Kirkendall Neighbourhood Association

This Saturday is the 2nd annual Kirkendall Food Drive, ‘ Fill a Bus, Feed a Family’. Please remember to leave your non-perishable goods on your porch, or take them to Mr. Tony’s on Locke, Dell Pharmacy on Aberdeen, or  Zarkys on Dundurn on April 30th, May 1st or May 2nd. Mission Services reports that use of the food bank [...]

Kirkendall has an opportunity this weekend to help send underprivileged children from the Hamilton Community to one-week fully subsidized spots at Camp Maple Leaf this summer! Register to climb the stairs or walk the Bruce Trail on May 2nd and recruit donations from your friends, families, co-workers, and neighbours. There are 289 steps (that’s 578 [...]

The Environmental Assessment for three (3) pedestrian crossings of the CP Rail corridor at Poulette Street, Pearl Street and Ray Street has now been completed.    The study assessed the need for the three bridges, the structural condition of the Pearl Street Bridge, and identified the heritage attributes of the Pearl Street Bridge that should [...]

The Pedestrian and Cycling Issues Committee presents City Repair: Transforming Space into Place Monday, April 20, 7:30 pm Stanley Avenue Baptist Church City Repair was formed in Portland, Oregon in 1996 by citizen activists who want to build a more community-oriented and ecologically sustainable society. This inspiring documentary depicts City Repair’s efforts to transform spaces [...]

Here’s a creative way to get people involved in the community. Art is auctioned off in return for donated hours of volunteer time instead of money! Saturday May 9th Doors open at 7:00pm at the Hamilton Convention Centre, 1 Summers Lane, Hamilton Sponsored by United Way, Volunteer Hamilton, and the Hamilton Community Foundation More details [...]

The next meeting of the KNA Committee on Pedestrain and Cycling Issues will be: Monday April 20 7:30 pm Location TBA At the meeting, we’ll have a chance to watch the “Placemaking” video from City Repair, and to discuss how we might start moving towards some placemaking here in Kirkendall. Meeting is open to all: [...]

A Community Safety Forum will be held on April 7, from 7:00-9:00 pm at the Westdale Secondary School Auditorium for Downtown, Westdale and West Hamilton residents. Please help disseminate the enclosed e-flyer to  your neighbours! Safety forum poster