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Greetings. The wonderful weather this Spring beckons us all to the out of doors. Here's a few more excuses..........

FREE COMPOST
Bring buckets, barrels and shovels to pick up free compost at these locations: April 20, 3pm - Bellevue Square Park (Augusta Ave, N of Dundas St); April 26, 3pm - Huron Community Garden (Huron St, S of College St); and May 18, 2pm - Margaret Fairley Parkette, Brunswick Ave & Ulster). Councillor Vaughan and his staff will be on hand to greet you and celebrate Spring!

VOTE FOR WALTER HUSTON – before April 30th
Walter Huston, star of 53 films, father of actor/director/writer John Huston, grandfather of actress Anjelica Huston, was born in Toronto in 1884. Many of Walter’s childhood homes, including 11 Major Street, still stand. Former HVRA board member Richard Longley is seeking support for his 2010 nomination of Walter Huston for a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame. To support this nomination, visit www.canadaswalkoffame.com/nomination before the April 30th deadline and cast your vote. If you would like more information about Walter Huston’s enormous cultural contributions, please contact Richard at Longley_fovea@sympatico.ca.

NEIGHBOURHOOD CLEANUP, Saturday April 24, 12 noon.
The 3nd Annual “Litter-free Lippincott Clean-up Day” welcomes all Harbord Village residents to bring bags to Lippincott and Harbord and help clean up the neighbourhood for 30-60 minutes. Afterwards, Pizza Nova will serve complimentary pizza to all participants. The initiative is part of the City of Toronto and Mayor Miller’s “Community Clean-Up Day” that encourages citizens to choose a public space in the city and go and clean it up. For more information, contact: Neil Stephenson at 647-338-1175.

TREEING THE VILLAGE meeting – April 27, 7pm, 223 Borden Street
Spring is the perfect time to get involved with HVRA’s active Treeing the Village committee. The main items on their agenda are providing inexpensive backyard trees and recruiting store owners and others to water street trees on College, Harbord, Spadina and Bloor. For more details, contact Dinny Biggs at dinnybiggs@gmail.com or 416 923 6321.

VOLUNTEERING WITH OUR FARMER'S MARKET
Plans are well underway for this year's Farmers' Market, which will open for the third year on Wednesday, June 2nd in the Green P parking lot, south of Bloor and Borden. But it is not too late to volunteer. The market is dependent on community volunteers from residents' associations including HVRA. Please email Terri at bloorbordenmarket@gmail.com to learn about ways you can help.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

HVRA Spring Meeting, May 18, 25 Brunswick Avenue, 7-9pm, with special presentations on adding green roofs and eliminating termites.

HVRA’s Mayoralty debate at Trinity-St.Paul’s Centre: June 15th, 7-10pm

Ward 20’s Environment Day, July 3rd on Borden Street at Central Tech.

For details of these and other events, check www.harbordvillage.com on a weekly basis.

All the best of Spring,

Tim Grant, chair, HVRA