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A fresh, new look for your North York Mirror You may have noticed a fresh look on top of your North York Mirror today. It’s part of our affirmation to North York that the community comes first. In the past, you may have noticed the key word in our flag – or masthead as we call it – was The Mirror. Now, the key word is North York. As well, you’ll note the colourful nature of the flag – done in colours where we believe there is a community affinity. “But the newspaper’s flag – or masthead – is only that, a graphic presentation. What really counts is the job we do covering the neighbourhoods of your community,” said Editor-in-Chief Peter Haggert. “As always, we invite your feedback. You can reach us by calling our newsroom at 416-493-4400 or sending an email to nym@ insidetoronto.com”
thurs sept 6, 2012
RAINY START TO THE SCHOOL YEAR
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BACK TO CLASS: Raul Escobar, 5, waits for his father outside Cherokee Public School on the first day of classes on Tuesday.
Bids sought to develop Lawrence Heights plan FANNIE SUNSHINE fsunshine@insidetoronto.com Toronto Community Housing has put out a request for tender to help implement the revitalization vision for Lawrence Heights, the organization’s president and CEO announced Wednesday. Toronto Community Housing is looking for a development and construction partner to help transform Lawrence Heights,
located between Moving Lawrence West and Yorkdale forward in LAWRENCE subway stations, along HEIGHTS both sides of Allen Road, into AT ISSUE a mixed-use community. The revitalization project will replace 1,208 social housing units with new homes, along with 4,100 new
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units of market housing. Gene Jones, president and CEO of Toronto Community Housing, said they will narrow down the field to two or three bids in December and present the visions to residents in January. “A big part of the evaluation process is seeing which ideas are parallel with the vision residents have,” he said. “They live there, they are proud of where they live.” @NorthYorkMirror
The announcement follows years of input and involvement with Lawrence Heights residents, community organizations and the City of Toronto. Planning for the revitalization, which is part of the city’s Lawrence-Allen Revitalization, started in June 2008. Phase 1 of the Lawrence Heights revitalization will include 177 mid-rise and 56 townhouse rent-geared-to-income units, and
665 mid-rise and 163 townhouse market units. Construction of the first buildings in Phase 1 could begin as early as 2014. The entire Lawrence Heights revitalization will take 20 years. Toronto Community Housing is leading the revitalization and, through the sale of market housing with the private sector, will invest an estimated $350 million in new social housing.
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