Community and Informal Business

open market: One of the ideas is to create a new open market — or a community café — which would be a weekly mini-market where locals can cook and sell food, clothing and other items within the community, according to Metro News. You can call it an informal business, said Ali, noting the place will serve as a meeting place to liven the neighbourliness. Students from University of Toronto urban planning program have teamed up with area residents and youth to come up with improvement proposals for a community that been identified as a priority Park Women Committee chair Sabina Ali said most of the projects identified through the partnership have a focus on youth engagement, and some of them are already set to start this summer. We believe it will help build self-esteem for our residents, some of whom are new immigrants. The results were concerning, said Kesley Carriere, a student in U of T master of science in planning program. Also, as part of the collaboration, students evaluated the neighbourhood existing network of bike and pedestrian paths, both in the community and the surrounding ravines near the Don River. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.