Dates for Doing - March 2026

Visit the Calendar for details of events and hall activities

https://coalpointprogress.blogspot.com/p/calendar.html

Progress Hall OPEN DAY & AGM

Saturday 14 March 
10-12 Open Day
12:30-1pm AGM

Progress Hall, 197 Skye Pt Rd
Details of the Open Day
Details of the AGM

TASNG Meeting

Wed,11 Mar

4:30-6pm, The Hub,

97 The Boulevarde.

Locals Landcaring

Tools & training provided

Morning tea at 10am

12/3 Hampton St Link - Hampton St end

19/3 West Ridge

26/3 Gurranba

2/4 Burnage

9/4 Stansfield

16/4 Puntie Creek Reserve

23/4 Threlkeld

30/4 Yarul

7/5 Hampton St link - Laycock St end

14/5 West Ridge

Ponte Point (TASNG)

1st &3rd Wed

8:30-10am. Meet under the Fennel Bay bridge

Want to join us?

To receive weekly updates email Ros

cppalandcare@gmail.com

Toronto is Proud to be a Tidy Town

Toronto Area Sustainable Neighbourhood Group (TASNG) continues to work towards a cleaner, safer, sustainable and more welcoming town. Chair, Steve Dewer, filed this report.

We are currently seeking grant funding to deliver a mural in the alleyway between The Boulevarde and ALDI, a space frequently targeted by graffiti. This mural forms part of the broader anti-graffiti campaign and our efforts to lift the image of Toronto for residents and visitors alike.

TASNG is grateful for the support of local businesses who share this vision. Sam and his team at Simply Pharmacy have supported the creation of a mural, painted by First Nations artists, that has cultural imagery. Eagles honour the traditional homeland of the Awabakal people, while turtles symbolise the wellbeing of land and lake, representing endurance and resilience within the community. It is a powerful statement, and a vast improvement on the graffiti previously covering the walls of the well-used lane.

Prompt removal of graffiti remains one of the most effective deterrents to the damage it causes. Friths Properties have demonstrated this by quickly removing it from their premises. Thank you Friths Properties.

Beyond the mural project, we continue hands-on work across the area. Over Christmas, volunters collected rubbish along Main Road from Fennell Bay to Woodrising. Clean-up efforts continued at Toronto Lions Park for Clean Up Australia Day.

As a Landcare group, we are actively restoring a remnant wetland at the southern end of Fennell Bay Bridge and another project involves maintaining the Toronto West Garden on Awaba Road, creating a welcoming entry to Awabakal Country.

TASNG are also keen to encourage Council to progress the Toronto Foreshore Plan and will keep advicating to improve safety along The Boulevarde, by painting of the wheelstops.

TASNG meets at 4.30pm on the second Wednesday of each month at the Toronto Hub. New members are welcome.

Dates For doing Feb Update

 

 Visit the calendar for updates

https://coalpointprogress.blogspot.com/p/calendar.html

CPPA Monthly Meeting 
Monday 9 Feb, 9 March 

3-4:30 pm Progress Hall, 197 Skye Pt Rd, Coal Point
contact cppasecretary@gmail.com

TASNG Meeting
Wednesday 11 Feb, 11 March 

5-6:30 The Hub,
97 The Boulevarde, Toronto

Progress Hall Open Day
Saturday 14 March

• Grow Me Instead weed display
• Native plants for sale
• Meet the members, join up
• Community conversations
• Cafe-style beverages and bites

Locals Landcaring -
Every Thursday 8am-11ish 

Check the Calendar for locations

Tools & training provided
Morning tea is always at 10am

• 29/1 Burnage
• 5/2 Gurranba
• 12/2 Stansfield- neet behind the hall
• 19/2 Puntei Creek 
• 26/2 Threlkeld
• 5/3 Kilibinbin
• 12/3 Hampton St link- Jabiru Street end
• 19/3 West Ridge
• 26/3 Burnage
• 2/4 Gurranba

Crocodile Point (TASNG)
1st &3rd Wed
8:30-10am. Meet under the Fennel Bay bridge

Want to join Us?
Receive weekly emails about landcaring and what we will be doing, send a request to Ros cppalandcare@gmail.com

TASNG Update - October update

The Toronto Area Sustainable Neighbourhood Group (TASNG) was highly commended in the 2025 Tidy Towns, Keep Australia Beautiful, awards for its waste-avoidance campaign and advocacy.

This year they joined Clean Up Australia Day at Lions Park, where volunteers helped spruce up the area. Thanks also to the Boomerang Bags makers, many of their handmade bags have been shared with local charities through the Toronto Library hub.

Landcaring continues at Crocodile Point, under the Fennel Bay bridge, with access now much easier thanks to the new bitumen road at Lions Park. Council’s Green Team will soon lend a hand with the work there. TASNG is also keeping weeds in check at the Awaba Road garden in Toronto West.

The Pamper Care project is receiving Christmas donations at the Toronto Pub Choir on 4/12/25. Council will soon be asking businesses on The Boulevarde and the wider community for input on safety options around the wheel stops.

Dates for Doing

Visit the CPPA calendar to see what's happening at the Hall and where we are landcaring


CPPA Monthly Meeting 10 Aug
3:30-5pm Progress Hall 197 Skye Pt Rd- Members welcome

TASNG AGM
Wednesday 13 Aug
5-6:30 The Hub, 97 The Boulevarde.
All Welcome.

An Intro to Ethics Wedesday 27 Aug @ Progress Hall



Landcaring around the Reserves

Tools & techniques provided
Morning tea at 10am

• 31/7 Stansfield
• 7/8 Puntei Creek
• 14/8 Stansfield
• 21/8 Puntei Creek
• 28/8 Hampton St Link
• 2/9 West Ridge

Crocodile Point (TASNG)
1st &3rd Wed
8:30-10am. Meet under the Fennel Bay bridge

Want to join Us?
If you would like to receive weekly emails about where we are landcaring and what we will be doing? Email Ros cppalandcare@gmail.com

TASNG Talk

The Toronto Area Sustainable Neighbourhood Group (TASNG) has been shortlisted for a LakeMac Award for Environmental Leadership. This nomination recognises TASNG’s ongoing efforts to rehabilitate the wetlands under the Fennel Bay bridge every 2nd Wednesday, their commitment to reducing graffiti, with the group currently pursuing a grant for a mural along the passageway to Aldi as the next phase of the anti-graffiti campaign. 

TASNG has a long history of supporting Cleanup Australia Day and campaigning for recycling bins at fast food restaurants. 

TASNG is planning a meeting with the new Mayor to push for more accessible recycling (e.g. soft plastics, fabrics, e-waste, cardboard and polystyrene, and even toys among other products) in most suburbs, with the aim to reduce waste and lower our emissions.

TASNG continues with its education campaign to the public about the Circular Economy and Recycling, working with police, Council and businesses to try to keep Toronto clean, graffiti free and safe, landcaring near the Fennell Bay bridge (Crocodile Point) and advocating for better cycling and pedestrian infrastructure.

We are always keen to have new members and friends. Annual membership is only $5, donations are always welcome.

We also support access to the Chronicle by extending its distribution to Kilaben Bay and Toronto. Contact Nico (Secretary) for membership forms, torontoareasng@gmail.com and bank account details are;

Toronto Area Sustainable Neighbourhood Group, BSB 650 000, A/c no: 505782001. 

TASNG have a landcare site Crocodile Point (TASNG)

The group meets on 1st and 3rd Wed of the month

8:30 - 10am meet under the Fennel Bay Bridge.

Catching Up with the Community

It’s been five months since the last Chronicle, the largest hiatus in the 29-year record of almost monthly production by this editor, and quite a bit has happened during the break. 

 Annual General Meetings were held by both Coal Point Progress Association (CPPA) and Toronto Area Sustainable Neighbourhood Group (TASNG), returning largely unchanged committees to continue undertaking community projects within the greater Toronto area. 

The Progress Hall kitchen renovation has been moving ahead at a pace dictated by availability and capacity of trades. The kitchen has arrived and is awaiting installation until the walls get gyprocked and painted and the uneven floor levelled and resurfaced.

I am once again thankful for the support and trust the CPPA Committee has shown in endorsing my long-term residency in presidency of the CPPA. I’ve been very fortunate indeed to have found a community cause that allows me to fulfil my “Why’, acting locally while thinking globally, being a part of a group which is endeavouring to protect what’s left of our beautiful and biodiverse bushland, and attempting to prevent the local extinction of threatened and familiar species, whilst supporting the community in their capacity to care for the bush and each other, by living smart and sustainably. 

Thirty years ago, climate change was ‘global warming’ and the impacts were unknown. Now we live with extreme weather events that are both visible and visceral. We are now also having to address another equally challenging existential threat, the loss of biodiversity. I believe that the CPPA, alongside TASNG, can support the community to navigate the changes needed so that our community and the local biodiversity can survive and thrive into the future.

If you’re new to the area, a big welcome, and if you’re wondering what this yellow paper in your letterbox is, a visit to the website will provide some historical context. There’s a little bit of recent CPPA and TASNG history over the page to save the searching. 

Congratulation to our newly elected councillors.

CPPA AGM outcomes

The CPPA AGM was held on 30/6/24 and the Committee was returned with the exception of Tony Dynon who retired from the CPPA committee.

It is with heartfelt thanks that Tony’s contribution is acknowledged and his support for the community through the CPPA recognised.

Tony has been an amazing contributor to the CPPA for 24 years. He was Treasurer 2001-2005, and 2009, Vice President 2006-2008, and an active committee member since 2011, taking on the newsletter coordination from 2018-2022.

Tony has a voice of calm reason with a problem-solving mind, a willingness to be where he was needed and do what he could do, and always supportive of community projects.

The CPPA thanks Tony for being at the meetings, the working bees, the art shows, the trash n treasures, all the social events and for keeping the books balanced, the newsletters delivered and the fire safety checks delivered on time.

Petition- pedestrian

Local resident Matt Hutchinson has started a petition “Implement Footpaths in Coal Point, Carey Bay, and Kilaben Bay for Safer Commuting”

The request is simple - we need footpaths. They are not just a convenience but a necessity for safety, accessibility and promoting a healthy lifestyle within our community.

https://www.change.org/p/implement-footpaths-in-coal-point-carey-bay-and-kilaben-bay-for-safer-commuting

Walkers – ½ to ¾ Hr a month

Do you like to walk around the neighbourhood? Got a pet pooch that likes to take you for a walk?

Do you have 30-45 minutes once a month or so to help letterbox ‘The yellow Chronicle’ locally?

The CPPA needs a few community-minded people to assist in distributing our wholly & solely locally produced, non-chatGPT written Chronicle.

A few of our very regular, long-time walkers have retired, we need a few extra walkers to help share the load from those that do multiple routes, and we need some standbys when folks go on holidays.

If you have the capacity and inclination Nico would enjoy talking with you about which areas need assistance. Nico cppavicepresident@gmail.com, 0418 967 158

TASNG Talk:

The Toronto Area Sustainable Neighbourhood Group (TASNG) was formed in 2011 and covers Coal Point, Kilaben Bay, Carey Bay and Toronto east of The Boulevarde. It is one of 10 such groups under the Sustainable Neighbourhood Alliance across Lake Macquarie.

Over the years many projects - including plastic-free cafes, the footpath along Brighton Ave from Ambrose Street to Jarrett Street, fire-retardant garden at Toronto fire station and the Awaba Road verge garden- were completed and many submissions written on development proposals. We work closely with the Coal Point Progress Association.

TASNG continues to educate the public about the Circular Economy and Recycling now that Council has changed its bulk waste system and NSW Government looks likely to extend its ban on some plastic packaging and plastic-lined takeaway coffee cups. Hundreds of signatures have been collected on our petition to make recycling more accessible and create jobs from recycled products.We have sold (recycled) household items collected from bulk waste throw out and other sources at the Toronto Lions Market.

We regularly help clean up around Toronto during Clean Up Australia Day and have joined in the campaign to save the turtles from Fennel Bay to Dora Creek during the big Lake cleanup in May.

TASNG has improved Toronto in many ways, especially over the last year. With support from Origin (through the Eraring Investment Fund), businesses and Council we have removed a lot of graffiti and installed stunning aboriginal prints at Goodsir Place, near Coles. A celebration of artists’ works was held at The Hub with 35 attendees.

We hold fortnightly landcare sessions to rehabilitate the wetlands adjacent to Fennel Bay bridge. We continue to support Coal Point Landcare, the Hub Community Garden and the development of the new Toronto Foreshore. We are in communication with Council about possible natural sculptures along our Greenway, the importance of increasing visibility of the wheel stops along The Boulevarde to keep pedestrians safe and we have participated in Council’s Resilience Project to prepare our area for climate change events such as bushfires and storms.

We continue to canvas for better cycling and pedestrian infrastructure in and around Toronto and for shared pathways from Booragul to Toronto and heading down to Rathmines along the foreshore.

We also support the Five Bays SNG’s Pampercare project which provides food and counselling services at Woodrising Neighbourhood Centre.

All our efforts are through volunteering. We are always keen to have new members and friends. Annual membership is only $5. We also support The Chronicle by extending its distribution to Kilaben Bay and Toronto. However, this requires financial commitment.

Please consider joining TASNG and/or providing a donation or helping to deliver The Chronicle to assist us in continuing this distribution. Contact Nico (Secretary) for membership forms and bank details at torontoareasng@gmail.com.

TASNG Update February 2023

GRAFFITI VANDALISM 

Report, Remove, Prevent

Ever wondered what you can do about unwanted graffiti? In November a TASNG community discussion session came up with these actions.

Report

• Report graffiti you find on your property, community buildings & facilities like bus stops & benches and another person’s property to: Service NSW Graffiti Hotline 1800 707 125 and/or NSW Police Force Community Portal on-line,
• Take photos of the graffiti to attach to your report

Remove

• Cleaning up graffiti quickly is the best way to stop more graffiti; the perpetrator is less likely to do it again if it’s only there for a short time
• Contact Council for information on the Graffiti Hotspot Program

Prevent

You can help stop people doing graffiti on your property by:

• Putting up night lighting & CCTV security camera so people doing the wrong thing can be seen and reported
• Cleaning up graffiti as soon as possible
• Planting hedges or climbing vines so it’s harder for people to reach your walls

Boomerang Bags

Join the volunteers of TASNG for a social sewing morning at the Toronto Library’s “Make and Mend Space”. We’ll be making bags from rescued fabric to share with others.

At the first meeting, Saturday 11th February,9:15-11:30am, we’ll discuss bag patterns and the distribution of bags in the community.

Rescued fabric and sewing machines will be provided, however any donations of material are appreciated.

The Boomerang Bag days are the second Saturday of the month: 11/2/23, 11/3/23, 13/5/23, 10/6/23, 8/7/23

Register to attend any of the events.

Pamper Care

Pamper Care has been helping those in need in the 2283/2284 postcode area, with pantry food and personal care items since 2017. So far this year 15 local people have sought food relief from the pantry.

You can donate personal care and pantry products at the Woodrising Neighbourhood Centre, 80 Haydenbrook Drive, Woodrising Monday-Friday.

The Car Boot Catch-Up has more than 30 car boots and..

Registrations close noon  28/10/22   more information is here

There are lots of parking options around Puntei park perimeter,  and the grounds are dry enough and big enough to accommodate the car-booter's vehicles. Council has mown the grass and cleaned the toilets too. The landcare crew have weeded the Excelsior Parade entrance...all set for a super Sunday.

TASNG with the support of funding from LMCC are providing entertainment from Party Chameleon who’ll have their brushes and paints at the ready from 9-12 to transform anyone who is prepared to sit down long enough. Earthen Rhythms who love Drum, Dance & Rhythm will be offering a fully interactive hands-on Djembe event from 10:30 to 11:30.

The Toronto Men’s Shed have been wonderful supporters of the CPPA. They’ve built us some very large cutlery and many a nest box for our local threatened population of Squirrel Gliders, they’ve also repurposed a cupboard for our community library at the hall. The Men’s Shed is open on Tuesday and Thursday 8:30am- 2:30pm and is safe place where men of all ages are able to meet for fellowship, social interaction and manual pursuits.

 

The Lions have been serving Australians for 75 years and this milestone was recently celebrated with a wonderful planting day at Gurranba Reserve, which is looking very spiffy after a month of attention preparing for the planting. Lions are ordinary people doing extraordinary things - supporting people with a disability, community greening, fundraising for worthwhile causes. The celebratory planting event was capped off with a BBQ that has become synonymous with the Lions. You can acquaint yourself with the Lions crew at the Car Boot Catch-Up. 

The Toronto Community Centenary Hub, 97 The Boulevade, is supported by Lions and offers a range of community activities that includes computer, phone and tablet tutoring, Tai Chi, Seniors Social Group, a thriving Community Garden as well as CatholicCare Community kitchen, where a free hot meal and refreshments are provided each Thursday to those in need. Community Garden members will be growing interest at the Car Boot Catch-up. 

The Classic Boatworks Crew (aka Lake Macquarie Classic Boat Association) are interested in building and restoring small boats, particularly those made of timber. They undertake their craftsmanship at their boatshed in Rathmines on a site on the historic Catalina base. They will be very happy to share their restorative enthusiasm at the car Boot Catch-up. 

Marine Rescue Lake Macquarie are a team of highly trained volunteers, whose time is spent manning the radio base at Swansea Heads on a 24 hour schedule, every day of the year. Their rescue vessels, berthed at Pelican, are manned during daylight hours with night-time rescues arranged by the radio crews on a call-out basis. Two rescue boats and one jetski are currently in their fleet to help our Lake users, and the boat will be on display. You can have a chat and thank them for keeping us all safe on the Lake at the Car Boot Catch-Up. 

What’s a tiny forest and where is it? Who are ReLeaf Lake Mac and what do they do? Answers to all these questions will be shared by the Five Bays Sustainable Neighbourhood Group (SNG), the group’s area encompasses the suburbs surrounding Cockle Bay, Awaba Bay, Kooroora Bay, Fennell Bay and Edmunds Bay. The Five Bay SNG are also the driving force behind the PamperCare project that accepts donations of personal care and pantry products for locals who are doing it tough or sleeping rough. You can donate toiletries or canned food at the Car Boot Catch-Up

The Car Boot Catch-Up Crew will also be supporting Survivor’s R Us, a not-for-profit charity and benevolent institution that supports the fight against domestic violence, homelessness and unemployment. They are based at Cardif. You can make a donation towards Christmas hampers for those in need at the Car Boot Catch-Up.

At the Car Boot Catch-up you’ll get the chance to discuss what climate change resilience in our area might look like. LMCC’s Climate Crusaders Neale Farmer and John Gilbert are currently conducting community conversations from Toronto to Teralba.

Do you think sea level rise will be a local issue? What will happen on the Carey Bay floodplain when it floods? What about bushfire management in our reserves? Will threatened species survive in our diminishing increasingly fragmented bushland? Will it be important to grow food locally? So many questions and still time to nut out some solutions.

As the impacts of our changing climate are becoming ever present planning for our local future starts with local conversations.

St Joseph’s Primary School, Kilaben Bay have booked a space to share their school’s unique character and charm. You can catch up with members of the St Joseph’s community and find out what makes their school tick. 

The Toronto Area Sustainable Neighbourhood Group will be collecting fabric at the Car Boot Catch-Up to support the Make & Mend Space at the Toronto Library. This sewing initiative is about reducing the amount of fabric going to landfill and will kick off in a dedicated space at the library on Saturday mornings in 2023. 

TASNG volunteers will assist with the set up and pack up and the sewing people will be making up bags, and anything else that reuses fabric. If you can’t wait till next year to get sewing, every Tuesday morning there is a Sew Together group that meets socially 9:30-11:30 at the Library; contact Keiran at the library to find out more.

The local Landcare crew will be lolling about at the Car Boot Catch-up with a Treasure Hunt handout for the young and interested to encourage exploration of the Endangered Ecological Community – Swamp Oak forest Flood plain Forest. The team are very happy to talk about any of the local reserves, and assist in identifying any plants you’d like to bring along. 

TASNG has successfully applied to establish a new Landcare site in Toronto, called Crocodile Point (at Fennel Bay bridge, on the western side of Cary St, opposite the Lions' Park). 

This new project is based on the need for us all to play a part in keeping our beautiful lake healthy. Caring for the shoreline of our lake is an integral part of that exercise, and to that end we will be working every first and third Wednesday of the month between 8:30 and 10:00. 

We will be getting rid of rubbish and weeds, encouraging native vegetation and generally maintaining ‘The Point’ so that birdlife thrives (especially our shore birds), fish nurseries flourish, and a living wetland can be sustained. 

If you would like to do some Landcare, regularly or just casually; or visit Crocodile Point and have a quick tour, you will be most welcome - call Lois on 49595863.
And finally, "why Crocodile Point?", I hear you ask. Well, I don't know - why not?

The Great Southern Bioblitz is happening over the weekend of the Car Boot Catch-Up 28-31 October and we’ll be trying to capture as much of the local biodiversity across Puntei Creek Reserve and our other bushland reserves as we can. This information provides a snapshot of spring across three continents.

The Lake Mac BioBlitz coordinators have a couple of additional suggestions to assist in finding more species.

• 5 on Friday -document five species on Friday 28 October
• moth night- set up a white sheet one evening and record moth species
• shake a tree -put a sheet under a tree and give it a shake and record what insects fall off
• listen and see - upload an audio, something you have never seen before and something you have

The iNaturalist website and phone app connect you to expert scientists and other naturalists from around the world, and lets you collect observations that contribute to biodiversity science. You can explore observations from Lake Macquarie and the world and get help to identify plants and animals.To participate sign up to iNaturalist and join the Great Southern Bioblitz 2022 Lake Mac City project.

Graffiti in Toronto

TASNG have organised a guest speaker to facilitate a community discussion on Graffiti in Toronto for their November monthly meeting.

Constable Sharmala Whitehead of NSW Police will give a talk on the measures available to address unwanted graffiti and following on will be a Q & A session to discuss solutions and options.

Anyone who has been impacted by unwanted graffiti and community groups interested in helping to address the issue are encouraged to attend.

Wednesday 9 November, 5:30-6:30pm, The Hub 97 The Boulevarde. All Welcome.

Give your spring clean out collection another life!

 

All the details of the Car Boot Catch-Up are here.

You can register to secure your spot here.

What does the Toronto Area Sustainable Neighbourhood Group do?

The recent AGM of TASNG provided an opportunity to reflect on the year that was and plan for the year that will be with a newly elected committee.

Chair’s Report – Lois Simpson, September 2022

Entering 2022 was like trying to accelerate with the brakes on, but our team was up to the task and as COVID barriers were removed, great advances were made. The dedication of our committee cannot be over-rated. It has been good to meet again in person, thanks to the management of the Hub, and to strengthen our partnership with CPPA and the Five Islands Sustainable Neighbourhood Group.

Over this difficult time, we supported the ‘buy local’ publicity campaign to help shore-up our local businesses. At the same time, we have connected with Council and other community groups to maintain and improve sustainable practices in our area.

With the abolition of single-use plastic bags imminent this year, Steve Dewar strengthened the campaign with local businesses, supermarkets and cafes to turn to suitable alternatives to both plastic and disposable items, especially take-away coffee cups. He also took the messages across Lake Macquarie, including coffee vans.

TASNG members manned a stall outside Woolworths to take the message to the people of Toronto.

Through Chris Murphy and Marea Buist, we have maintained a positive connection with the Hub Community Garden and applaud the group’s progress over the years. Marea has also encouraged Council to give more attention to footpath rubbish management.

Many thanks to Tricia Eldridge in her role as contact person and ‘digital director’, connecting us to our city and local community through emails and Facebook. Her role is invaluable in today’s world.

Nico Marcar’s interest in cycling and pathways has kept us updated with action and options from Council, such as the upgrade of the Greenway and the possibility of, and issues with, a pathway between Five Islands and Toronto. Nico and Lois have also looked into garden maintenance in The Boulevarde and swimming enclosures on the lake. Nico has also found time to review and draft an update our TASNG Action Plan.

Nico, Suzanne Pritchard and Lois Simpson have worked with the Toronto Action Group (TAG) to keep communication open with our West Ward councillors. We have been able to get updates on the foreshore revitalization project and to monitor development across Toronto. TASNG members continue to contribute submissions and feed-back on Council plans and strategies, including, recently, dog leash-free areas and plans for Puntei Park (aka Hampton St Reserve).

Again this year, wewe are so grateful to Suzanne for providing a vital link between TASNG and CPPA which has provided a partnership for projects, publicity and membership. Currently, with CPPA, plans are well underway for a jointly-organised car-boot sale and catch-up to bring our community together, with the theme of ‘reduce, re-use, re-cycle’.

We value our association with Five Bays SNG through Robyn Charlton and the chance to assist with the pamper care project and urban greening. We congratulate Robyn on the establishing of a native garden at Blackalls that will strengthen the green corridor west from Toronto.

TASNG has registered a wetland Landcare site by Fennell Bay bridge, where work will begin soon, now that flood levels have gone down.

It has been wonderful to work with you all this year. Thank you to every member of our group for the support you have given, each in your own way. Your will, your determination, your energy and your caring have been inspiring.

Election outcomes Chair: Steve Dewar, Assistant Chair Lois Simpson, Treasurer Tricia Eldridge, Secretary Nico Marcar, Assistant Secretary- Suzanne Pritchard.

Graffiti in Toronto

At the recent TASNG meeting a conversation started about the proliferation of unsightly graffiti around Toronto and what can be done about it.

One of the problems with unwanted urban art for residents and small businesses, is the malicious property damage, which is expensive to remove and leaves victims feeling angry and powerless.

Graffiti has historically been addressed locally with painting over or cleaning surfaces and there have also been some very successful and colourful murals created by urban artists at Eddie’s corner, the Woollies carpark and the Coal Point Water tank.

An organisation called Vandal-trak has a free app and a graffiti register which provides a way to record, report and share graffiti. The information is collated and shared with police and councils to provide a holistic view on the scale and the scope of the local problem across all public and private assets and buildings. 

The Vandal Trak app is available through App stores and https://www.vandaltrak.com/graffiti-register/

AGM for the Toronto Area Sustainable Neighbourhood Group

 

AGM for the Toronto Area Sustainable Neighbourhood Group (TASNG)

Notice is given of the intention to hold the Annual General Meeting of the Toronto Area Sustainable Neighbourhood Group on:

Wednesday 14 September,

5pm at The Centenary HUB,

97-99 The Boulevarde Toronto.

The September monthly Ordinary meeting will follow the AGM.

Notwithstanding the impacts of Covid, there has been much happening with TASNG and the Sustainable Alliance. We look forward to an exciting year ahead in which we can improve and encourage sustainable living across the Toronto area and our city.

We would be delighted to see you at the AGM and would welcome your input to our activities and projects, either as a regular attendee or on a casual basis. You can join TASNG for $5 here

Nico Marcar - Secretary TASNG

AGM Agenda

1. Welcome – Acknowledgement of Country
2. Attendance & Apologies
3. To confirm the Minutes of the AGM held on 13 October 2021.
4. Reports
1. Chair
2. Treasurer
5. Election of Office bearers - To elect an executive committee
1. Chair
2. Assistant Chair
3. Secretary
4. Assistant Secretary
5. Treasurer
6. Nominations for each of these positions should reach the Secretary at least ONE week prior to the meeting date but will also be accepted at the AGM. Please email torontoareasng@gmail.com.

6. To determine an annual membership fee.
7. To conduct any other business as required.

Car Boot Catch-up Registration Open

As plans and details get firmed up the information will be updated on the Car Boot Catch-Up page.

On Sunday 30 October, between 8am and noon, the Toronto Area Sustainable Neighbourhood Group (TASNG) and Coal Point Progress Association (CPPA) are hosting the Car Boot Catch-Up, a community event to meet your neighbours, have fun and put into practice some of TASNG’s aims, to recycle and reuse unwanted household items (This is not a market for new items).

The Car Boot Catch-Up also aims to support local community groups and businesses to showcase their activities and services. There will be face painting and a drumming workshop, plenty of room to fly a kite and have a picnic.

LOCATION

The venue will be Puntei Park (The Old Pony Club) at Carey Bay, bounded by Excelsior Parade and Hampton Street, a great expanse of parkland with some special bushland bits to explore with a Landcare Treasure Hunt

COST

If you are already a member of TASNG the $5 fee secures your spot.

If you are not a member of TASNG the registration fee provides you with membership to TASNG which includes Public Liability Insurance coverage for this event. You will be required to sign the membership form on the day.

REGISTRATION

To book your spot visit the registration page.

By paying the registration fee you are agreeing to the Terms & Conditions of the Car Boot Catch-Up

VOLUNTEERS WANTED

If you would like to volunteer to assist on the day or with the planning please get in touch with Nico via TASNG, torontoareasng@gmail.com.