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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)
I returned to BuskerFest Toronto the next day to see the event in full swing, after my brief preview yesterday during setup.
My eye was quickly drawn to a craft stall being run by this young woman with amazing face-painting. Meet Samay who quickly agreed to being photographed for 100 Strangers and who explained that her remarkable face paint had been done by a business further down the street by the name of Kromatik.
I learned that Samay was running the family craft stall and that all the crafts being sold were hand made in Ecuador. Samay’s family is from Ecuador and they make frequent trips there to visit and to buy crafts which they sell at events and festivals like BuskerFest.
When she is not helping run the family craft business, Samay (emphasis on the final syllable) is at university studying Environmental Protection. We spoke briefly about the importance of protecting the environment and I commented that I had photographed another woman with a degree in Environmental Protection a couple of weeks ago at the LiveGreen festival.
Samay was very warm and friendly and happy to help with my project. We fit the photos in between customers who were coming and going from the stall, looking at, asking questions about, and buying crafts. This photo was taken inside the tent which had open sides for light to get in. I asked Samay to move to the side of the tent so that I could use the beautiful blanket as a background. (I think I would have preferred a simpler background that didn't "compete" with Samay's decorations so much but that wasn't an option.)
On my way back past the stall after having walked up Yonge Street, I saw that Samay had stepped out in front of the stall to show something to a potential customer and when I asked her to turn toward me for one more photo if her in front of the stall, she happily did so. I have included that photo as a comment photo.
Samay provided her email so I can send her a copy of the photo. I hope she likes it.
Thank you Samay for participating in 100 Strangers. You are now Stranger #171/200 in Round 2 of my project.
Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
To browse Round 1 of my 100 Strangers project click here: www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcbowen/sets/72157633145986224/
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.
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 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)
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 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)
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.
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.
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)
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.
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.
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)
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)
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)
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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 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)
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.
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.
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)
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Monika Marija Messinga
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.
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)