Weston Village is getting a little boost that may turn into a major uplift.
Last month, it was announced that a plan to brush up John Street, the current site of a weekly farmer's market, and the future site of a
Metrolinx stop on the way from Union Station to the airport, would get a $23,750 grant to help with the costs of designing and then implementing a plan to possibly pedestrianize and otherwise revitalize the street.
The grant came from the
Urban Land Institute, a US-based organization that "promotes good land use and sustainable communities," according to its district council chair for Toronto, lawyer Mark Noskiewicz.
Though the grant is small, it is intended to spur investment from public-private partnerships. "The grant was announced last month, as we've already leveraged the $23,000 into $75,000 to $80,000" from the city and Metrolinx, Noskiewicz says.
The plan now is to use that money to complete the design and, if funds continue to flow in for the project, possibly even get the construction done by June of next year.
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Mark Noskiewicz
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