Spring 2018
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Mark Your Calendars!
Welcome Spring! We thought you would never arrive! Spring at the BIA means that our summer events are just around the corner. We have a very exciting summer planned in our neighbourhood - so mark your calendars!
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Music in St. James Park is back every Thursday night from June to August with a fabulous line up of amazingly talented local musicians! June 7th kicks off our concert series with a bike-powered concert featuring Sultans of String. New this year and as part of our music series is our monthly Swing Night. On June 28, July 19 and Aug 30 enjoy a free beginner dance class by Swing Toronto before the concert at 6:30pm and during the intermission. Practice your dance moves to our featured Swing band of the evening. For the full line up please visit www.oldtowntoronto.ca
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Movies in St. James Park
Thursday, June 21 - Pride Affiliate Event, Drag Show at 8pm,
Film at 9pm: Kissing Jessica Stein
Thursday, July 26 at 9pm - Coco
Thursday, Aug 23 at 9pm - Breaking Away
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Berczy Beats in Berczy Park
Every Wednesday from 11:30am to 1:30pm in July and August enjoy some lunchtime music in beautiful Berczy Park.
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Bard in Berczy
Every weekend in August!
This summer, Dauntless Theatre Productions presents Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing in Berczy Park.
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Yoga in St. James Park
Every Wednesday in July and August at 12pm in St. James Park. Classes are brought to you in July by the Cooper Koo Family Y and in August by Wynn Fitness.
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Feast of St. Lawrence Returns
August 10 & 11, 2018
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Friday, August 10, 2018 - Dinner Under the Stars
The Feast of St. Lawrence begins August 10th with a delicious 5-course meal with wine pairings served on Front Street by the top Chefs in the neighbourhood. Tickets are limited and go on sale in June!
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Saturday, August 11th, 2018 - Market Street Celebration
On August 11th the festivities continue on Market Street. Bring the family and enjoy outdoor food booths, buskers, live music and lots of children's activities. New this year is our Feast Stage! For more information on FEAST please go to www.feastofstlawrence.ca.
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Explore some of Old Town's beautiful buildings during doors open May 26-27. BIA participants include Canadian Stage, the Market Gallery, Alumnae Theatre and St. James Cathedral. For a full list of the participating 130 most architecturally, historically, culturally and socially significant buildings across the city click here.
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The City has released the winners of the “Everyone is King” Design Competition. Please follow the link to discover the public space installations which will be located near you: Everyone is King Design Build Competition
As a City partner, your BIA is working diligently to beautify and animate King Street, as well as engage its businesses. Check out our new floral arrangements on King Street!
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Cigarette butt litter is a huge problem in Toronto. The City currently has a campaign in market to bring awareness to people that cigarette butts are litter and there is a way to properly dispose of cigarette butts in street litter bins. Share and help keep our streets clean. If you would like one of these posters for your establishment please contact the BIA at pamel...@stlawrencemarketbia.ca.
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- From now until 2019, construction in St. James Park will be taking place. By the end, there will be a brand new Children’s Playground with a suite of other park amenities. Please follow the link for more details: St. James Park Improvements
- Also happening shortly, there will be a water main replacement and road resurfacing on Adelaide Street East from Jarvis Street to Parliament Street. Link provided: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/2018-summer-construction-1.4655083
- We expect hydro work and reconstruction on Wellington St to start within the coming months until sometime in 2019. More construction updates will be provided soon.
- The City completed the construction of the new York-Bay-Yonge (Y-B-Y) off-ramp and the widening of Harbour Street in January. The contractor is completing the remaining road and streetscape work on Harbour Street. This work will affect traffic in the area. Expected completion: Late summer 2018
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New Staff Sergeant + Community Complaints
The St. Lawrence Market Neighbourhood BIA along with Cabbagetown BIA, and Church Wellesley Village BIA recently had a meeting with the new Staff Sergeant of Toronto Police 51 Division, Brian Maslowski. We want to share with you two things we learned at this meeting.
1) New Online Community Complaint Form
If you are experiencing/witnessing an ongoing, non-emergency such as trespassing or other nuisance issues, please visit https://www.torontopolice.on.ca/community-complaints/. Include your full contact information so that an officer can follow up with you if they have questions. By using this form you are helping TPS DIV 51 understand our community and our needs better.
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2) Police Officers Patrolling On Foot/Bike
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Staff Sergeant Brian Maslowski is taking a "less in the cars, more on the street" approach with our local officers who are out on patrol and not responding to emergencies. Crew Officers will be spending less time in their cars and more time walking, biking or travelling by TTC.
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 St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Association Update
By: Sharon McMillan, SLNA President
The St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Association (SLNA), recently celebrated 35 years of serving and representing the residents of "Old Town Toronto" during the Association's Annual General Meeting in March. During that meeting, members elected new directors to fill vacant seats on the SLNA board. Following is the list of the SLNA’s current Board of Directors:
President: Sharon McMillan
Vice President – Internal: Sabina Sormova
Vice President – External: Suzanne Kavanagh
Treasurer: Toby Tenenbaum
Directors: Kathryn Cymbalisty, Cherril Baker, Richard Anobile, Marcus Little,
Bruno Leps
As an advocate for responsible development and for improving the quality of life of downtown residents in this area, the SLNA establishes various committees and partnerships to support that mandate. Among the most effective and important partnerships is the one we have with the St. Lawrence Market BIA.
READ MORE....
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Invitation to the Canadian Cheese Expo
The Cheese Awards, Expo and Night Market program will be held June 6-7, 2018, at the historic St. Lawrence Market, Temporary North Hall.
For free tickets to the Canadian Cheese Expo on June 7th click here:
Invitation to BIA Members
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In honour of Prince Harry's wedding to Meghan Markle, The Omni King Edward is celebrating with an exquisite Royal Afternoon Tea. With a special menu inspired by the couple, enjoy treats like Lemon & Elderflower Cordial Wedding Cake and Sunday Roast Rare Sirloin with Peppered Stilton Cream. $5 from each afternoon tea will be donated to World Vision Canada, a non-profit organization Meghan Markle strongly supports. Additionally, on Sunday, May 20th, join us for Sunday Brunch with a royal twist featuring all of your brunch favourites along with some tried and true British classics. For more information or to make a reservation for any of these events, call (416) 863-4125 or email to.diningr...@omnihotels.com.
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