Sunday, September 23, 2018 noon to 4:30 pm
Tickets:  $25 single and $40 for 2.

Join us for a great afternoon exploring 

 the stories and houses of the original Yorkville Annex!

October 11, ARA Board Meeting, 7 p.m. at  the Alliance Française, 24 Spadina Road. All welcome!

The ARA Invites You to Our Annual - Sunday September 16

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Sunday September 16th 4 - 6 p.m. Rain or Shine! Sibelius Park

ALL Donations will be going directly to the victims of the fire at 650 Parliament St. through Community Matters Toronto

Fabulous Silent Auction Items too!!

Meet your neighbours!

New members always welcome!

The ARA would like to thank GEP Suits B Inc. for their generous donation of $200. They were recently filming for Suits - Season 8 in the Annex. We ask film and production companies to make donations to the ARA in recognition of the inconvenience that filming can cause in our neighbourhoods.

Mulberry Picking Returns to The Annex - A reminder

It’ s Happening on July 7, from 3 to 5 pm and we need volunteers to help. 

Come and taste the delicious treats from Bean and Baker Malt Shop and COBS bread while picking the berries. 
The ARA thanks them for their support. Stop by the stores and let them know how much you appreciate their support of community events

Click here for all details!

We need volunteers:

•         to set up and staff our welcome table at Sibelius Park
•         to guide groups to the trees and lead the picking
•         to pick berries

We also need equipment: long ladders, tarps for collecting the berries, and long poles for shaking the trees. 

And finally, we need trees identified for picking.

If you wish to volunteer and/or supply equipment or if you wish to have your tree picked, please send us your name, email and telephone number to: events@theara.org.

The Return of the Farmers’ Market

The Bloor- Borden Farmers’ Market started today!  The Balloon lady was there today and expect to see some of your favourite musicians all summer!

Every Wednesday, you can find the Bloor-Borden Farmer’s Market at the Green P parking lot, between Lippincott and Borden, just south of Bloor.

The market is focused on real farmers, selling what they grow.  An abundance of fresh products awaits you.

When:            Every Wednesday
                       3pm – 7pm till October 

Where:          Green P parking lot
                      Between Lippincott and Borden, South of Bloor

The back of the large sign for Sibelius Park will be graced with a new mural this summer. The Annex Residents’ Association has formed a partnership with the City’s StreetARToronto (START) and Councillor Cressy’s office to make this happen. You may be familiar with START projects in our neighbourhood, such as the Indigenous work along the wall of the building on the northeast corner of Spadina and Dupont. StreetARToronto will supervise the creation of the mural by local artist Talie Shalmon, who grew up in The Annex and played in the park.  Our hope is that not only will the mural be an attractive addition to the park décor, it will discourage the graffitists who have tagged the sign in the past, often with rather derogatory remarks.

The ARA used the opportunity of people visiting the park  to collect free compost on June 2 to survey their opinions and ideas, and of course those of the children and their parents there simply to play. The reaction was overwhelmingly positive, as it was a few days earlier from students of Huron Street Public School. 

Pictured in the photo from left to right: Sandra Shaul, The ARA; Councillor Cressy; artist Talie Shalmon; Margaret Cresswell, StreetARToronto artist and mentor, and Catherine Campbell, manager of StreetARToronto

Crucial Meeting Next Week -  Wednesday, February 21
6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Intercontinental Hotel, 220 Bloor Street West, Barclay room

The Annex Residents’ Association is encouraging all local residents to come to a community meeting on a proposed development at 64 Prince Arthur.

The meeting, sponsored by the ADI Development Group, is to get the Annex’s reaction to their proposed 29 storey high-rise (see drawing to the left).

When ADI Development Group first met with the ARA, the developer was proposing a 16 -19 storey condo and waxed on about wanting to work with the community.

In actions that made a mockery of these assurances, ADI then filed an application for a 29-storey high-rise (more than twice the height of the apartment building next door) that is totally out of scale to the neighbourhood. The developer is taking its plans to the OMB.

Come to the meeting to discuss this latest threat to the fabric of the Annex!

 
When:   6:30– 8:30 P.M., Wednesday, February 21                           

Where:  The Intercontinental Hotel, 220 Bloor Street West, Barclay Room

End of Summer Annex 2017 CornFest

We invite you to Our Annual Annex Cornfest

Sunday September 17th 4-6 p.m.   
Rain or Shine!

Sibelius Park

Enjoy lovely music by 'The Hollers'.
Sing along or dance. 

Meet your neighbours.
New Members always welcome!