Residents of Malvern have gotten together to speak up about the lack of major transit investment in North-East Scarborough for decades. They have gotten together to form the Transportation Working Group who are seeking to highlight the problems that residents face on a daily basis. Click here to go to the web page which has all the information you need to get updated about the transit issue here. Please take a moment to email or tweet (or both) the campaign to your local politicians to ensure that they take a step towards bringing transit to this neighbourhood.
Malvern Transit Campaign
Malvern Eats has launched!
Approximately 90 participants enjoyed a Lemon & Herb Chicken in a white sauce, Rice Pilaf, Vegetables, Garden Salad, Fruits & Refreshments. Toronto Police Services 42 Division provided information on anti-theft and crime prevention methods.
Join us every Thursday, for a restaurant-style lunch service between 11:30am and 1:30pm.
Interested in volunteering? Are you looking for an opportunity to engage your community in an atmosphere of warmth? Are you ready to get involved in providing a hot, healthy and delicious meal to someone who really needs it? Send an email to malverneats@muslimwelfarecentre.com
If you are also interested in sponsoring a meal, you may visit this link and click “Malvern Lunch” to donate towards this initiative.
If you are a service provider and would like to do a presentation to the group about your services and programs, get in touch with Wynette at residentengagement.mnap@gmail.com.
Lived Experience Advisory Group - Poverty Reduction Strategy
To help inform the City’s Poverty Reduction Strategy, the City of Toronto is creating an advisory group made up of people with lived experiences of poverty. On Tuesday, March 29, 2016 approximately 20 residents gathered at Scarborough Civic Centre, to explore this further and go through the City’s survey as a large Scarborough group. If you would like to host similar conversations in your own groups, you may follow this conversation guide to help shape your discussions and then fill out the survey. Deadline to fill out the survey is April 22, 2016.
Mayor Tory Recognizes Waste-Diversions from Malvern Condo
Mayor John Tory, Councillor Cho and other City staff visited Mayfair on the Green to understand how the condo building manages to divert 85% of its waste away from landfill. Click here to read Tory wants waste-diverting condo to be model for the city and Scarborough Condo Leading Way Toward ‘Zero Waste’.
Malvern Partners Meet & Greet Update
On March 8, 2016, over 60 representatives from agencies inside and outside of Malvern attended the first ever Malvern Partners Meet & Greet and learned about new initiatives and opportunities for collaboration within the network. Participants learned about each others’ resources and assets through their exchanges. You can download the booklet that was distributed during the event, and also take a look at the the summary of the feedback from participants. If you were a participant and did not have an opportunity to fill out a survey, you can fill out an anonymous survey here.
Two Cycling Hubs Coming to Scarborough This Summer
Coming this June, Scarborough residents will have two new reasons to hop on their bicycles. In conjunction with local community partners, The Toronto Centre for Active Transportation (TCAT) will be opening a pair of cycling hubs here. The new hubs, located at the Birchmount Bluffs Neighbourhood Centre and AccessPoint on Danforth, will both offer access to free tools and bicycles, as well as programming such as bike repair clinics, cycling mentors for new Canadians, and family-friendly bike rides. Click here to read the full Yonge Street Media article and the Scarborough Mirror article.
Thanks For Your Support on the Urban Farm!
Thanks to everyone who rallied up their friends, colleagues and family to vote for the Morningside Heights Urban Farm last week! The voting was a part of United Way’s Rouge fundraising campaign. Thanks to all your support, encouragement and well wishes, our farm was the project with the leading votes at the time polls closed, making an amazing comeback from second place! The winner will be officially announced at United Way Rouge on April 8.
New Suburbanism: Finding Satisfaction in Scarborough
New Suburbanism is a Scarborough-born movement to study the history of our suburbs and plan their future. The movement aims to see how Scarborough can be worked with and matured. For full coverage of the issue, please read the Scarborough Mirror article.
Former Malvern resident to be honoured at Scarborough Walk of Fame
Farley Flex is a Canadian music promoter who is best known for being a judge on the reality television series Canadian Idol. Flex grew up in Malvern and got his start in the music business in the area, organizing a break dance competition in the early 1980s. Read more about him and this award on this InsideToronto article.
Toronto Neighbourhood Rankings
Curious about the ranking of different neighbourhoods in the City? Want to know where Malvern ranks? Take a look through this website for details.