ parks. This year’s theme, Reimagine Our Parks, explored creative ways volunteers and partners can transform parks into the heart of their communities. 400 of Toronto’s most passionate park advocates and champions came together at the 2014 Toronto Park Summit.

The keynote adress was given by Adrian Benepe. Adrian was New York City’s Parks Commissioner under Mayor Bloomberg from 2002 to 2012. He is currently a Senior Vice President and Director of City Park Development for the Trust for Public Land, the world’s leading independent organization supporting the protection and enhancement of city parks. Adrian is one of the leading global experts on connecting the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in public-space development and management and his role with TPL is to provide advice on using partnerships to improve parks in cities across the US. As NYC’s Parks Commissioner, Adrian oversaw a renaissance in New York City’s parks system including adding 730 acres of parkland and overseeing such exciting new parks as the High Line, Battery Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Reimaging the Role of Our Parks. We featured and explored opportunities to reimagine parks with four park groups.

Friends of Earl Bales Park - Partnerships for Parks (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7PMtcMATzA)

Panorama Community Garden Group - Rexdale Foodie Fest

(video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHufEgSBtmA)

Friends of the York Beltline - Linear Parks & Active Transportation Corridors (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAak22yOB8w)

Friends of The Guild Park & Gardens - Where Art Meets Nature (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-jl_r7AevM)

The summit concluded with remarks from Richard Ubbens, acting director of Parks, Forestry & Recreation with the City of Toronto, followed by a social and tour of the new Regent Park, opening this summer.

Members of the Regent Park Food Partnership took attendees for a one-hour walking tour of the Regent Park community. Regent Park is undergoing a massive transformation, which is being looked at around the world as a model by which challenged urban neighbourhoods can be re-imagined and re-created as healthy, sustainable communities. See and hear about the new state-of-the-art neighbourhood amenities (including the six-acre park!) that are at the centre of this transformation and are sure to be a destination for the entire City!

Sponsors:

We'd like to thank the sponsors who made our 4th Annual Toronto Park Summit possible:

SUMMIT PRESENTING SPONSOR

TD Canada (www.tdcanadatrust.com/)

SUMMIT SUPPORTING SPONSOR

Mitchell Cohen & Janice Lewis

SUMMIT DONORS

Artscape (torontoartscape.org/)

Henry of Pelham Estates (henryofpelham.com/)

Mountain Equipment Co-op (mec.ca

Mill St. Brewery (millstreetbrewery.com/)

Montforte Dairy (www.monfortedairy.com/)

PARK PARTNERS

David Suzuki Foundation (www.davidsuzuki.org/)

Evergreen (www.evergreen.ca/)

Foodshare (www.foodshare.net/)

Jane's Walk (www.janeswalk.org/)

LEAF (yourleaf.org)

LiveGreen Toronto (www.toronto.ca/livegreen/index.htm)

Parks Canada - Rouge National Park (www.rougepark.com/about/parks_can.php)

City of Toronto (www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=830adada...)

Toronto Field Naturalists (www.torontofieldnaturalists.org/)

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (www.trca.on.ca/)

Photos by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca) Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

New shiny copper pipes are so much better than old rusty pipes.

copper pipes, diamond hole saw, mixing valve, shower diverter.

upstairs, Clint and Carolyn's house, Alexandria, Virginia.

July 7, 2016.

Pic by Carolyn.

... Read my blog at ClintJCL at wordpress.com

... Read Carolyn's blog at CarolynCASL at wordpress.com

BACKSTORY: When we moved into our house, it did not have a real shower in the main bathroom. Just the special diverter-style bathtub spout that lets you attach a shower hose. It has new problems that creep up every couple of years--we're on the 3rd or 4th bathtub spout and had plumbing work done by LiveGreen Plumbing which completely failed to stop the leaking.

A decade or so ago, we replaced the diverter-attached shower head with a double shower so we can both have separate water when we shower together. It was rigged up with waterproof tape because plastic threading isn't really waterproof. It also didn't fit on the wall well, so a washcloth wedged into a hook was holding it up. It hung very low, so that we'd both have to stoop in order to wash out our hair. When 6'-tall Andrea lived with us, showering was a particular challenge for her, because of her height & back problems. The shower hose had just recently broke in such a way that it wouldn't stay screwed into the bathtub spout diverter, and kept flying out mid-shower, in a way that only Clint seemed to be able to fix. So we decided to just go ahead and have a real shower installed instead, because of Andrea's problems, but also because this was something we should have done years ago. New plumbing was cut and soldered onto the existing plumbing, extending the water supply to shower-head height. A mixing valve was added, so we could now turn on the water without having to bend down. The cost was a mere $600, with parts being more than the labor. We still need to replace the shower head with a double shower again, but we got him to install the head higher up so that neither of us have to stoop...Not even tall Andrea! Andrea is gone, but the home improvements she helped catalyze will remain with us.

The 4th annual Toronto Park Summit took place on February 22nd at Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park.

Photo by Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

Toronto Park People's Park Summit is the premier event celebrating and sharing the successes and opportunities of Toronto’s 1600+ parks. This year’s theme, Reimagine Our Parks, explored creative ways volunteers and partners can transform parks into the heart of their communities. 400 of Toronto’s most passionate park advocates and champions came together at the 2014 Toronto Park Summit.

The keynote adress was given by Adrian Benepe. Adrian was New York City’s Parks Commissioner under Mayor Bloomberg from 2002 to 2012. He is currently a Senior Vice President and Director of City Park Development for the Trust for Public Land, the world’s leading independent organization supporting the protection and enhancement of city parks. Adrian is one of the leading global experts on connecting the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in public-space development and management and his role with TPL is to provide advice on using partnerships to improve parks in cities across the US. As NYC’s Parks Commissioner, Adrian oversaw a renaissance in New York City’s parks system including adding 730 acres of parkland and overseeing such exciting new parks as the High Line, Battery Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Reimaging the Role of Our Parks. We featured and explored opportunities to reimagine parks with four park groups.

Friends of Earl Bales Park - Partnerships for Parks (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7PMtcMATzA)

Panorama Community Garden Group - Rexdale Foodie Fest

(video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHufEgSBtmA)

Friends of the York Beltline - Linear Parks & Active Transportation Corridors (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAak22yOB8w)

Friends of The Guild Park & Gardens - Where Art Meets Nature (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-jl_r7AevM)

The summit concluded with remarks from Richard Ubbens, acting director of Parks, Forestry & Recreation with the City of Toronto, followed by a social and tour of the new Regent Park, opening this summer.

Members of the Regent Park Food Partnership took attendees for a one-hour walking tour of the Regent Park community. Regent Park is undergoing a massive transformation, which is being looked at around the world as a model by which challenged urban neighbourhoods can be re-imagined and re-created as healthy, sustainable communities. See and hear about the new state-of-the-art neighbourhood amenities (including the six-acre park!) that are at the centre of this transformation and are sure to be a destination for the entire City!

Sponsors:

We'd like to thank the sponsors who made our 4th Annual Toronto Park Summit possible:

SUMMIT PRESENTING SPONSOR

TD Canada (www.tdcanadatrust.com/)

SUMMIT SUPPORTING SPONSOR

Mitchell Cohen & Janice Lewis

SUMMIT DONORS

Artscape (torontoartscape.org/)

Henry of Pelham Estates (henryofpelham.com/)

Mountain Equipment Co-op (mec.ca

Mill St. Brewery (millstreetbrewery.com/)

Montforte Dairy (www.monfortedairy.com/)

PARK PARTNERS

David Suzuki Foundation (www.davidsuzuki.org/)

Evergreen (www.evergreen.ca/)

Foodshare (www.foodshare.net/)

Jane's Walk (www.janeswalk.org/)

LEAF (yourleaf.org)

LiveGreen Toronto (www.toronto.ca/livegreen/index.htm)

Parks Canada - Rouge National Park (www.rougepark.com/about/parks_can.php)

City of Toronto (www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=830adada...)

Toronto Field Naturalists (www.torontofieldnaturalists.org/)

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (www.trca.on.ca/)

Photos by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca) Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

The 4th annual Toronto Park Summit took place on February 22nd at Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park.

Photo by Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

Toronto Park People's Park Summit is the premier event celebrating and sharing the successes and opportunities of Toronto’s 1600+ parks. This year’s theme, Reimagine Our Parks, explored creative ways volunteers and partners can transform parks into the heart of their communities. 400 of Toronto’s most passionate park advocates and champions came together at the 2014 Toronto Park Summit.

The keynote adress was given by Adrian Benepe. Adrian was New York City’s Parks Commissioner under Mayor Bloomberg from 2002 to 2012. He is currently a Senior Vice President and Director of City Park Development for the Trust for Public Land, the world’s leading independent organization supporting the protection and enhancement of city parks. Adrian is one of the leading global experts on connecting the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in public-space development and management and his role with TPL is to provide advice on using partnerships to improve parks in cities across the US. As NYC’s Parks Commissioner, Adrian oversaw a renaissance in New York City’s parks system including adding 730 acres of parkland and overseeing such exciting new parks as the High Line, Battery Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Reimaging the Role of Our Parks. We featured and explored opportunities to reimagine parks with four park groups.

Friends of Earl Bales Park - Partnerships for Parks (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7PMtcMATzA)

Panorama Community Garden Group - Rexdale Foodie Fest

(video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHufEgSBtmA)

Friends of the York Beltline - Linear Parks & Active Transportation Corridors (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAak22yOB8w)

Friends of The Guild Park & Gardens - Where Art Meets Nature (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-jl_r7AevM)

The summit concluded with remarks from Richard Ubbens, acting director of Parks, Forestry & Recreation with the City of Toronto, followed by a social and tour of the new Regent Park, opening this summer.

Members of the Regent Park Food Partnership took attendees for a one-hour walking tour of the Regent Park community. Regent Park is undergoing a massive transformation, which is being looked at around the world as a model by which challenged urban neighbourhoods can be re-imagined and re-created as healthy, sustainable communities. See and hear about the new state-of-the-art neighbourhood amenities (including the six-acre park!) that are at the centre of this transformation and are sure to be a destination for the entire City!

Sponsors:

We'd like to thank the sponsors who made our 4th Annual Toronto Park Summit possible:

SUMMIT PRESENTING SPONSOR

TD Canada (www.tdcanadatrust.com/)

SUMMIT SUPPORTING SPONSOR

Mitchell Cohen & Janice Lewis

SUMMIT DONORS

Artscape (torontoartscape.org/)

Henry of Pelham Estates (henryofpelham.com/)

Mountain Equipment Co-op (mec.ca

Mill St. Brewery (millstreetbrewery.com/)

Montforte Dairy (www.monfortedairy.com/)

PARK PARTNERS

David Suzuki Foundation (www.davidsuzuki.org/)

Evergreen (www.evergreen.ca/)

Foodshare (www.foodshare.net/)

Jane's Walk (www.janeswalk.org/)

LEAF (yourleaf.org)

LiveGreen Toronto (www.toronto.ca/livegreen/index.htm)

Parks Canada - Rouge National Park (www.rougepark.com/about/parks_can.php)

City of Toronto (www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=830adada...)

Toronto Field Naturalists (www.torontofieldnaturalists.org/)

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (www.trca.on.ca/)

Photos by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca) Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

The 4th annual Toronto Park Summit took place on February 22nd at Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park.

Photo by Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

Toronto Park People's Park Summit is the premier event celebrating and sharing the successes and opportunities of Toronto’s 1600+ parks. This year’s theme, Reimagine Our Parks, explored creative ways volunteers and partners can transform parks into the heart of their communities. 400 of Toronto’s most passionate park advocates and champions came together at the 2014 Toronto Park Summit.

The keynote adress was given by Adrian Benepe. Adrian was New York City’s Parks Commissioner under Mayor Bloomberg from 2002 to 2012. He is currently a Senior Vice President and Director of City Park Development for the Trust for Public Land, the world’s leading independent organization supporting the protection and enhancement of city parks. Adrian is one of the leading global experts on connecting the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in public-space development and management and his role with TPL is to provide advice on using partnerships to improve parks in cities across the US. As NYC’s Parks Commissioner, Adrian oversaw a renaissance in New York City’s parks system including adding 730 acres of parkland and overseeing such exciting new parks as the High Line, Battery Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Reimaging the Role of Our Parks. We featured and explored opportunities to reimagine parks with four park groups.

Friends of Earl Bales Park - Partnerships for Parks (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7PMtcMATzA)

Panorama Community Garden Group - Rexdale Foodie Fest

(video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHufEgSBtmA)

Friends of the York Beltline - Linear Parks & Active Transportation Corridors (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAak22yOB8w)

Friends of The Guild Park & Gardens - Where Art Meets Nature (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-jl_r7AevM)

The summit concluded with remarks from Richard Ubbens, acting director of Parks, Forestry & Recreation with the City of Toronto, followed by a social and tour of the new Regent Park, opening this summer.

Members of the Regent Park Food Partnership took attendees for a one-hour walking tour of the Regent Park community. Regent Park is undergoing a massive transformation, which is being looked at around the world as a model by which challenged urban neighbourhoods can be re-imagined and re-created as healthy, sustainable communities. See and hear about the new state-of-the-art neighbourhood amenities (including the six-acre park!) that are at the centre of this transformation and are sure to be a destination for the entire City!

Sponsors:

We'd like to thank the sponsors who made our 4th Annual Toronto Park Summit possible:

SUMMIT PRESENTING SPONSOR

TD Canada (www.tdcanadatrust.com/)

SUMMIT SUPPORTING SPONSOR

Mitchell Cohen & Janice Lewis

SUMMIT DONORS

Artscape (torontoartscape.org/)

Henry of Pelham Estates (henryofpelham.com/)

Mountain Equipment Co-op (mec.ca

Mill St. Brewery (millstreetbrewery.com/)

Montforte Dairy (www.monfortedairy.com/)

PARK PARTNERS

David Suzuki Foundation (www.davidsuzuki.org/)

Evergreen (www.evergreen.ca/)

Foodshare (www.foodshare.net/)

Jane's Walk (www.janeswalk.org/)

LEAF (yourleaf.org)

LiveGreen Toronto (www.toronto.ca/livegreen/index.htm)

Parks Canada - Rouge National Park (www.rougepark.com/about/parks_can.php)

City of Toronto (www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=830adada...)

Toronto Field Naturalists (www.torontofieldnaturalists.org/)

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (www.trca.on.ca/)

Photos by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca) Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

This wall was evil because it was concrete and hard to cut through. It was made out concrete painted onto successive layers of metal netting. It was a wall style that was used before drywall came around.

concrete wall, groovelock pliers.

media room, Clint and Carolyn's house, Alexandria, Virginia.

July 7, 2016.

... Read my blog at ClintJCL at wordpress.com

... Read Carolyn's blog at CarolynCASL at wordpress.com

BACKSTORY: When we moved into our house, it did not have a real shower in the main bathroom. Just the special diverter-style bathtub spout that lets you attach a shower hose. It has new problems that creep up every couple of years--we're on the 3rd or 4th bathtub spout and had plumbing work done by LiveGreen Plumbing which completely failed to stop the leaking.

A decade or so ago, we replaced the diverter-attached shower head with a double shower so we can both have separate water when we shower together. It was rigged up with waterproof tape because plastic threading isn't really waterproof. It also didn't fit on the wall well, so a washcloth wedged into a hook was holding it up. It hung very low, so that we'd both have to stoop in order to wash out our hair. When 6'-tall Andrea lived with us, showering was a particular challenge for her, because of her height & back problems. The shower hose had just recently broke in such a way that it wouldn't stay screwed into the bathtub spout diverter, and kept flying out mid-shower, in a way that only Clint seemed to be able to fix. So we decided to just go ahead and have a real shower installed instead, because of Andrea's problems, but also because this was something we should have done years ago. New plumbing was cut and soldered onto the existing plumbing, extending the water supply to shower-head height. A mixing valve was added, so we could now turn on the water without having to bend down. The cost was a mere $600, with parts being more than the labor. We still need to replace the shower head with a double shower again, but we got him to install the head higher up so that neither of us have to stoop...Not even tall Andrea! Andrea is gone, but the home improvements she helped catalyze will remain with us.

Biosean- Whale watching and snorkeling

The 4th annual Toronto Park Summit took place on February 22nd at Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park.

Photo by Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

Toronto Park People's Park Summit is the premier event celebrating and sharing the successes and opportunities of Toronto’s 1600+ parks. This year’s theme, Reimagine Our Parks, explored creative ways volunteers and partners can transform parks into the heart of their communities. 400 of Toronto’s most passionate park advocates and champions came together at the 2014 Toronto Park Summit.

The keynote adress was given by Adrian Benepe. Adrian was New York City’s Parks Commissioner under Mayor Bloomberg from 2002 to 2012. He is currently a Senior Vice President and Director of City Park Development for the Trust for Public Land, the world’s leading independent organization supporting the protection and enhancement of city parks. Adrian is one of the leading global experts on connecting the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in public-space development and management and his role with TPL is to provide advice on using partnerships to improve parks in cities across the US. As NYC’s Parks Commissioner, Adrian oversaw a renaissance in New York City’s parks system including adding 730 acres of parkland and overseeing such exciting new parks as the High Line, Battery Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Reimaging the Role of Our Parks. We featured and explored opportunities to reimagine parks with four park groups.

Friends of Earl Bales Park - Partnerships for Parks (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7PMtcMATzA)

Panorama Community Garden Group - Rexdale Foodie Fest

(video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHufEgSBtmA)

Friends of the York Beltline - Linear Parks & Active Transportation Corridors (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAak22yOB8w)

Friends of The Guild Park & Gardens - Where Art Meets Nature (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-jl_r7AevM)

The summit concluded with remarks from Richard Ubbens, acting director of Parks, Forestry & Recreation with the City of Toronto, followed by a social and tour of the new Regent Park, opening this summer.

Members of the Regent Park Food Partnership took attendees for a one-hour walking tour of the Regent Park community. Regent Park is undergoing a massive transformation, which is being looked at around the world as a model by which challenged urban neighbourhoods can be re-imagined and re-created as healthy, sustainable communities. See and hear about the new state-of-the-art neighbourhood amenities (including the six-acre park!) that are at the centre of this transformation and are sure to be a destination for the entire City!

Sponsors:

We'd like to thank the sponsors who made our 4th Annual Toronto Park Summit possible:

SUMMIT PRESENTING SPONSOR

TD Canada (www.tdcanadatrust.com/)

SUMMIT SUPPORTING SPONSOR

Mitchell Cohen & Janice Lewis

SUMMIT DONORS

Artscape (torontoartscape.org/)

Henry of Pelham Estates (henryofpelham.com/)

Mountain Equipment Co-op (mec.ca

Mill St. Brewery (millstreetbrewery.com/)

Montforte Dairy (www.monfortedairy.com/)

PARK PARTNERS

David Suzuki Foundation (www.davidsuzuki.org/)

Evergreen (www.evergreen.ca/)

Foodshare (www.foodshare.net/)

Jane's Walk (www.janeswalk.org/)

LEAF (yourleaf.org)

LiveGreen Toronto (www.toronto.ca/livegreen/index.htm)

Parks Canada - Rouge National Park (www.rougepark.com/about/parks_can.php)

City of Toronto (www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=830adada...)

Toronto Field Naturalists (www.torontofieldnaturalists.org/)

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (www.trca.on.ca/)

Photos by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca) Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

The 4th annual Toronto Park Summit took place on February 22nd at Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park.

Photo by Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

Toronto Park People's Park Summit is the premier event celebrating and sharing the successes and opportunities of Toronto’s 1600+ parks. This year’s theme, Reimagine Our Parks, explored creative ways volunteers and partners can transform parks into the heart of their communities. 400 of Toronto’s most passionate park advocates and champions came together at the 2014 Toronto Park Summit.

The keynote adress was given by Adrian Benepe. Adrian was New York City’s Parks Commissioner under Mayor Bloomberg from 2002 to 2012. He is currently a Senior Vice President and Director of City Park Development for the Trust for Public Land, the world’s leading independent organization supporting the protection and enhancement of city parks. Adrian is one of the leading global experts on connecting the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in public-space development and management and his role with TPL is to provide advice on using partnerships to improve parks in cities across the US. As NYC’s Parks Commissioner, Adrian oversaw a renaissance in New York City’s parks system including adding 730 acres of parkland and overseeing such exciting new parks as the High Line, Battery Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Reimaging the Role of Our Parks. We featured and explored opportunities to reimagine parks with four park groups.

Friends of Earl Bales Park - Partnerships for Parks (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7PMtcMATzA)

Panorama Community Garden Group - Rexdale Foodie Fest

(video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHufEgSBtmA)

Friends of the York Beltline - Linear Parks & Active Transportation Corridors (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAak22yOB8w)

Friends of The Guild Park & Gardens - Where Art Meets Nature (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-jl_r7AevM)

The summit concluded with remarks from Richard Ubbens, acting director of Parks, Forestry & Recreation with the City of Toronto, followed by a social and tour of the new Regent Park, opening this summer.

Members of the Regent Park Food Partnership took attendees for a one-hour walking tour of the Regent Park community. Regent Park is undergoing a massive transformation, which is being looked at around the world as a model by which challenged urban neighbourhoods can be re-imagined and re-created as healthy, sustainable communities. See and hear about the new state-of-the-art neighbourhood amenities (including the six-acre park!) that are at the centre of this transformation and are sure to be a destination for the entire City!

Sponsors:

We'd like to thank the sponsors who made our 4th Annual Toronto Park Summit possible:

SUMMIT PRESENTING SPONSOR

TD Canada (www.tdcanadatrust.com/)

SUMMIT SUPPORTING SPONSOR

Mitchell Cohen & Janice Lewis

SUMMIT DONORS

Artscape (torontoartscape.org/)

Henry of Pelham Estates (henryofpelham.com/)

Mountain Equipment Co-op (mec.ca

Mill St. Brewery (millstreetbrewery.com/)

Montforte Dairy (www.monfortedairy.com/)

PARK PARTNERS

David Suzuki Foundation (www.davidsuzuki.org/)

Evergreen (www.evergreen.ca/)

Foodshare (www.foodshare.net/)

Jane's Walk (www.janeswalk.org/)

LEAF (yourleaf.org)

LiveGreen Toronto (www.toronto.ca/livegreen/index.htm)

Parks Canada - Rouge National Park (www.rougepark.com/about/parks_can.php)

City of Toronto (www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=830adada...)

Toronto Field Naturalists (www.torontofieldnaturalists.org/)

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (www.trca.on.ca/)

Photos by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca) Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

The 4th annual Toronto Park Summit took place on February 22nd at Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park.

This slideshow highlighted and celebrated our accomplishments in 2013.

Toronto Park People's Park Summit is the premier event celebrating and sharing the successes and opportunities of Toronto’s 1600+ parks. This year’s theme, Reimagine Our Parks, explored creative ways volunteers and partners can transform parks into the heart of their communities. 400 of Toronto’s most passionate park advocates and champions came together at the 2014 Toronto Park Summit.

The keynote adress was given by Adrian Benepe. Adrian was New York City’s Parks Commissioner under Mayor Bloomberg from 2002 to 2012. He is currently a Senior Vice President and Director of City Park Development for the Trust for Public Land, the world’s leading independent organization supporting the protection and enhancement of city parks. Adrian is one of the leading global experts on connecting the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in public-space development and management and his role with TPL is to provide advice on using partnerships to improve parks in cities across the US. As NYC’s Parks Commissioner, Adrian oversaw a renaissance in New York City’s parks system including adding 730 acres of parkland and overseeing such exciting new parks as the High Line, Battery Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Reimaging the Role of Our Parks. We featured and explored opportunities to reimagine parks with four park groups.

Friends of Earl Bales Park - Partnerships for Parks (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7PMtcMATzA)

Panorama Community Garden Group - Rexdale Foodie Fest

(video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHufEgSBtmA)

Friends of the York Beltline - Linear Parks & Active Transportation Corridors (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAak22yOB8w)

Friends of The Guild Park & Gardens - Where Art Meets Nature (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-jl_r7AevM)

The summit concluded with remarks from Richard Ubbens, acting director of Parks, Forestry & Recreation with the City of Toronto, followed by a social and tour of the new Regent Park, opening this summer.

Members of the Regent Park Food Partnership took attendees for a one-hour walking tour of the Regent Park community. Regent Park is undergoing a massive transformation, which is being looked at around the world as a model by which challenged urban neighbourhoods can be re-imagined and re-created as healthy, sustainable communities. See and hear about the new state-of-the-art neighbourhood amenities (including the six-acre park!) that are at the centre of this transformation and are sure to be a destination for the entire City!

Sponsors:

We'd like to thank the sponsors who made our 4th Annual Toronto Park Summit possible:

SUMMIT PRESENTING SPONSOR

TD Canada (www.tdcanadatrust.com/)

SUMMIT SUPPORTING SPONSOR

Mitchell Cohen & Janice Lewis

SUMMIT DONORS

Artscape (torontoartscape.org/)

Henry of Pelham Estates (henryofpelham.com/)

Mountain Equipment Co-op (mec.ca

Mill St. Brewery (millstreetbrewery.com/)

Montforte Dairy (www.monfortedairy.com/)

PARK PARTNERS

David Suzuki Foundation (www.davidsuzuki.org/)

Evergreen (www.evergreen.ca/)

Foodshare (www.foodshare.net/)

Jane's Walk (www.janeswalk.org/)

LEAF (yourleaf.org)

LiveGreen Toronto (www.toronto.ca/livegreen/index.htm)

Parks Canada - Rouge National Park (www.rougepark.com/about/parks_can.php)

City of Toronto (www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=830adada...)

Toronto Field Naturalists (www.torontofieldnaturalists.org/)

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (www.trca.on.ca/)

Photos by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca) Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

We took a picture of the box just in case we needed it for whatever reason. We got a Banbury 82910 showerhead with mixing valve.

Moen model 82910 showerhead, box, mixing valve, showerhead.

upstairs, Clint and Carolyn's house, Alexandria, Virginia.

July 7, 2016.

Pic by Carolyn.

... Read my blog at ClintJCL at wordpress.com

... Read Carolyn's blog at CarolynCASL at wordpress.com

BACKSTORY: When we moved into our house, it did not have a real shower in the main bathroom. Just the special diverter-style bathtub spout that lets you attach a shower hose. It has new problems that creep up every couple of years--we're on the 3rd or 4th bathtub spout and had plumbing work done by LiveGreen Plumbing which completely failed to stop the leaking.

A decade or so ago, we replaced the diverter-attached shower head with a double shower so we can both have separate water when we shower together. It was rigged up with waterproof tape because plastic threading isn't really waterproof. It also didn't fit on the wall well, so a washcloth wedged into a hook was holding it up. It hung very low, so that we'd both have to stoop in order to wash out our hair. When 6'-tall Andrea lived with us, showering was a particular challenge for her, because of her height & back problems. The shower hose had just recently broke in such a way that it wouldn't stay screwed into the bathtub spout diverter, and kept flying out mid-shower, in a way that only Clint seemed to be able to fix. So we decided to just go ahead and have a real shower installed instead, because of Andrea's problems, but also because this was something we should have done years ago. New plumbing was cut and soldered onto the existing plumbing, extending the water supply to shower-head height. A mixing valve was added, so we could now turn on the water without having to bend down. The cost was a mere $600, with parts being more than the labor. We still need to replace the shower head with a double shower again, but we got him to install the head higher up so that neither of us have to stoop...Not even tall Andrea! Andrea is gone, but the home improvements she helped catalyze will remain with us.

The 4th annual Toronto Park Summit took place on February 22nd at Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park.

This slideshow highlighted and celebrated our accomplishments in 2013.

Toronto Park People's Park Summit is the premier event celebrating and sharing the successes and opportunities of Toronto’s 1600+ parks. This year’s theme, Reimagine Our Parks, explored creative ways volunteers and partners can transform parks into the heart of their communities. 400 of Toronto’s most passionate park advocates and champions came together at the 2014 Toronto Park Summit.

The keynote adress was given by Adrian Benepe. Adrian was New York City’s Parks Commissioner under Mayor Bloomberg from 2002 to 2012. He is currently a Senior Vice President and Director of City Park Development for the Trust for Public Land, the world’s leading independent organization supporting the protection and enhancement of city parks. Adrian is one of the leading global experts on connecting the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in public-space development and management and his role with TPL is to provide advice on using partnerships to improve parks in cities across the US. As NYC’s Parks Commissioner, Adrian oversaw a renaissance in New York City’s parks system including adding 730 acres of parkland and overseeing such exciting new parks as the High Line, Battery Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Reimaging the Role of Our Parks. We featured and explored opportunities to reimagine parks with four park groups.

Friends of Earl Bales Park - Partnerships for Parks (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7PMtcMATzA)

Panorama Community Garden Group - Rexdale Foodie Fest

(video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHufEgSBtmA)

Friends of the York Beltline - Linear Parks & Active Transportation Corridors (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAak22yOB8w)

Friends of The Guild Park & Gardens - Where Art Meets Nature (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-jl_r7AevM)

The summit concluded with remarks from Richard Ubbens, acting director of Parks, Forestry & Recreation with the City of Toronto, followed by a social and tour of the new Regent Park, opening this summer.

Members of the Regent Park Food Partnership took attendees for a one-hour walking tour of the Regent Park community. Regent Park is undergoing a massive transformation, which is being looked at around the world as a model by which challenged urban neighbourhoods can be re-imagined and re-created as healthy, sustainable communities. See and hear about the new state-of-the-art neighbourhood amenities (including the six-acre park!) that are at the centre of this transformation and are sure to be a destination for the entire City!

Sponsors:

We'd like to thank the sponsors who made our 4th Annual Toronto Park Summit possible:

SUMMIT PRESENTING SPONSOR

TD Canada (www.tdcanadatrust.com/)

SUMMIT SUPPORTING SPONSOR

Mitchell Cohen & Janice Lewis

SUMMIT DONORS

Artscape (torontoartscape.org/)

Henry of Pelham Estates (henryofpelham.com/)

Mountain Equipment Co-op (mec.ca

Mill St. Brewery (millstreetbrewery.com/)

Montforte Dairy (www.monfortedairy.com/)

PARK PARTNERS

David Suzuki Foundation (www.davidsuzuki.org/)

Evergreen (www.evergreen.ca/)

Foodshare (www.foodshare.net/)

Jane's Walk (www.janeswalk.org/)

LEAF (yourleaf.org)

LiveGreen Toronto (www.toronto.ca/livegreen/index.htm)

Parks Canada - Rouge National Park (www.rougepark.com/about/parks_can.php)

City of Toronto (www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=830adada...)

Toronto Field Naturalists (www.torontofieldnaturalists.org/)

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (www.trca.on.ca/)

Photos by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca) Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

The 4th annual Toronto Park Summit took place on February 22nd at Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park.

Photo by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca)

Toronto Park People's Park Summit is the premier event celebrating and sharing the successes and opportunities of Toronto’s 1600+ parks. This year’s theme, Reimagine Our Parks, explored creative ways volunteers and partners can transform parks into the heart of their communities. 400 of Toronto’s most passionate park advocates and champions came together at the 2014 Toronto Park Summit.

The keynote adress was given by Adrian Benepe. Adrian was New York City’s Parks Commissioner under Mayor Bloomberg from 2002 to 2012. He is currently a Senior Vice President and Director of City Park Development for the Trust for Public Land, the world’s leading independent organization supporting the protection and enhancement of city parks. Adrian is one of the leading global experts on connecting the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in public-space development and management and his role with TPL is to provide advice on using partnerships to improve parks in cities across the US. As NYC’s Parks Commissioner, Adrian oversaw a renaissance in New York City’s parks system including adding 730 acres of parkland and overseeing such exciting new parks as the High Line, Battery Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Reimaging the Role of Our Parks. We featured and explored opportunities to reimagine parks with four park groups.

Friends of Earl Bales Park - Partnerships for Parks (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7PMtcMATzA)

Panorama Community Garden Group - Rexdale Foodie Fest

(video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHufEgSBtmA)

Friends of the York Beltline - Linear Parks & Active Transportation Corridors (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAak22yOB8w)

Friends of The Guild Park & Gardens - Where Art Meets Nature (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-jl_r7AevM)

The summit concluded with remarks from Richard Ubbens, acting director of Parks, Forestry & Recreation with the City of Toronto, followed by a social and tour of the new Regent Park, opening this summer.

Members of the Regent Park Food Partnership took attendees for a one-hour walking tour of the Regent Park community. Regent Park is undergoing a massive transformation, which is being looked at around the world as a model by which challenged urban neighbourhoods can be re-imagined and re-created as healthy, sustainable communities. See and hear about the new state-of-the-art neighbourhood amenities (including the six-acre park!) that are at the centre of this transformation and are sure to be a destination for the entire City!

Sponsors:

We'd like to thank the sponsors who made our 4th Annual Toronto Park Summit possible:

SUMMIT PRESENTING SPONSOR

TD Canada (www.tdcanadatrust.com/)

SUMMIT SUPPORTING SPONSOR

Mitchell Cohen & Janice Lewis

SUMMIT DONORS

Artscape (torontoartscape.org/)

Henry of Pelham Estates (henryofpelham.com/)

Mountain Equipment Co-op (mec.ca

Mill St. Brewery (millstreetbrewery.com/)

Montforte Dairy (www.monfortedairy.com/)

PARK PARTNERS

David Suzuki Foundation (www.davidsuzuki.org/)

Evergreen (www.evergreen.ca/)

Foodshare (www.foodshare.net/)

Jane's Walk (www.janeswalk.org/)

LEAF (yourleaf.org)

LiveGreen Toronto (www.toronto.ca/livegreen/index.htm)

Parks Canada - Rouge National Park (www.rougepark.com/about/parks_can.php)

City of Toronto (www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=830adada...)

Toronto Field Naturalists (www.torontofieldnaturalists.org/)

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (www.trca.on.ca/)

Photos by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca) Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

The 4th annual Toronto Park Summit took place on February 22nd at Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park.

Photo by Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

Toronto Park People's Park Summit is the premier event celebrating and sharing the successes and opportunities of Toronto’s 1600+ parks. This year’s theme, Reimagine Our Parks, explored creative ways volunteers and partners can transform parks into the heart of their communities. 400 of Toronto’s most passionate park advocates and champions came together at the 2014 Toronto Park Summit.

The keynote adress was given by Adrian Benepe. Adrian was New York City’s Parks Commissioner under Mayor Bloomberg from 2002 to 2012. He is currently a Senior Vice President and Director of City Park Development for the Trust for Public Land, the world’s leading independent organization supporting the protection and enhancement of city parks. Adrian is one of the leading global experts on connecting the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in public-space development and management and his role with TPL is to provide advice on using partnerships to improve parks in cities across the US. As NYC’s Parks Commissioner, Adrian oversaw a renaissance in New York City’s parks system including adding 730 acres of parkland and overseeing such exciting new parks as the High Line, Battery Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Reimaging the Role of Our Parks. We featured and explored opportunities to reimagine parks with four park groups.

Friends of Earl Bales Park - Partnerships for Parks (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7PMtcMATzA)

Panorama Community Garden Group - Rexdale Foodie Fest

(video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHufEgSBtmA)

Friends of the York Beltline - Linear Parks & Active Transportation Corridors (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAak22yOB8w)

Friends of The Guild Park & Gardens - Where Art Meets Nature (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-jl_r7AevM)

The summit concluded with remarks from Richard Ubbens, acting director of Parks, Forestry & Recreation with the City of Toronto, followed by a social and tour of the new Regent Park, opening this summer.

Members of the Regent Park Food Partnership took attendees for a one-hour walking tour of the Regent Park community. Regent Park is undergoing a massive transformation, which is being looked at around the world as a model by which challenged urban neighbourhoods can be re-imagined and re-created as healthy, sustainable communities. See and hear about the new state-of-the-art neighbourhood amenities (including the six-acre park!) that are at the centre of this transformation and are sure to be a destination for the entire City!

Sponsors:

We'd like to thank the sponsors who made our 4th Annual Toronto Park Summit possible:

SUMMIT PRESENTING SPONSOR

TD Canada (www.tdcanadatrust.com/)

SUMMIT SUPPORTING SPONSOR

Mitchell Cohen & Janice Lewis

SUMMIT DONORS

Artscape (torontoartscape.org/)

Henry of Pelham Estates (henryofpelham.com/)

Mountain Equipment Co-op (mec.ca

Mill St. Brewery (millstreetbrewery.com/)

Montforte Dairy (www.monfortedairy.com/)

PARK PARTNERS

David Suzuki Foundation (www.davidsuzuki.org/)

Evergreen (www.evergreen.ca/)

Foodshare (www.foodshare.net/)

Jane's Walk (www.janeswalk.org/)

LEAF (yourleaf.org)

LiveGreen Toronto (www.toronto.ca/livegreen/index.htm)

Parks Canada - Rouge National Park (www.rougepark.com/about/parks_can.php)

City of Toronto (www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=830adada...)

Toronto Field Naturalists (www.torontofieldnaturalists.org/)

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (www.trca.on.ca/)

Photos by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca) Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

The 4th annual Toronto Park Summit took place on February 22nd at Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park.

Photo by Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

Toronto Park People's Park Summit is the premier event celebrating and sharing the successes and opportunities of Toronto’s 1600+ parks. This year’s theme, Reimagine Our Parks, explored creative ways volunteers and partners can transform parks into the heart of their communities. 400 of Toronto’s most passionate park advocates and champions came together at the 2014 Toronto Park Summit.

The keynote adress was given by Adrian Benepe. Adrian was New York City’s Parks Commissioner under Mayor Bloomberg from 2002 to 2012. He is currently a Senior Vice President and Director of City Park Development for the Trust for Public Land, the world’s leading independent organization supporting the protection and enhancement of city parks. Adrian is one of the leading global experts on connecting the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in public-space development and management and his role with TPL is to provide advice on using partnerships to improve parks in cities across the US. As NYC’s Parks Commissioner, Adrian oversaw a renaissance in New York City’s parks system including adding 730 acres of parkland and overseeing such exciting new parks as the High Line, Battery Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Reimaging the Role of Our Parks. We featured and explored opportunities to reimagine parks with four park groups.

Friends of Earl Bales Park - Partnerships for Parks (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7PMtcMATzA)

Panorama Community Garden Group - Rexdale Foodie Fest

(video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHufEgSBtmA)

Friends of the York Beltline - Linear Parks & Active Transportation Corridors (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAak22yOB8w)

Friends of The Guild Park & Gardens - Where Art Meets Nature (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-jl_r7AevM)

The summit concluded with remarks from Richard Ubbens, acting director of Parks, Forestry & Recreation with the City of Toronto, followed by a social and tour of the new Regent Park, opening this summer.

Members of the Regent Park Food Partnership took attendees for a one-hour walking tour of the Regent Park community. Regent Park is undergoing a massive transformation, which is being looked at around the world as a model by which challenged urban neighbourhoods can be re-imagined and re-created as healthy, sustainable communities. See and hear about the new state-of-the-art neighbourhood amenities (including the six-acre park!) that are at the centre of this transformation and are sure to be a destination for the entire City!

Sponsors:

We'd like to thank the sponsors who made our 4th Annual Toronto Park Summit possible:

SUMMIT PRESENTING SPONSOR

TD Canada (www.tdcanadatrust.com/)

SUMMIT SUPPORTING SPONSOR

Mitchell Cohen & Janice Lewis

SUMMIT DONORS

Artscape (torontoartscape.org/)

Henry of Pelham Estates (henryofpelham.com/)

Mountain Equipment Co-op (mec.ca

Mill St. Brewery (millstreetbrewery.com/)

Montforte Dairy (www.monfortedairy.com/)

PARK PARTNERS

David Suzuki Foundation (www.davidsuzuki.org/)

Evergreen (www.evergreen.ca/)

Foodshare (www.foodshare.net/)

Jane's Walk (www.janeswalk.org/)

LEAF (yourleaf.org)

LiveGreen Toronto (www.toronto.ca/livegreen/index.htm)

Parks Canada - Rouge National Park (www.rougepark.com/about/parks_can.php)

City of Toronto (www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=830adada...)

Toronto Field Naturalists (www.torontofieldnaturalists.org/)

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (www.trca.on.ca/)

Photos by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca) Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

The 4th annual Toronto Park Summit took place on February 22nd at Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park.

Photo by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca)

Toronto Park People's Park Summit is the premier event celebrating and sharing the successes and opportunities of Toronto’s 1600+ parks. This year’s theme, Reimagine Our Parks, explored creative ways volunteers and partners can transform parks into the heart of their communities. 400 of Toronto’s most passionate park advocates and champions came together at the 2014 Toronto Park Summit.

The keynote adress was given by Adrian Benepe. Adrian was New York City’s Parks Commissioner under Mayor Bloomberg from 2002 to 2012. He is currently a Senior Vice President and Director of City Park Development for the Trust for Public Land, the world’s leading independent organization supporting the protection and enhancement of city parks. Adrian is one of the leading global experts on connecting the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in public-space development and management and his role with TPL is to provide advice on using partnerships to improve parks in cities across the US. As NYC’s Parks Commissioner, Adrian oversaw a renaissance in New York City’s parks system including adding 730 acres of parkland and overseeing such exciting new parks as the High Line, Battery Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Reimaging the Role of Our Parks. We featured and explored opportunities to reimagine parks with four park groups.

Friends of Earl Bales Park - Partnerships for Parks (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7PMtcMATzA)

Panorama Community Garden Group - Rexdale Foodie Fest

(video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHufEgSBtmA)

Friends of the York Beltline - Linear Parks & Active Transportation Corridors (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAak22yOB8w)

Friends of The Guild Park & Gardens - Where Art Meets Nature (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-jl_r7AevM)

The summit concluded with remarks from Richard Ubbens, acting director of Parks, Forestry & Recreation with the City of Toronto, followed by a social and tour of the new Regent Park, opening this summer.

Members of the Regent Park Food Partnership took attendees for a one-hour walking tour of the Regent Park community. Regent Park is undergoing a massive transformation, which is being looked at around the world as a model by which challenged urban neighbourhoods can be re-imagined and re-created as healthy, sustainable communities. See and hear about the new state-of-the-art neighbourhood amenities (including the six-acre park!) that are at the centre of this transformation and are sure to be a destination for the entire City!

Sponsors:

We'd like to thank the sponsors who made our 4th Annual Toronto Park Summit possible:

SUMMIT PRESENTING SPONSOR

TD Canada (www.tdcanadatrust.com/)

SUMMIT SUPPORTING SPONSOR

Mitchell Cohen & Janice Lewis

SUMMIT DONORS

Artscape (torontoartscape.org/)

Henry of Pelham Estates (henryofpelham.com/)

Mountain Equipment Co-op (mec.ca

Mill St. Brewery (millstreetbrewery.com/)

Montforte Dairy (www.monfortedairy.com/)

PARK PARTNERS

David Suzuki Foundation (www.davidsuzuki.org/)

Evergreen (www.evergreen.ca/)

Foodshare (www.foodshare.net/)

Jane's Walk (www.janeswalk.org/)

LEAF (yourleaf.org)

LiveGreen Toronto (www.toronto.ca/livegreen/index.htm)

Parks Canada - Rouge National Park (www.rougepark.com/about/parks_can.php)

City of Toronto (www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=830adada...)

Toronto Field Naturalists (www.torontofieldnaturalists.org/)

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (www.trca.on.ca/)

Photos by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca) Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

The 4th annual Toronto Park Summit took place on February 22nd at Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park.

Photo by Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

Toronto Park People's Park Summit is the premier event celebrating and sharing the successes and opportunities of Toronto’s 1600+ parks. This year’s theme, Reimagine Our Parks, explored creative ways volunteers and partners can transform parks into the heart of their communities. 400 of Toronto’s most passionate park advocates and champions came together at the 2014 Toronto Park Summit.

The keynote adress was given by Adrian Benepe. Adrian was New York City’s Parks Commissioner under Mayor Bloomberg from 2002 to 2012. He is currently a Senior Vice President and Director of City Park Development for the Trust for Public Land, the world’s leading independent organization supporting the protection and enhancement of city parks. Adrian is one of the leading global experts on connecting the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in public-space development and management and his role with TPL is to provide advice on using partnerships to improve parks in cities across the US. As NYC’s Parks Commissioner, Adrian oversaw a renaissance in New York City’s parks system including adding 730 acres of parkland and overseeing such exciting new parks as the High Line, Battery Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Reimaging the Role of Our Parks. We featured and explored opportunities to reimagine parks with four park groups.

Friends of Earl Bales Park - Partnerships for Parks (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7PMtcMATzA)

Panorama Community Garden Group - Rexdale Foodie Fest

(video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHufEgSBtmA)

Friends of the York Beltline - Linear Parks & Active Transportation Corridors (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAak22yOB8w)

Friends of The Guild Park & Gardens - Where Art Meets Nature (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-jl_r7AevM)

The summit concluded with remarks from Richard Ubbens, acting director of Parks, Forestry & Recreation with the City of Toronto, followed by a social and tour of the new Regent Park, opening this summer.

Members of the Regent Park Food Partnership took attendees for a one-hour walking tour of the Regent Park community. Regent Park is undergoing a massive transformation, which is being looked at around the world as a model by which challenged urban neighbourhoods can be re-imagined and re-created as healthy, sustainable communities. See and hear about the new state-of-the-art neighbourhood amenities (including the six-acre park!) that are at the centre of this transformation and are sure to be a destination for the entire City!

Sponsors:

We'd like to thank the sponsors who made our 4th Annual Toronto Park Summit possible:

SUMMIT PRESENTING SPONSOR

TD Canada (www.tdcanadatrust.com/)

SUMMIT SUPPORTING SPONSOR

Mitchell Cohen & Janice Lewis

SUMMIT DONORS

Artscape (torontoartscape.org/)

Henry of Pelham Estates (henryofpelham.com/)

Mountain Equipment Co-op (mec.ca

Mill St. Brewery (millstreetbrewery.com/)

Montforte Dairy (www.monfortedairy.com/)

PARK PARTNERS

David Suzuki Foundation (www.davidsuzuki.org/)

Evergreen (www.evergreen.ca/)

Foodshare (www.foodshare.net/)

Jane's Walk (www.janeswalk.org/)

LEAF (yourleaf.org)

LiveGreen Toronto (www.toronto.ca/livegreen/index.htm)

Parks Canada - Rouge National Park (www.rougepark.com/about/parks_can.php)

City of Toronto (www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=830adada...)

Toronto Field Naturalists (www.torontofieldnaturalists.org/)

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (www.trca.on.ca/)

Photos by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca) Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

The 4th annual Toronto Park Summit took place on February 22nd at Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park.

Photo by Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

Toronto Park People's Park Summit is the premier event celebrating and sharing the successes and opportunities of Toronto’s 1600+ parks. This year’s theme, Reimagine Our Parks, explored creative ways volunteers and partners can transform parks into the heart of their communities. 400 of Toronto’s most passionate park advocates and champions came together at the 2014 Toronto Park Summit.

The keynote adress was given by Adrian Benepe. Adrian was New York City’s Parks Commissioner under Mayor Bloomberg from 2002 to 2012. He is currently a Senior Vice President and Director of City Park Development for the Trust for Public Land, the world’s leading independent organization supporting the protection and enhancement of city parks. Adrian is one of the leading global experts on connecting the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in public-space development and management and his role with TPL is to provide advice on using partnerships to improve parks in cities across the US. As NYC’s Parks Commissioner, Adrian oversaw a renaissance in New York City’s parks system including adding 730 acres of parkland and overseeing such exciting new parks as the High Line, Battery Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Reimaging the Role of Our Parks. We featured and explored opportunities to reimagine parks with four park groups.

Friends of Earl Bales Park - Partnerships for Parks (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7PMtcMATzA)

Panorama Community Garden Group - Rexdale Foodie Fest

(video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHufEgSBtmA)

Friends of the York Beltline - Linear Parks & Active Transportation Corridors (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAak22yOB8w)

Friends of The Guild Park & Gardens - Where Art Meets Nature (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-jl_r7AevM)

The summit concluded with remarks from Richard Ubbens, acting director of Parks, Forestry & Recreation with the City of Toronto, followed by a social and tour of the new Regent Park, opening this summer.

Members of the Regent Park Food Partnership took attendees for a one-hour walking tour of the Regent Park community. Regent Park is undergoing a massive transformation, which is being looked at around the world as a model by which challenged urban neighbourhoods can be re-imagined and re-created as healthy, sustainable communities. See and hear about the new state-of-the-art neighbourhood amenities (including the six-acre park!) that are at the centre of this transformation and are sure to be a destination for the entire City!

Sponsors:

We'd like to thank the sponsors who made our 4th Annual Toronto Park Summit possible:

SUMMIT PRESENTING SPONSOR

TD Canada (www.tdcanadatrust.com/)

SUMMIT SUPPORTING SPONSOR

Mitchell Cohen & Janice Lewis

SUMMIT DONORS

Artscape (torontoartscape.org/)

Henry of Pelham Estates (henryofpelham.com/)

Mountain Equipment Co-op (mec.ca

Mill St. Brewery (millstreetbrewery.com/)

Montforte Dairy (www.monfortedairy.com/)

PARK PARTNERS

David Suzuki Foundation (www.davidsuzuki.org/)

Evergreen (www.evergreen.ca/)

Foodshare (www.foodshare.net/)

Jane's Walk (www.janeswalk.org/)

LEAF (yourleaf.org)

LiveGreen Toronto (www.toronto.ca/livegreen/index.htm)

Parks Canada - Rouge National Park (www.rougepark.com/about/parks_can.php)

City of Toronto (www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=830adada...)

Toronto Field Naturalists (www.torontofieldnaturalists.org/)

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (www.trca.on.ca/)

Photos by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca) Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

The 4th annual Toronto Park Summit took place on February 22nd at Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park.

Photo by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca)

Toronto Park People's Park Summit is the premier event celebrating and sharing the successes and opportunities of Toronto’s 1600+ parks. This year’s theme, Reimagine Our Parks, explored creative ways volunteers and partners can transform parks into the heart of their communities. 400 of Toronto’s most passionate park advocates and champions came together at the 2014 Toronto Park Summit.

The keynote adress was given by Adrian Benepe. Adrian was New York City’s Parks Commissioner under Mayor Bloomberg from 2002 to 2012. He is currently a Senior Vice President and Director of City Park Development for the Trust for Public Land, the world’s leading independent organization supporting the protection and enhancement of city parks. Adrian is one of the leading global experts on connecting the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in public-space development and management and his role with TPL is to provide advice on using partnerships to improve parks in cities across the US. As NYC’s Parks Commissioner, Adrian oversaw a renaissance in New York City’s parks system including adding 730 acres of parkland and overseeing such exciting new parks as the High Line, Battery Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Reimaging the Role of Our Parks. We featured and explored opportunities to reimagine parks with four park groups.

Friends of Earl Bales Park - Partnerships for Parks (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7PMtcMATzA)

Panorama Community Garden Group - Rexdale Foodie Fest

(video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHufEgSBtmA)

Friends of the York Beltline - Linear Parks & Active Transportation Corridors (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAak22yOB8w)

Friends of The Guild Park & Gardens - Where Art Meets Nature (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-jl_r7AevM)

The summit concluded with remarks from Richard Ubbens, acting director of Parks, Forestry & Recreation with the City of Toronto, followed by a social and tour of the new Regent Park, opening this summer.

Members of the Regent Park Food Partnership took attendees for a one-hour walking tour of the Regent Park community. Regent Park is undergoing a massive transformation, which is being looked at around the world as a model by which challenged urban neighbourhoods can be re-imagined and re-created as healthy, sustainable communities. See and hear about the new state-of-the-art neighbourhood amenities (including the six-acre park!) that are at the centre of this transformation and are sure to be a destination for the entire City!

Sponsors:

We'd like to thank the sponsors who made our 4th Annual Toronto Park Summit possible:

SUMMIT PRESENTING SPONSOR

TD Canada (www.tdcanadatrust.com/)

SUMMIT SUPPORTING SPONSOR

Mitchell Cohen & Janice Lewis

SUMMIT DONORS

Artscape (torontoartscape.org/)

Henry of Pelham Estates (henryofpelham.com/)

Mountain Equipment Co-op (mec.ca

Mill St. Brewery (millstreetbrewery.com/)

Montforte Dairy (www.monfortedairy.com/)

PARK PARTNERS

David Suzuki Foundation (www.davidsuzuki.org/)

Evergreen (www.evergreen.ca/)

Foodshare (www.foodshare.net/)

Jane's Walk (www.janeswalk.org/)

LEAF (yourleaf.org)

LiveGreen Toronto (www.toronto.ca/livegreen/index.htm)

Parks Canada - Rouge National Park (www.rougepark.com/about/parks_can.php)

City of Toronto (www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=830adada...)

Toronto Field Naturalists (www.torontofieldnaturalists.org/)

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (www.trca.on.ca/)

Photos by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca) Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

The 4th annual Toronto Park Summit took place on February 22nd at Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park.

Photo by Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

Toronto Park People's Park Summit is the premier event celebrating and sharing the successes and opportunities of Toronto’s 1600+ parks. This year’s theme, Reimagine Our Parks, explored creative ways volunteers and partners can transform parks into the heart of their communities. 400 of Toronto’s most passionate park advocates and champions came together at the 2014 Toronto Park Summit.

The keynote adress was given by Adrian Benepe. Adrian was New York City’s Parks Commissioner under Mayor Bloomberg from 2002 to 2012. He is currently a Senior Vice President and Director of City Park Development for the Trust for Public Land, the world’s leading independent organization supporting the protection and enhancement of city parks. Adrian is one of the leading global experts on connecting the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in public-space development and management and his role with TPL is to provide advice on using partnerships to improve parks in cities across the US. As NYC’s Parks Commissioner, Adrian oversaw a renaissance in New York City’s parks system including adding 730 acres of parkland and overseeing such exciting new parks as the High Line, Battery Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Reimaging the Role of Our Parks. We featured and explored opportunities to reimagine parks with four park groups.

Friends of Earl Bales Park - Partnerships for Parks (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7PMtcMATzA)

Panorama Community Garden Group - Rexdale Foodie Fest

(video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHufEgSBtmA)

Friends of the York Beltline - Linear Parks & Active Transportation Corridors (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAak22yOB8w)

Friends of The Guild Park & Gardens - Where Art Meets Nature (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-jl_r7AevM)

The summit concluded with remarks from Richard Ubbens, acting director of Parks, Forestry & Recreation with the City of Toronto, followed by a social and tour of the new Regent Park, opening this summer.

Members of the Regent Park Food Partnership took attendees for a one-hour walking tour of the Regent Park community. Regent Park is undergoing a massive transformation, which is being looked at around the world as a model by which challenged urban neighbourhoods can be re-imagined and re-created as healthy, sustainable communities. See and hear about the new state-of-the-art neighbourhood amenities (including the six-acre park!) that are at the centre of this transformation and are sure to be a destination for the entire City!

Sponsors:

We'd like to thank the sponsors who made our 4th Annual Toronto Park Summit possible:

SUMMIT PRESENTING SPONSOR

TD Canada (www.tdcanadatrust.com/)

SUMMIT SUPPORTING SPONSOR

Mitchell Cohen & Janice Lewis

SUMMIT DONORS

Artscape (torontoartscape.org/)

Henry of Pelham Estates (henryofpelham.com/)

Mountain Equipment Co-op (mec.ca

Mill St. Brewery (millstreetbrewery.com/)

Montforte Dairy (www.monfortedairy.com/)

PARK PARTNERS

David Suzuki Foundation (www.davidsuzuki.org/)

Evergreen (www.evergreen.ca/)

Foodshare (www.foodshare.net/)

Jane's Walk (www.janeswalk.org/)

LEAF (yourleaf.org)

LiveGreen Toronto (www.toronto.ca/livegreen/index.htm)

Parks Canada - Rouge National Park (www.rougepark.com/about/parks_can.php)

City of Toronto (www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=830adada...)

Toronto Field Naturalists (www.torontofieldnaturalists.org/)

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (www.trca.on.ca/)

Photos by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca) Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

The 4th annual Toronto Park Summit took place on February 22nd at Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park.

This slideshow highlighted and celebrated our accomplishments in 2013.

Toronto Park People's Park Summit is the premier event celebrating and sharing the successes and opportunities of Toronto’s 1600+ parks. This year’s theme, Reimagine Our Parks, explored creative ways volunteers and partners can transform parks into the heart of their communities. 400 of Toronto’s most passionate park advocates and champions came together at the 2014 Toronto Park Summit.

The keynote adress was given by Adrian Benepe. Adrian was New York City’s Parks Commissioner under Mayor Bloomberg from 2002 to 2012. He is currently a Senior Vice President and Director of City Park Development for the Trust for Public Land, the world’s leading independent organization supporting the protection and enhancement of city parks. Adrian is one of the leading global experts on connecting the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in public-space development and management and his role with TPL is to provide advice on using partnerships to improve parks in cities across the US. As NYC’s Parks Commissioner, Adrian oversaw a renaissance in New York City’s parks system including adding 730 acres of parkland and overseeing such exciting new parks as the High Line, Battery Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Reimaging the Role of Our Parks. We featured and explored opportunities to reimagine parks with four park groups.

Friends of Earl Bales Park - Partnerships for Parks (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7PMtcMATzA)

Panorama Community Garden Group - Rexdale Foodie Fest

(video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHufEgSBtmA)

Friends of the York Beltline - Linear Parks & Active Transportation Corridors (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAak22yOB8w)

Friends of The Guild Park & Gardens - Where Art Meets Nature (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-jl_r7AevM)

The summit concluded with remarks from Richard Ubbens, acting director of Parks, Forestry & Recreation with the City of Toronto, followed by a social and tour of the new Regent Park, opening this summer.

Members of the Regent Park Food Partnership took attendees for a one-hour walking tour of the Regent Park community. Regent Park is undergoing a massive transformation, which is being looked at around the world as a model by which challenged urban neighbourhoods can be re-imagined and re-created as healthy, sustainable communities. See and hear about the new state-of-the-art neighbourhood amenities (including the six-acre park!) that are at the centre of this transformation and are sure to be a destination for the entire City!

Sponsors:

We'd like to thank the sponsors who made our 4th Annual Toronto Park Summit possible:

SUMMIT PRESENTING SPONSOR

TD Canada (www.tdcanadatrust.com/)

SUMMIT SUPPORTING SPONSOR

Mitchell Cohen & Janice Lewis

SUMMIT DONORS

Artscape (torontoartscape.org/)

Henry of Pelham Estates (henryofpelham.com/)

Mountain Equipment Co-op (mec.ca

Mill St. Brewery (millstreetbrewery.com/)

Montforte Dairy (www.monfortedairy.com/)

PARK PARTNERS

David Suzuki Foundation (www.davidsuzuki.org/)

Evergreen (www.evergreen.ca/)

Foodshare (www.foodshare.net/)

Jane's Walk (www.janeswalk.org/)

LEAF (yourleaf.org)

LiveGreen Toronto (www.toronto.ca/livegreen/index.htm)

Parks Canada - Rouge National Park (www.rougepark.com/about/parks_can.php)

City of Toronto (www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=830adada...)

Toronto Field Naturalists (www.torontofieldnaturalists.org/)

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (www.trca.on.ca/)

Photos by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca) Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

The 4th annual Toronto Park Summit took place on February 22nd at Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park.

Photo by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca)

Toronto Park People's Park Summit is the premier event celebrating and sharing the successes and opportunities of Toronto’s 1600+ parks. This year’s theme, Reimagine Our Parks, explored creative ways volunteers and partners can transform parks into the heart of their communities. 400 of Toronto’s most passionate park advocates and champions came together at the 2014 Toronto Park Summit.

The keynote adress was given by Adrian Benepe. Adrian was New York City’s Parks Commissioner under Mayor Bloomberg from 2002 to 2012. He is currently a Senior Vice President and Director of City Park Development for the Trust for Public Land, the world’s leading independent organization supporting the protection and enhancement of city parks. Adrian is one of the leading global experts on connecting the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in public-space development and management and his role with TPL is to provide advice on using partnerships to improve parks in cities across the US. As NYC’s Parks Commissioner, Adrian oversaw a renaissance in New York City’s parks system including adding 730 acres of parkland and overseeing such exciting new parks as the High Line, Battery Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Reimaging the Role of Our Parks. We featured and explored opportunities to reimagine parks with four park groups.

Friends of Earl Bales Park - Partnerships for Parks (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7PMtcMATzA)

Panorama Community Garden Group - Rexdale Foodie Fest

(video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHufEgSBtmA)

Friends of the York Beltline - Linear Parks & Active Transportation Corridors (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAak22yOB8w)

Friends of The Guild Park & Gardens - Where Art Meets Nature (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-jl_r7AevM)

The summit concluded with remarks from Richard Ubbens, acting director of Parks, Forestry & Recreation with the City of Toronto, followed by a social and tour of the new Regent Park, opening this summer.

Members of the Regent Park Food Partnership took attendees for a one-hour walking tour of the Regent Park community. Regent Park is undergoing a massive transformation, which is being looked at around the world as a model by which challenged urban neighbourhoods can be re-imagined and re-created as healthy, sustainable communities. See and hear about the new state-of-the-art neighbourhood amenities (including the six-acre park!) that are at the centre of this transformation and are sure to be a destination for the entire City!

Sponsors:

We'd like to thank the sponsors who made our 4th Annual Toronto Park Summit possible:

SUMMIT PRESENTING SPONSOR

TD Canada (www.tdcanadatrust.com/)

SUMMIT SUPPORTING SPONSOR

Mitchell Cohen & Janice Lewis

SUMMIT DONORS

Artscape (torontoartscape.org/)

Henry of Pelham Estates (henryofpelham.com/)

Mountain Equipment Co-op (mec.ca

Mill St. Brewery (millstreetbrewery.com/)

Montforte Dairy (www.monfortedairy.com/)

PARK PARTNERS

David Suzuki Foundation (www.davidsuzuki.org/)

Evergreen (www.evergreen.ca/)

Foodshare (www.foodshare.net/)

Jane's Walk (www.janeswalk.org/)

LEAF (yourleaf.org)

LiveGreen Toronto (www.toronto.ca/livegreen/index.htm)

Parks Canada - Rouge National Park (www.rougepark.com/about/parks_can.php)

City of Toronto (www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=830adada...)

Toronto Field Naturalists (www.torontofieldnaturalists.org/)

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (www.trca.on.ca/)

Photos by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca) Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

The 4th annual Toronto Park Summit took place on February 22nd at Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park.

Photo by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca)

Toronto Park People's Park Summit is the premier event celebrating and sharing the successes and opportunities of Toronto’s 1600+ parks. This year’s theme, Reimagine Our Parks, explored creative ways volunteers and partners can transform parks into the heart of their communities. 400 of Toronto’s most passionate park advocates and champions came together at the 2014 Toronto Park Summit.

The keynote adress was given by Adrian Benepe. Adrian was New York City’s Parks Commissioner under Mayor Bloomberg from 2002 to 2012. He is currently a Senior Vice President and Director of City Park Development for the Trust for Public Land, the world’s leading independent organization supporting the protection and enhancement of city parks. Adrian is one of the leading global experts on connecting the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in public-space development and management and his role with TPL is to provide advice on using partnerships to improve parks in cities across the US. As NYC’s Parks Commissioner, Adrian oversaw a renaissance in New York City’s parks system including adding 730 acres of parkland and overseeing such exciting new parks as the High Line, Battery Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Reimaging the Role of Our Parks. We featured and explored opportunities to reimagine parks with four park groups.

Friends of Earl Bales Park - Partnerships for Parks (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7PMtcMATzA)

Panorama Community Garden Group - Rexdale Foodie Fest

(video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHufEgSBtmA)

Friends of the York Beltline - Linear Parks & Active Transportation Corridors (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAak22yOB8w)

Friends of The Guild Park & Gardens - Where Art Meets Nature (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-jl_r7AevM)

The summit concluded with remarks from Richard Ubbens, acting director of Parks, Forestry & Recreation with the City of Toronto, followed by a social and tour of the new Regent Park, opening this summer.

Members of the Regent Park Food Partnership took attendees for a one-hour walking tour of the Regent Park community. Regent Park is undergoing a massive transformation, which is being looked at around the world as a model by which challenged urban neighbourhoods can be re-imagined and re-created as healthy, sustainable communities. See and hear about the new state-of-the-art neighbourhood amenities (including the six-acre park!) that are at the centre of this transformation and are sure to be a destination for the entire City!

Sponsors:

We'd like to thank the sponsors who made our 4th Annual Toronto Park Summit possible:

SUMMIT PRESENTING SPONSOR

TD Canada (www.tdcanadatrust.com/)

SUMMIT SUPPORTING SPONSOR

Mitchell Cohen & Janice Lewis

SUMMIT DONORS

Artscape (torontoartscape.org/)

Henry of Pelham Estates (henryofpelham.com/)

Mountain Equipment Co-op (mec.ca

Mill St. Brewery (millstreetbrewery.com/)

Montforte Dairy (www.monfortedairy.com/)

PARK PARTNERS

David Suzuki Foundation (www.davidsuzuki.org/)

Evergreen (www.evergreen.ca/)

Foodshare (www.foodshare.net/)

Jane's Walk (www.janeswalk.org/)

LEAF (yourleaf.org)

LiveGreen Toronto (www.toronto.ca/livegreen/index.htm)

Parks Canada - Rouge National Park (www.rougepark.com/about/parks_can.php)

City of Toronto (www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=830adada...)

Toronto Field Naturalists (www.torontofieldnaturalists.org/)

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (www.trca.on.ca/)

Photos by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca) Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)

The 4th annual Toronto Park Summit took place on February 22nd at Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park.

This slideshow highlighted and celebrated our accomplishments in 2013.

Toronto Park People's Park Summit is the premier event celebrating and sharing the successes and opportunities of Toronto’s 1600+ parks. This year’s theme, Reimagine Our Parks, explored creative ways volunteers and partners can transform parks into the heart of their communities. 400 of Toronto’s most passionate park advocates and champions came together at the 2014 Toronto Park Summit.

The keynote adress was given by Adrian Benepe. Adrian was New York City’s Parks Commissioner under Mayor Bloomberg from 2002 to 2012. He is currently a Senior Vice President and Director of City Park Development for the Trust for Public Land, the world’s leading independent organization supporting the protection and enhancement of city parks. Adrian is one of the leading global experts on connecting the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in public-space development and management and his role with TPL is to provide advice on using partnerships to improve parks in cities across the US. As NYC’s Parks Commissioner, Adrian oversaw a renaissance in New York City’s parks system including adding 730 acres of parkland and overseeing such exciting new parks as the High Line, Battery Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Reimaging the Role of Our Parks. We featured and explored opportunities to reimagine parks with four park groups.

Friends of Earl Bales Park - Partnerships for Parks (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7PMtcMATzA)

Panorama Community Garden Group - Rexdale Foodie Fest

(video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHufEgSBtmA)

Friends of the York Beltline - Linear Parks & Active Transportation Corridors (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAak22yOB8w)

Friends of The Guild Park & Gardens - Where Art Meets Nature (video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-jl_r7AevM)

The summit concluded with remarks from Richard Ubbens, acting director of Parks, Forestry & Recreation with the City of Toronto, followed by a social and tour of the new Regent Park, opening this summer.

Members of the Regent Park Food Partnership took attendees for a one-hour walking tour of the Regent Park community. Regent Park is undergoing a massive transformation, which is being looked at around the world as a model by which challenged urban neighbourhoods can be re-imagined and re-created as healthy, sustainable communities. See and hear about the new state-of-the-art neighbourhood amenities (including the six-acre park!) that are at the centre of this transformation and are sure to be a destination for the entire City!

Sponsors:

We'd like to thank the sponsors who made our 4th Annual Toronto Park Summit possible:

SUMMIT PRESENTING SPONSOR

TD Canada (www.tdcanadatrust.com/)

SUMMIT SUPPORTING SPONSOR

Mitchell Cohen & Janice Lewis

SUMMIT DONORS

Artscape (torontoartscape.org/)

Henry of Pelham Estates (henryofpelham.com/)

Mountain Equipment Co-op (mec.ca

Mill St. Brewery (millstreetbrewery.com/)

Montforte Dairy (www.monfortedairy.com/)

PARK PARTNERS

David Suzuki Foundation (www.davidsuzuki.org/)

Evergreen (www.evergreen.ca/)

Foodshare (www.foodshare.net/)

Jane's Walk (www.janeswalk.org/)

LEAF (yourleaf.org)

LiveGreen Toronto (www.toronto.ca/livegreen/index.htm)

Parks Canada - Rouge National Park (www.rougepark.com/about/parks_can.php)

City of Toronto (www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=830adada...)

Toronto Field Naturalists (www.torontofieldnaturalists.org/)

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (www.trca.on.ca/)

Photos by John Beebe (www.johnbeebe.ca) Rebecca Alam (plus.google.com/105941323631461193175/about)