{"id":1784,"date":"2007-04-24T14:17:16","date_gmt":"2007-04-24T18:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=1784"},"modified":"2007-04-24T14:22:11","modified_gmt":"2007-04-24T18:22:11","slug":"visions-for-a-walkable-toronto-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/04\/24\/visions-for-a-walkable-toronto-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Visions for a Walkable Toronto &#8212; Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"333\" src=\"http:\/\/inconduit.com\/gal\/march_23_2007\/col1627.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The City of Toronto, in partnership with <em>Spacing<\/em> magazine, is holding a public workshop on &#8220;Visions for a Walkable Toronto&#8221; on Wednesday, April 25. The workshop will begin the process of getting citizen input into the development of a Toronto Walking Strategy. It is the first of a series of monthly public consultations leading up to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/walk21\/\">Walk21 conference in October<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This initial workshop is intended to start the process of forming a vision for making Toronto a great walkable city. It will feature three great speakers, followed by facilitated group discussions to allow the city to hear ideas from citizens. The speakers are:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8211; Jim Walker, Chair of the <a href=\"http:\/\/walk21.com\/\">Walk21 International Conference Series<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; Bronwen Thornton, head of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingstreets.org.uk\/\">Living Streets<\/a> Consultancy Services<br \/>\n&#8211; Gil Penalosa, Executive Director of the non-profit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.walkandbikeforlife.com\/\">Walk &#038; Bike for Life<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s a good opportunity to hear international experts on creating a walkable city, and to help shape the city&#8217;s walking strategy. We hope that lots of people will participate in this first workshop:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Wednesday, April 25, 2007<br \/>\nHarbourfront Community Centre, Dance Studio<br \/>\n627 Queen&#8217;s Quay West (Bathurst St\/Queen&#8217;s Quay)<br \/>\n7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/inconduit.com\">Adam Krawesky<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The City of Toronto, in partnership with Spacing magazine, is holding a public workshop on &#8220;Visions for a Walkable Toronto&#8221; on Wednesday, April 25. The workshop will begin the process of getting citizen input into the development of a Toronto Walking Strategy. 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