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The colours of Pride embraced by BIA for Oz-themed festival Hop-on, hop-off tour bus event on June 26
Church project approved Wesley Mimico United renewal gets greenlight from community council
CYNTHIA REASON creason@insidetoronto.com In celebration of WorldPride 2014 Toronto, the Lakeshore Village BIA is inviting rainbowclad revelers to Follow the Yellow Brick Road as it transforms its community into the Land of Oz for a family-friendly pre-Pride festival next week. “The whole idea from the BIA’s perspective is that it’s important as business people to express our inclusiveness and to show this area – which has not always been known as an inclusive area – that it is now, and that we have very active business owners that want to demonstrate that everyone is welcome in their business,” said Carol Ledden-Cusson, owner of The Loot Lady and secretary of the Lakeshore Village BIA. “It makes business sense, but it’s also the right thing to do.” More than 25 businesses in the Lakeshore Village BIA have signed on to host different events and specials for the Wizard of Oz-themed Follow the Yellow Brick Road Festival, which was co-organized by local
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Carol Ledden-Cusson, owner of The Loot Lady and secretary of the Lakeshore Village BIA, and Bram Zeidenberg, Co-chair of SAFE - Social Action for Equality - invite everyone to Follow the Yellow Brick Road on Thursday, June 26.
not-for-profit Social Action for Equality (SAFE). The event takes place on Thursday, June 26 from 4 to 11 p.m.
The festival is one that caters to Pride supporters of every age from Kipling Avenue all the way to First Street, and beyond –
featuring a Kids Zone and lots of rainbow-themed crafts for the kids, documentary screenings >>>businesses, page 22
Like the God they worship, Wesley Mimico United Church is rising to embrace a new life. Etobicoke York Community Council this week unanimously approved the church’s faith and hope planning committee’s application to redevelop the church into a multiuse facility to include a new sanctuary, muchneeded community space and 30 seniors’ apartments while preserving heritage aspects of the 1922 building. Designed by Robert Reimers Architect Ltd., the project is an adaptive reuse of the heritage structure at a scale appropriate for the surrounding Mimico neighbourhood, a May city planning report stated. “Our purpose in the proposal is to renew the church building into an accessible, welcoming centre to better serve the community, the congregation and seniors who want to live comfortably in a low-rise, owner>>>church, page 20
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