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Events and Activities in and around the Durand Neighbourhood

Sustainability Professionals Network – Launch Event May 15th

Posted on May 9, 2013 by | Leave a comment

Help launch Hamilton’s first Sustainability Professionals Network!
IGNITE session, Networking event, Idea sharing

Wednesday, May 15, 2013
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Pheasant Plucker, 20 Augusta Street, Hamilton ON, L8N LP7 RSVP(No cost): http://hamiltonspnlaunch.eventbrite.com/

Join us on May 15, 2013 from 6pm-9pm for the launch of Hamilton’s first Sustainability Professionals Network (SPN). The SPN hopes to engage both individuals and groups that work in or study the field of sustainability and provide networking opportunities so that we can collaborate on projects and potentially develop new projects together in order to further sustainability in Hamilton.

We are excited about the launch of this group, and hope that it will continue to inspire collaboration in Hamilton and augment existing efforts in our City, such as the Durand Neighbourhood Association. Please consider sending a representative from your group to share more about the work that you are doing. Also, please spread the word to your networks!

Highlights include:

* IGNITE: a concise, fast-paced, and engaging presentation format in which local professionals will further the conversation around sustainability

* Networking with professionals, entrepreneurs, technical and creative people who are committed to building a more sustainable future for Hamilton!

* Hors d’oeuvres will be served

* Opportunity to shape the development of the SPN

Please register through Eventbrite: http://hamiltonspnlaunch.eventbrite.com/

For more event details, visit the Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/566344910065145/

Follow us on Twitter and on May 15 use our event hashtag: #hamspn http://twitter.com/HamiltonSPN

The launch has been made possible by two key SPN sponsors: LURA Consulting and EcoStride Group

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Participatory Budget Update & Durand Special Meeting

Posted on May 9, 2013 by | Leave a comment
PBW2 Launches May 8thIt’s almost time to put your ideas into action! Participating is easy. Simply visit pbhamont.ca/participate to find out when, where, and how.  Or call our office at 905.523.4444 x 112.

The Durand Neighbourhood Association Hosts A Special Meeting – You Are Invited!

Durand participates in City budgeting.

Date: Tuesday 14 May
Time: 7:00 pm
Place: City Hall Room 192/193

In more than a thousand cities around the world, residents like you are directly determining how their cities spend their budgets. Starting in May 2013, you can, too! Norman Kearney, the facilitator for Ward 2′s Participatory Budgeting (PB) project will explain the process and answer questions. PB gives you and your neighbours the power to reshape the places you live, work, and play. It’s tangible, it’s empowering, and it’s fun!

Chicago Conference

Our delegation leaves this Friday and will spend the weekend in the Windy City. Norman Kearney will present at the conference on Hamilton’s participatory budget. For more information, please visit pbconference.wordpress.com.

Things to Watch

We will post a list of assembly organizers later this week. We are also seeking residents to participate in our promotional video. Tell us how you would spend the $1 million!

Questions? We’d like to hear from you. Please email info@pbhamont.ca.

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Durand Park Revitalization Update 2013

Posted on April 20, 2013 by | 1 Comment

On Thursday April 4th, plans for Durand Park Revitalization officially got underway with a PIC workshop/meeting.  The results of that formal meeting are attached.  Please click here to see the PDF file.

On Monday April 15th, a formal site meeting to begin next steps was held at Durand Park.  Our landscape architect and project manager H. T. Lam organized this meeting.  Invited were city staffs from Parks Maintenance and Forestry.
Forestry will review all the trees in the Park.  Based on their assessment, trees that are in poor health, hazardous, suckering trees, dead, invasive or harmful to the environment will be removed.

Please note that additional trees are included in the revitalization and will be selected and planted as per landscape designs. Parks Maintenance will address the poor condition of green space and make plans to improve surface grades and drainage currently used as open play space and the ice rink. Barren patches devoid of grass will be top dressed and seeded.  Unsafe holes will be filled and seeded.  Work would also include removal of the overgrown ground cover in the berm located on the northeast corner of the Park closest to Charlton Avenue and Park Street.

The existing timber retaining wall located behind the two existing houses (83 and 85) on Charlton will be replaced, the trees removed and a new stone retaining wall with drainage to protect the houses will be constructed.
This work is expected to take place beginning in spring 2013 and continuing through the summer, fall and winter.
This work is in preparation for the Landscaping Plans that H. T. Lam will produce.  The timeline currently for completion of all work is expected to be 2015.

Get all the details here:
DURAND PARK REVITALIZATION_PIC Summary_April 8_2013

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Participatory Budget for Ward 2 Update

Posted on April 20, 2013 by | 1 Comment

Weekly Update – April 15, 2013

This is part of a series of weekly emails that will provide you with up-to-date information on PBW2.

Office

We are pleased to announce that PBW2 now has a resident drop-in and volunteer office at 267 King Street East. The office will be open Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on select evenings and weekends. Please feel free to drop by, or email us and book a time to visit us outside regular office hours.

Logo

Matt Jelly has designed a logo for PBW2. We hope you like it as much as we do!

Volunteer Opportunity

A few opportunities remain to help lead PBW2. Be a part of history and make a meaningful contribution to your community! Learn more. Know someone who would be good for the job? Send them our way!

Planning Committee

The next meeting of the PBW2 Planning Committee is Saturday, April 20, 2013 from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at City Hall, room 264. Meetings are open to the public. See the Agenda.

Things to Watch

Later this week we plan to release a detailed timeline for PBW2. In the coming weeks we also plan to put out a fun promotional video of residents telling us their ideas for the $1 million. Want to be in the video? Send us an email. Finally, more details will be coming soon on our community information meetings.

Questions? We’d like to hear from you. Please email info@pbhamont.ca.

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Citizens’ Forum on Cultural Heritage Conservation

Posted on April 17, 2013 by | Leave a comment

Citizens’ Forum on Cultural Heritage Conservation

April 20, 2013, 9:30 a,m. to 12:30 p.m.

Council Chambers, Hamilton City Hall, 71 Main St West

 You are invited to get involved in inventorying and protecting cultural heritage properties in Hamilton.

 There are approximately 7000 heritage properties of interest in Hamilton but the City has taken little action to assess these properties and determine which ones should be placed on the Register as per the Ontario Heritage Act. This forum is the first step in enlisting the help of citizens to see these properties evaluated for protection.

 The forum is jointly sponsored by Councillor, City of Hamilton’s Municipal Heritage Committee, the Hamilton and Burlington Society of Architects, and the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario – Hamilton Branch.

 Jim Leonard, Ontario Heritage Trust, Michael Seaman, Director of Planning, Town of Grimsby and Jeff Feswick, Historia Building Restoration Inc. will present their perspectives on heritage preservation.  Kayla Jonas, Heritage Resources Centre, University of Waterloo will introduce a citizen tool to evaluate properties.

Citizens Forum on Heritage Conservation Flyer – April 20 2013

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