James Yeoman's Post

I have no idea how to post on the blog site. Two things that were not
mentioned in Bill's second flyer were what do do about dogs having dogs
off lease time, such as until 9 a.m., and if the job of removing the
baseball cost $8000, where can I apply for the job? I was at Ravina
Park today, and they have six swings and two play areas with raise
platforms and slides etc., a wading pool, a digging machine, a sand box,
a bench in the back for people who want to be a bit more private, a
communication mechanism, a seesaw with comfortable places for feet,
etc. I never see a lot of people here and the park is smaller than Vine
Street Parkette. What gives? People who live south of Dundas take care
of people (voters) south of Dundas? Also, maybe it's time to change the
name of the street from Vine to Mulberry Street, because there aren't
any vines left, but, especially by the parkette, there definitely are
mulberries

James

bill's flyer and johnny on the spot.

So about a couple of days after the meeting in the park Bill Saundercook sent out a notice to the neighbourhood. It detailed what we talked about as a group, and detailed where we wanted to spend the money and his intention to talk to some Raptors about a basketball tournament. Around the same time as the memo a portable toilet showed up in the park. For the homeless people? anybody know them? My hairy friend Erin was in the park one morning and a city worker told him he had better leave cuz he would have to give him an eviction notice. Points to the worker for being nice, overall score reduced for assuming because Erin is hairy he is also homeless.

Outdoor lighting and Crime: little or no benefit?

If you're interrested, this is a link to a paper published in Australia based on research in the effectiveness of artifitial light in the prevention of crime.

It's interresting if you have the time. It may help in respect to decisions surrounding the existing lights in the parkette.

http://www.ocad.ca/facultyupload/vstudio/806791139432676530/files/light___crime.pdf
http://www.ocad.ca/facultyupload/vstudio/806791139432676530/files/light___crime_2.pdf

basketball tournament?

a few years ago, some neighbours (who have since moved) and I organized the Vine Avenue Parkette basketball tournament for two years. We advertised in the Villager, got donations from Shoppers' and No Frills, and Vesuvio's, and organized 3-on-3 tournaments on a Saturday morning. The teenagers really enjoyed it, and one of them stopped me in the park and said how much he and his friends enjoyed it, and why don't we do it again?

It'sa great way to get to know the kids on a first-name basis, and do something for them. No one else seems to do anything for them, even their own parents, who are too busy to know what they are getting up to in the park.
They are a nice bunch of kids, really, they just need some......attention, and we need to get to know them better.
If others would like to pitch in, we could do it again. The last week in July would suit me best.
Joy

Vine Ave -garden and teens

Nice to see people out last night.

I'd like to start helping out with the indigenous garden, and try to organize, or at least involve the youth who hang out in the park in these discussions. I think that this park revitalization needs to also focus on the teenagers and improving the areas of the park that they use.

I am going to try to chat with some of the teens who use the park, see if we can't set up a little community meeting with them, and get their voices involved somehow. Could be tricky with some of them though.

I can always be reached at kerrypotts@hotmail.com if anyone wants to discuss the garden or the teens.

Thanks!
Kerry

Tell Your Friends

Nothing earth shattering here, but we have an email address which is...
vineaveparkette@gmail.com. Not sure what we can use it for but it is ours.


If anyone one has photos of the park
good, bad or just plain ugly please post them.

First Post!

Hello World,

This is the Vine Avenue Parkette blog, where you can come and post links to groovy new playground equipment, discuss the efficacy of lights in a park at night and plan get-togethers.
This will be the forum for us, the community, to discuss, plan and enact the future of the Vine Avenue Parkette.

cheers,

Lucas Winters
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