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How To Get Involved
posted July 11, 2007
Organizing events
Dufferin Grove Park is a public neighbourhood park that is open to all. If you have a small group and want to hang out, play some frizbee or have a picnic, please feel free (see Picnics & Permits for details).
If you have a larger group, an organized event, or a public event, then the best way to start is by contacting staff at 416-392-0913, staff@dufferinpark.ca, or by coming to see them around the rinkhouse most days. The main staff people for making such arrangements are currently Mayssan Shuja, Amy Withers, and Anna Bekerman.
Communicating with neighbours and Dufferin Grove Park staff
Here's a summary list of the various means that neighbours have of getting information and communicating with one another.
Information:
- website (www.dufferinpark.ca, about 30,000 hits a month, probably 6-8 thousand visits)
- newsletter (distributed at the rinkhouse, posted in various places in the park, published on the website, 400-600 physical copies ditributed per month)
- market notes (distributed to subscribers, posted on the website, about 470 distributed per week - subscribe)
- notices posted around park (various events)
Consultation, requests, feedback:
- parks recreation staff for consultation (available in the park most times)
- email contacts for all park areas (right margin of all web pages) or info@dufferinpark.ca
- park phone (published on the website home page, and all newsletters) 416-392-0913
- park emergency number (published in the newsletter) 416-709-0573 or 416-896-8942 (24 hours)
- 3-1-1 Problems & Follow-up (website)
Informal friendship connections:
- playground (in season)
- rink (in season)
- farmers' market (thursdays)
- friday night suppers
- dog walkers
Discussion:
We encourage most discussion through informal networking at the park (see above) and involvement in park activities. For electronic or more formal discussion, these are open to anyone (subject to moderation or editing):
- email list service (dufferingrovefriends - the main electronic forum)
- website forum (dufferinpark.ca/forum: new, more formal than the email list service)
- letters to the editor (website, for structured essays)
- occasional meetings at the park (these can be organized by anyone)
Contacting Parks, Forestry and Recreation Management Staff
posted July 12, 2007
Surprisingly, there is no single staff person within Parks, Forestry and Recreation who is responsible for Dufferin Grove Park. As of the recent Department re-organization, responsibility for the park is highly fragmented.
In general, all Divisions of the Department are involved in some way:
- Community Recreation: instructional skating, pleasure skating, pools (including wading pools), recreation program registration, and facility and park permitting (see details)
- Divisional Co-ordination & Community Engagement: community engagement, Neighbourhood Teams, Volunteer Development (see details)
- Management Services: finance, staffing for seasonal and part-time workforce (see details)
- Parks: all aspects of parks maintenance, sports field maintenance and horticulture, Children’s and Community Gardens, Waste Reduction and Diversion, By-law Enforcement (see details)
- Parks Development & Infrastructure Management: planning, design and development of the Division’s green spaces, facilities and amenities, parks and open space design, pathways and trails, pools and water play areas (see details)
- Strategic Services: concessions, leases and agreements, partnership development (see details)
- Urban Forestry: tree planting in city parks (see details)
The people we currently see the most are Tino DeCastro (Recreation Supervisor) and Peter Leiss (Parks Supervisor). The Dufferin Grove Park staff report to any Supervisor who has jurisdiction over the activity in question.
Read More of the PF&R Contact List we have assembled >>
Contacting the City Councillor's Office
Councillor Adam Giambrone has taken an active interest in the park in recent years. His assistant Chris Gallup fields questions and requests relating to the park.
Chris can be reached at 416-392-7012 or cgallop@toronto.ca
Contacting the Parks and Environment, and Community Development and Recreation Committees.
Parks Forestry and Recreation is not governed by one, but rather by two standing city committees: Parks and Environment (Schedules and Documents), and Community Development and Recreation (Schedules and Documents). For general city committee agendas and schedules, click here.
Contacting The Toronto and East York Community Council
Toronto is organized into community councils consisting of ward councillors within the defined region.
The Community Council covering Ward 18 is the Toronto and East York Community Council. Contact Christine Archibald teycc@toronto.ca, 416-392-6992. Schedules, Agendas, Decision Documents, Reports and Minutes can be found here.