Tag: Old East Village
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City council: thumbs up to free parking, thumbs down to SafeSpace
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London’s COVID-era free parking promotion will make a partial return for the rest of the year. London city councillors voted 11-3 Tuesday to extend a free parking promotion via the Honk mobile app for the rest of 2024 at a cost of $300,000 from reserve funds. A $30,000 one-hour free parking pilot for two city…
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Ark Aid seeking break from city on parking fees for volunteers
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An agency in line for additional funding of $700,000 from city hall is asking it for one more reprieve — free parking for its volunteers at a city-owned parking lot. In a letter to city council that is on the agenda for its meeting Tuesday, Sarah Campbell, executive director of Ark Aid Street Mission at…
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Push for return of free parking downtown and in OEV hits roadblock
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City politicians are having a problem parking new rules for London drivers heading downtown or to Old East Village
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Grassroots mural project enlivens Old East Village, Hamilton Road
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East London is about to get even more vibrant as a result of the efforts of a local arts collective with the backing of Western Fair District.
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Loss of free parking least of worries for downtown, OEV businesses
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Businesses in downtown London and Old East Village, which benefited from free parking during the pandemic, would welcome a partial extension of the program, but argue more needs to be done to support them.
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Businesses in thick of homeless crisis in line for $1.7M in funding
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With London’s homelessness crisis on their doorsteps, businesses in downtown and Old East Village (OEV) could be getting a financial boost to ease the pain.
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Woman attacked after tracking missing cellphone to London home
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Two middle-aged London men are charged with assault after a woman who attempted to retrieve her stolen cellphone was pepper sprayed.
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‘Our Home For Good’: Homeless agency Unity Project eyes new Old East HQ
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After a long search, delayed by the pandemic, the homelessness organization has purchased a building on Dundas Street in Old East Village for its new quarters.
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City politicians recently approved the demolition of the former Old East bar at 763-769 Dundas St., for a 200-unit apartment tower for immigrants to London.
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A shuttered bar in east London may fall, so affordable housing for newcomers to London may rise.
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New doughnut shop adds hole new dimension to Old East Village revitalization
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London’s Old East Village is home to a just-opened coffee and handmade doughnut shop, a new business its owner hopes will help bring the neighbourhood together and revitalize the core.