PARTS, revealed, at long last!

When I sent a ‘save-the-date’ notice at the end of March about the spring PARTS Midtown meeting, you rushed over to your calendar to mark the date, right? Right, I knew you would. If you need a refresher, here’s the ‘need-to-know’ details: PARTS is initiated by the Planning Department of the City of Kitchener and will … More PARTS, revealed, at long last!

Midtown neighbours & friends loves Jane’s Walk!

Traditionally, Jane’s Walks hosted in the Mount Hope & Breithaupt park neighbourhoods have been very well attended. Turns out, they are still well attend, even in terrible rainy weather. Mark you calendar for the first weekend of May 2018. More walks again next year! Dawn Parker, Wayne Miedema & Sarah Marsh led a new walk … More Midtown neighbours & friends loves Jane’s Walk!

Potluck & Jane’s Walk = No need to leave the neighbourhood this weekend!

FRIDAY Start your weekend on Friday evening with the ever-awesome First Friday Potluck! Join your neighbours & Extend-a-Family friends for a shared dinner. Catch up on the week – heck! – catch up  with folks you are seeing for the first time since winter’s end! Friday May 6, 2017 6:00pm @ W.A.L.E.S portable building  – 19 … More Potluck & Jane’s Walk = No need to leave the neighbourhood this weekend!

Signs, signs, everywhere a sign…

The proliferation of signs on every second hydro pole at every other intersection has caught the attention of Kitchener By-law. Indeed, this kind of DIY signage is against Kitchener sign by-laws. Many of them went up around the neighbourhood while King Street was closed for LRT construction. And they just kept coming…. !

Midtown neighbours walk to take part in PARTS!

Never doubt the effectiveness of good old fashioned neighbour-to-neighbour engagement! Just three weeks ago, a group of midtown neighbours offered to host a Sunday afternoon, Jane’s Walk style walk in an effort to: inform their neighbours about the PARTS planning process happening in our midtown neighbourhood help people understand the different scenarios presented at this stage in … More Midtown neighbours walk to take part in PARTS!