{"id":4220,"date":"2009-05-01T13:36:59","date_gmt":"2009-05-01T17:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/2009\/05\/01\/event-town-hall-on-reining-in-the-billboard-industry-may-5\/"},"modified":"2009-05-02T10:10:52","modified_gmt":"2009-05-02T14:10:52","slug":"event-town-hall-on-reining-in-the-billboard-industry-may-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2009\/05\/01\/event-town-hall-on-reining-in-the-billboard-industry-may-5\/","title":{"rendered":"EVENT: Town Hall on Reining in the Billboard Industry, May 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3649\/3491201103_441591e9fa.jpg?v=0\" height=\"345\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What would you say if I told you that Toronto could adopt some of the toughest rules for billboards in Canada, then put a charge on all of the remaining billboards\u00a0 to pay for better enforcement of Toronto&#8217;s new sign laws, as well as for public art and beautification of the public realm?<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s exactly the proposition the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beautifulcity.ca\">BeautifulCity.ca Alliance<\/a>, a coalition composed largely of artists and public space activists (myself included), has brought to city hall. And city hall is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/signbylawproject\/\">listening<\/a>. A new sign by-law and a proposal to put a charge on billboards to generate up to $52 million per year is scheduled to make its way through city hall&#8217;s committee cycle in June and end up on city council&#8217;s July agenda.<\/p>\n<p>With endorsements from 40 organizations in Toronto, including Spacing, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.illegalsigns.ca\">IllegalSigns.ca<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontoartscouncil.org\/\">Toronto Arts Council<\/a>, the Alliance is getting ready for an epic fight with the outdoor advertising industry.<\/p>\n<p>Having seen what Tim Horton&#8217;s did to thwart an attempt to make coffee cups more recyclable, the BeautifulCity.ca Alliance isn&#8217;t going to sit back and hope that city hall reins in the outdoor advertising industry on its own. With only a month left until the Alliance&#8217;s proposal hits Executive Committee, BeautifulCity.ca, in conjunction with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youthactionnetwork.org\/\">Youth Action Network<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youthactionnetwork.org\/youth-week\/\">Youth Week<\/a>, has organized a town hall meeting for May 5 to inform people about its proposal and provide volunteers from all over the city with the tools to organize support in their communities and get that support heard at city hall.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Event:<\/strong> BeautifulCity.ca Town Hall<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St. W., Council Chambers<\/p>\n<p><strong>Time:<\/strong> 6:30-9:00pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beautifulcity.ca\">www.beautifulcity.ca<\/a> or letsdothis@beautifulcity.ca<\/p>\n<p><strong>RSVP:<\/strong> Through the Facebook <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/home.php#\/event.php?eid=70651528738&amp;ref=share\">event<\/a> page (optional but helps organizers plan).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 What would you say if I told you that Toronto could adopt some of the toughest rules for billboards in Canada, then put a charge on all of the remaining billboards\u00a0 to pay for better enforcement of Toronto&#8217;s new sign laws, as well as for public art and beautification of the public realm? 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