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recommendations of the South Niagara Planning Study before it was brought to City Council and adopted in late August. One of the most far-reaching clauses added 7.4 acres of open space to the area reserved for parks in the neighbourhood. • maintained a watching brief on the Fort York Armoury and adjacent area at 800 Fleet Street. While recognizing things will be in flux as the neighbourhood surrounding the site develops, we are opposed to anything that compromises permanently Fort York’s integrity. • engaged in ceremonies in April and November, where eighty people, joined by family and friends, received their Canadian citizenship. This year, new citizens enjoyed the participation of West Neighbourhood House (formerly St. Christopher’s), and the April ceremony, which was a collaboration with First Nations, included a lunch of traditional moose stew and bannock. • partnering with the City, two new site guides for visitors to the Fort were completed in advance of the opening of the new Visitor Centre. • saw the Fort York Volunteers flourish in their third year as partners in helping guide visitors around the fort, particularly on high traffic occasions. • welcomed the chance for more people to get to know the fort when they attended concerts and events on the Common that attracted tens of thousands of visitors. • agreed to fund partial costs with the City for CyArk, a non-profit organization based in California, to create virtual models of the Fort York archaeological site. The project is intended to document the site for preservation and the model that is created can be used for exhibit purposes. It has been undertaken for a number of locations including Mayan sites.
• secured two $10,000 grants from Ignite Ontario to partially fund a steel band festival and a Pride festival at Fort York in support of Toronto 2015 Pan Am / Parapan American Games. Of each grant, $2000 will be allotted for Guard activities associated with the two events. • collaborated with the University of Toronto Daniels Faculty of Architecture which has designed a computerbased model of the Fort York neighbourhood useful for discussion of proposed developments. • after the necessary research and financing, in early 2014 installed in the Great Room of the Blue Barracks the “At Ease” exhibit of more than two dozen pictures showing 19th century soldiers and officers at leisure. • following a Palatine Hills Winery special promotion of its 1812-brand wines using neck-tags and point-of-sale materials in over 300 LCBO stores, received payment of $3000. • to draw attention to fundraising on behalf of the Fort by the Fort York Foundation and The Friends of Fort York, put two notices in Spacing magazine. • celebrated the 20th anniversary of The Friends of Fort York at the Directors’ Dinner in April. • provided a portrait of George Waters, long-time Director and unwavering Friend of Fort York, for installation in the new library in the Visitor Centre. For comparison, our accomplishments for 1994-2013 can be found on our website http://www.fortyork.ca/about-us/ouraccomplishments.html
For comparison, our accomplishments for 1994-2013 can be found on our website http://www.fortyork.ca/about-us/ouraccomplishments.html
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