We are thrilled to announce that PARC and the Parkdale Neighbourhoood Land Trust were awarded the three-year grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation to develop organizational capacity of the first community-based land trust in Toronto! Our work is primarily located in Parkdale, while we intend to develop templates and tools for replicating a community land trust model in other neighbourhoods … Read More
PNLT Research activities & Visioning session updates
Recently, the Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust added a new Research Committee to our committees. The Research Committee leads internal research activities (including feasibility studies and scenario planning), coordinate stakeholder engagement, and provide guidance, advice, and inputs to external research projects. Inspired by great examples from US, the committee aims to use “research” strategically to support community organizing, policy work, and … Read More
PNLT is officially incorporated!
We have been informed that our incorporation application has been approved. That is, Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust is officially incorporated as a non-profit organization! Let’s build on this momentum to develop a strong community land trust together in Parkdale! Our next step is to acquire a charitable status. Stay connected with us via our newsletter. Thank you very much for … Read More
PNLT at the national CLT conference in Cleveland
Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust (PNLT) attended the US National CLT conference in last April. The conference is annually held and organized by the US Community Land Trust Network. This year, the conference was held in Cleveland, OH. It convened hundreds of CLT practitioners, researchers, and groups from elsewhere – mainly from US but also from Europe and Canada! – to … Read More
More community dialgoues needed on land use!
Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust had an information table at the Parkdale BIA’s Spring Into Parkdale event on April 26. Despite the end of April, it was rather a cold and windy day, but many people stopped by at our table to learn about PNLT! We had lots of great conversations about land use in Parkdale. Many of people who stopped … Read More
Parkdale NLT at BIA’s “Spring Into Parkdale” on April 26th
Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust is going to have an information table at Parkdale BIA’s Spring into Parkdale event. What is a community land trust (CLT) model? Why is a CLT needed in Parkdale? How is a CLT different from other models (e.g. cooperative)? If you are interested in finding out more about community land trust, please come out to see … Read More
NLT strategic planning update
Neighbourhood Land Trust has been going through strategic planning sessions to identify, prioritize and strategize key areas of activities. Since CLT work is relatively new in Toronto, it has been a challenge to align key milestones and activities with an overall goal of developing a CLT in the Parkdale area. The strategic planning session identified four key areas – now … Read More
The Queen Street West Restaurant Study
The City Planning Division has been conducting a Queen Street West Restaurant Study for the Parkdale area between Dufferin St. and Roncesvalles Ave. The study aims to assess whether any additional zoning controls could be used to mitigate some negative impacts of the concentration of restaurants and bars in the area. The public consultation meeting is scheduled on April 29 (Monday) 2013 … Read More
The dawn of community engagement in local land use debate
The NLT made its debut! We had the table for the Parkdale BIA event, ‘Spring Into Parkdale’ and facilitated the participatory exercise. People were asked 1) to pin a dot for where and how long they live in Parkdale and 2) to place a post-it for where and what they would like to see more in Parkdale. Different colours of … Read More
NLT will be at Parkdale BIA’s ‘Spring into Parkdale’ event
Neighbourhood Land Trust – a community land trust in Parkdale – is going to have a table at Parkdale BIA’s ‘Spring into Parkdale‘ event. If you are interested in ‘community ownership of land’, democratic local management, or alternative land development, please come out to find out more at the NLT table! We also have an exciting participatory exercise ready so … Read More