Building the City’s first Cultural Policy and Plan

All Hamilton residents are invited to participate in building the city’s first cultural policy and plan

The City of Hamilton is undertaking a comprehensive approach to develop a Cultural Policy and Plan. This is a multi-phased project which will result in the following outcomes:

  • identify cultural resources in Hamilton
  • identify potential opportunities for the development of culture
  • clarify the City’s vision and role with respect to culture
  • develop a Cultural Policy and related principles
  • develop a Cultural Plan with comprehensive strategies, goals and objectives.

Go to http://www.hamilton.ca/loveyourcity for more information and to complete the on-line survey about cultural life in Hamilton

You can also Subscribe to receive updates - send an email to culture@hamilton.ca with the subject line “Subscribe to receive Culture updates”.

Poverty by Postal Code

Poverty by Postal Code: Will Neighbourhood Solutions Work in Hamilton?

January 25th, Doors open at 6:30 pm, Lecture at 7 pm

Hamilton Spectator Auditorium, 44 Frid Street, Hamilton

Code Red Rx – Prescription for Healthy Neighbourhoods Speaker Series

Dr. Jim Dunn
Associate Professor, McMaster University
Chair in Research on Urban Neighbourhoods, Community Health & Housing (CRUNCH)

The Spectator’s Code Red Series and the Hamilton Community Foundation’s Vital Signs Report both show our City’s grim reality of poverty by postal code.  If wealth – and health – are defined by where we live, are neighbourhood-based approaches the answer?  McMaster researcher Dr. Jim Dunn shows us where they’ve been used, their pros and cons… and how they could work in Hamilton.

COME TO LISTEN …. TO QUESTION …. AND TO ACT!  ALL WELOME!  FREE EVENT!

PLEASE RSVP TO code_red_speaker@yahoo.ca.

This lecture is the first in a series. Next up …. Neil Bradford on March 8, 2011.

Visit http://www.crunch.mcmaster.ca.

SOLID WASTE MASTER PLAN REVIEW PUBLIC WORKSHOP

The City of Hamilton is undertaking a review of the solid waste management plan, and the public is invited to a workshop:

Place and time: January 24, 2011, 6:30 – 9.00 pm, McMaster Downtown Centre

50 Main St. east, Room 216 ( Light sandwiches and refreshments provided)

Topic: Guiding Principles, Goals and Objectives for Hamilton’s Future Integrated

Solid Waste Management Plan

Website:  www.hamiltonwastereview.ca

Public encouraged to attend but you must RSVP by Tuesday, January 18th to john.smith@trow.ca and include any accessibility needs you might have.

Anyone who attends is encouraged to get back to KNA after the meeting at

mlr.reiman@gmail.com

Secondary Accommodation Review Committee West – first meeting

The Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board has formed three Secondary Accommodation Review Committees (ARC) to look at the future of secondary school accommodation in Hamilton.  The role of the ARC is to make recommendations to the Board of Trustees by producing a report that takes into account school space, programming and possible secondary school closures.

The Secondary  ARC West includes Ancaster High, Highland, Parkside and Westdale.  Meetings will begin in January 2011 and will run until December 2011.  Note that all meetings are open to the public.

The first meeting is scheduled for January 18, 6 to 9 pm and will be held in the Boardroom at the Education Centre, 100 Main Street West.

More information about the process and the issues are found at http://www.hwdsb.on.ca/arc/.  Click on the ARC West tab for future meeting dates.

In addition to the ARC meetings, several public meetings are planned to provide all community members with an opportunity to provide input into the process and recommendations.
Healthy schools are important to our neighbourhoods regardless of whether or not you have school-aged children.
Councillor McHattie will be a member of the ARC West.

Open Houses to review the draft design of LRT Lines

The City of Hamilton invites you to a series of Public Information Sessions.  This is your opportunity to:
  • Give your views on the ongoing development of a Rapid Transit network for Hamilton
  • Review details of the proposed Light Rail Transit (LRT) scheme for the B-Line corridor between McMaster and Eastgate
  • Discuss and contribute to land use planning issues and opportunities along both the A-Line (Waterfront to Airport) and B-Line (McMaster to Eastgate) corridors
Staff will be available to explain proposals, answer your questions and understand your points of view.  In addition, members from the Rapid Transit Citizen Advisory Committee (RTCAC) will be in attendance to listen to your views.

January 19, 2011 – Downtown – Scottish Rite (4 Queen St S), 6-8pm

January 20, 2011 – West end – Westdale Secondary School (700 Main St W), 6-8pm

January 25, 2011 – East end – Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School (1715 Main St E), 6-8pm

January 27, 2011 – Mountain – Courtyard Marriott (1224 UpperJames St), 6-8pm

For further information about the Rapid Transit initiative, please visit http://www.hamilton.ca/rapid-transit.

Petition for pedestrian crossing light at Kent and Aberdeen


A group of Kirkendall residents have been working to have a pedestrian crossing light installed at Aberdeen and Kent.  They have put together a petition and ask you to look at the information and sign the petition if you are supportive of this initiative.
The information and the petition are posted at http://walkablehamilton.org/.
Councillor McHattie supports this initiative, and hopes that any others that are concerned about the safety of pedestrians at that corner will add their names. For more informatin, please contact crossatkent@gmail.com

Hours for Seniors Activity Program

The Activity for Seniors in Kirkendall (ASK) program has new hours – please see the poster, and feel free to redistribute.

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