The
Lakeshore Village Business Improvement Area's building a community square.
"It's very small, not like Yonge and Dundas, " says John Scheffer, the west-end
BIA's chairman, chuckling, "and we don't have $20 million either."
Far from it. The 5 metre-by-15 metre square at Lake Shore and 5th Avenue is expected to cost, tops, about $40,000.
"We pay half the cost, the city pays the other half," Scheffer says, "once they approve the project."
The application went in late last week, and the plan includes narrowing the road somewhat, and installing solar panels to light a sign as well as a few chess tables. The BIA also hopes to install a small fountain.
Scheffer says they hope to get working on it soon, and possibly complete it by the end of the year.
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: John Scheffer
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