In this issue:

• THIS SUNDAY: Mimico Creek Clean-Up
• URGENT: Feedback Survey For Royal York / Mimico Creek Bridge Mural
• Snow-Building Contest Winners!
• Winter Mixer – Thank you!
• May 19: Community Environment Day
• NEW – Thompson Orchard History Corner

THIS SUNDAY: Mimico Creek Clean-Up

Our annual Mimico Creek Clean-Up is this Sunday!

Join the neighbourhood in our annual Mimico Creek Clean-Up on Sunday May 5 at 10 am – RAIN OR SHINE! All are welcome!

Meeting Place: Green Space at the western end of Orchard Crescent. Coffee and treats generously donated by our local Tim Hortons! Bags supplied by TOCA.

Helpful items you can bring:

• waterproof footwear
• gloves
• reusable mug to reduce coffee cup waste

Attention high school student and parents!!! Participation in the Creek Clean-Up can contribute to your required volunteer hours. Please bring your forms – and your friends!

URGENT: Feedback Survey For Royal York / Mimico Creek Bridge Mural

Arts Etobicoke is organizing to enhance the Royal York Road Bridge over Mimico Creek, south of Thompson Ave, with a mural.

Please visit the project page and fill this survey to share your views and provide feedback. Arts Etobicoke is seeking input from community members to ensure that the mural accurately represents our communities’ unique characters and preferences. This survey is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to our local cultural landscape!

Survey closes this Sunday May 5!

Snow-Building Contest Winners!

Now that winter is finally over, we are excited to announce the winners of this season’s annual snow-building contest!

As we all know, conditions were not ideal for snow-building this year, and so our congratulations are all the heartier for the builders who managed to get by with sub-par building materials!

Winter Mixer – Thank you!

A massive thank you to The Bull for hosting and sponsoring our Winter Community Mixer, and to Grillies for donating taco vouchers! We had a great time, with over 30 attendees who defied the wet winter weather and came out to meet new neighbours, and to foster the social ties that help make our neighbourhood such a great place to live!

Continuing this new tradition, we are planning our next mixer to coincide with the 2024 TOCA Annual General Meeting: TOCA’s first in-person AGM in five years! The date will be in early November.

May 19: Community Environment Day

When: Sunday, May 21st from 10 am – 2 pm
Where: Fairfield Seniors Centre and Park

Ward 3 is hosting a Community Environment Day where you can:

• Pick up one (1) free bag of leaf compost
• Dispose of household hazardous waste
• Dispose of old electronics
• Drop off clothing, textiles, or household items for donation
• Purchase a new green bin, kitchen catcher, or rain barrel

NEW -Thompson Orchard History Corner

DID YOU KNOW?

The residential neighbourhood of Thompson Orchard was first developed in the late 1930s, as you can see in the above before (1939) / after (2022) aerial photography visualizer, built by Jeff Allen at the School Of Cities.
Click here to explore more before / after aerial photography of Toronto!

ADOOPEKOG: WHERE THE ALDERS GROW

As with the rest of Etobicoke (named after “Adoopekog” creek, or “where the alders grow”), and all the lands of The Toronto Purchase, the land we call home is the traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, the Huron-Wendat, and the Mississaugas of the Credit.
Click here to view the Where The Alders Grew Exhibition, brought to you by the Etobicoke Historical Society

CALLING ALL RESIDENTS WITH ROOTS IN THE AREA!

Do you have any interesting stories about the neighbourhood’s history, or notable residents? Reach out to us with any anecdotes, factoids, or neighbourhood trivia that could feature in our History Corner!