Putt through the hole at one of three York Region malls this weekend and win cool summer gear.
Our vivaNext teams are headed out to some malls this Thursday through Sunday. Stop by for some fun and games and you could instantly WIN cool summer gear. Of course, we’ll also be handing out some important information about vivaNext projects and answering any questions you may have. To find us at any of the malls listed below, simply look for all the activity around our big, bright Next Best Thing To Summer display booth. We look forward to seeing you.
Mall Schedule:
Thursday, July 23
• Markville (10am to 9pm)
• Upper Canada (9:30am to 9pm)
• Vaughan Mills (10am to 9 pm)
Friday, July 24
• Markville (10am to 9pm)
• Upper Canada (9:30am to 9pm)
• Vaughan Mills (10am to 9pm)
Saturday, July 25
• Markville (9:30am to 6pm)
• Vaughan Mills (10am to 9pm)
Sunday, July 26
• Markville (11am to 6pm)
• Upper Canada (11am to 5pm)
• Vaughan Mills (11am to 7pm)
A mother putts with her son at our golf game challenge at Upper Canada Mall last weekend. He won a flying disc and she learned about the rapidways coming to Newmarket.
What a day we had on July 1st thanks to you! Our vivaNext teams attended both the Kanata Day festivities at Fairy Lake in Newmarket, and the Canada Day Home Show in Richmond Hill. Our teams spent the entire day talking to hundreds of enthusiastic residents – perhaps even you – who expressed great excitement about vivaNext projects and the urban transformation they will bring to York Region. Everybody had such great questions for us, which we were only too happy to answer.
We also had a lot of fun handing out thousands of informative pamphlets and bookmarks, handy magnetic whiteboards, and of course, delicious treats. After all, what’s a birthday party without treats. Our vivaNext mime was at Fairy Lake in Newmarket as well to entertain the kids while moms and dads spoke to our vivaNext team members.
In case you missed us on Canada Day, here are a few photos we thought you’d enjoy seeing!
On July 1, vivaNext teams will be out in the community at two different locations taking part in Canada Day celebrations and talking to local residents about our projects.
One of our teams will be at Fairy Lake in Newmarket for the Kanata Day festivities, where you can start the day with a pancake breakfast until noon for just $3 a serving. There will also be all sorts of other fun activities for the entire family to enjoy including inflatable bouncers, a bike competition, a baseball tournament, and live entertainment including our very own vivaNext mime. Then to top it all off, there will be the annual fireworks display presented by the Town of Newmarket.
Our second vivaNext team will be celebrating the day at the Canada Day Home Show in Richmond Hill. If you decide to spend the day there, be sure to drop by our booth to learn more about vivaNext. The Show’s taking place at the Sports Complex at 1300 Elgin Mills Road East from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
At vivaNext, we can’t think of a better way to spend Canada Day than with all of the great people who reside in York Region. We look forward to seeing you!
Ever wonder how vivaNext will transform our community? We will be holding a public meeting this evening to discuss the Davis Drive rapidway project.
With the adoption of the new vision for Newmarket combined with the future opening of the regional cancer centre and current conditions along Davis Drive, it is one of the first rapidways to get under construction this fall.
Join us tonight to see a futuristic time-lapse video that depicts the evolution over the next few years. Speakers will present information on how the rapidways will put the rapid into rapid transit including preliminary phasing for construction and Newmarket’s vision for the future. More construction information will be available in the fall closer to the time when it will begin.
This evening’s meeting will be an excellent opportunity to not only see these plans, but to have your say in person.
Whether you are a resident, business owner or just curious about what rapidways will bring to the Region, please come to the public meeting.
If you can not make it to the meeting, all of the information will be available on our website and feel free to share your thoughts with us right here on our blog.
We look forward to seeing you tonight.
Tuesday June 23, 2009
6:00pm to 9:00pm
Presentation at 7:00pm Newmarket Seniors’ Meeting Place
474 Davis Drive
Newmarket, ON L3Y 2P1
VivaNext representatives Devon (left) and Kyle getting ready to talk to people at our tent at the Aurora Street Festival.
We spent this past Sunday at the Aurora Street Festival and what a fun day it was. Even though the weather was calling for cool temperatures and rain, the light showers stopped just as the festival began and the sun even came out for a little while in the afternoon.
This all made for the perfect day to take a stroll down Yonge St. checking out all the vendors, interacting with the mimes and stilt walkers, scaling the rock climbing wall and eating all the terrific food. We had our blue vivaNext tent set up at the north end of the festival to hand out magnetic whiteboards, candy and, of course, talk to people about our projects, which include two subway extensions, two light rail lines and rapidways.
While the magnetic whiteboard give-a-ways were a huge hit, I’ve got to say that people seemed most excited when we told them about the future of rapid transit in York Region. The majority of their comments included “it’s about time” and “wow, that’s going to be great.”
It was so exciting to see the look on people’s faces, especially teenagers, when we told them that subways, light rails and rapidways are planned for York Region.
We also had a mime on stilts at our booth, who was very entertaining and great with the people who were out for the festival. With his painted white face and a ton of energy, he joked around with people and created quite a stir around our tent.
At the end of the day when we were beginning to pack up, we talked about how we enjoy doing events like this because we get to talk to residents about projects that are going to transform their communities. VivaNext is so exciting because it is going to improve people’s quality of life and help manage future growth.
Thank you to everyone who stopped by our booth to say hi and learn about vivaNext. I hope you enjoyed the festival.
An aerial view of a TRAX LRT line in Salt Lake City, Utah with dedicated, transit-only lanes. This is similar to how the Leslie/Don Mills corridor line will be designed.
Imagine a light rail line that could take you from Danforth all the way up the Don Mills/Leslie corridor into Richmond Hill. That was one of the transit projects identified by Metrolinx near the end of last year as part of the master plan for transportation in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.
The light rail line study is now underway and we want your input. We are having a public meeting on Wednesday, June 10, where we will present our plan for the York Region portion of the line that will run on Leslie from Steeles to Highway 7.
The City of Toronto and the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) are currently undertaking a preliminary planning study to identify an LRT route in this corridor from Danforth to Steeles. Although we are conducting different studies, we are working with staff at the City of Toronto and TTC on the light rail line.
Similar to our vivaNext rapidways, the LRT vehicles will operate in their own right-of-ways – enabling them to safely speed past congested traffic, no matter what time of day.
Like all of our projects, we want to ensure that anyone with an interest in the study has the opportunity to get involved and have their voice heard.
What do you think of a light rail line through this corridor? Join us in person for the meeting or, if you can’t make it, let us know your thoughts by commenting on our blog.
For more information on light rail transit or the current studies please see our website
The meeting will be held:
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
6:30 to 9:00 pm
Hilton Garden Inn
300 Commerce Valley Drive East,
Thornhill, ON
An LRT vehicle traveling through the streets of Melbourne, Australia.
There will be delicious food and over 550 vendors at the festival for the shopaholic in the family, selling everything from sunglasses to socks. If you needed another reason to go, we will be handing out treats at our booth and will have a mime for your entertainment.
Be sure to come out this Sunday. We look forward to seeing you.
Festival Details:
Sunday, June 7, 2009
11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Yonge St. between Edward St. and Wellington St. in Aurora View a map
