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Save Arrowdale rally planned as city finalizes plans for park
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Save Arrowdale rally planned as city finalizes plans for park
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The city plans to use extra gas tax money to help pay for the redevelopment of Dufferin Park and creation of Arrowdale Community Park.
Back in March, the city was informed of a one-time doubling of its annual federal gas tax allocation for 2021, giving the municipality almost $6 million in extra funding.
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The gas tax program, soon to be renamed the Canada Community-Building Fund, is a permanent source of federal funding for local infrastructure to address local priorities.
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Today, one associates the walkathon with charity fundraisers. When the term was first coined, it was anything but. The term “walkathon” evolved from the words “walk” and “marathon.” In the 1930s, walkathons were contests for cash. Couples competed and, whoever stayed on their feet the longest, won the prize. These events could take days, weeks and even months before a winner was proclaimed. They were held in halls, theatres, fairgrounds and tents, anywhere there was room enough for couples to keep walking in a circle. The were brutal affairs, often rigged with professional walkers, and organizers who made huge profits by selling tickets to the public who came to watch the suffering. This entertainment fell out of favour in the 1940s and could not be revived after the war.
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A community garden in Stratford’s Dufferin Park could soon see an opportunity for further expansion and funding if council approves a 10-year lease agreement between the city and the Local Community Food Centre.
At a community services committee meeting Monday, Stratford councillors approved, without discussion, the agreement that has been in works since 2019 that would, if approved, keep the centre’s community garden in its current home until 2031.
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