Roncy Rocks!, our first annual celebration of art, music and culture in Roncesvalles Village, is happening on June 19! We will have stages and art displays all up and down Roncesvalles Avenue from 11:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m., as well as more art and music in various places on Roncesvalles until late into the evening! Here’s the finalized lineup for … Read More
Charity Golf Tournament Coming Soon
The Knights of Columbus (associated with St. Casimir and St. Stanislaus Parishes) are hosting the fifth annual Father Michael Smith Memorial Golf Tournament for the benefit of Copernicus Lodge (66 Roncesvalles Ave.) The tournament takes place on June 12th at the Granite Ridge Golf Club. There are lots of great prizes and it’s for a worthy cause. For more information, … Read More
Roncesvalles Now Open To Two-Way Traffic! Buses start two-way on Monday
After nine months of construction, the TTC has announced that two-way bus service will return to Roncesvalles on Monday, April 26 at 5 am. The buses will leave Dundas West station and travel south to the Sunnyside loop, where passengers may board the streetcar and continue along King. The westbound 504 King streetcar will continue to turn back east at … Read More
Read All About It! Roncesvalles Gets Noticed In Toronto Life
We were very pleased to see that twenty-five of our businesses were lauded in an excellent and glowing online article in Toronto Life. In appreciation of this, RVBIA Chair Tony Cauch wrote the following letter to the editor: To the editor: Thanks for today’s great online feature on Roncesvalles Village (The Roncesvalles Guide, April 22, 2010). We appreciate your recognition … Read More
Roncesvalles Village BIA Honoured At OBIAA Conference
It is with pride that we announce that the Roncesvalles Village BIA has been awarded the Special Events and Promotions Award at this year’s Ontario BIA Association conference. RVBIA Vice-chair Andrew Chomentowski accepted the award on behalf of the BIA. In particular, this award acknowledges the extraordinary success of the Roncesvalles Polish Festival, which in five years has become one … Read More
Roncesvalles Village At BIA 40th Anniversary Celebration
Toronto is well-known as being an innovative city. Great artists, businesspeople, thinkers and scientists call Toronto home. What is less well-known is that the BIA movement started in Toronto. In 1970 the Bloor West Village BIA became the first BIA in the world. Last Saturday we were pleased to attend a celebration of the 40th anniversary of BIAs. Mayor David … Read More
Free Parking On Roncesvalles
From now until November 2010, there will be up to three hours of free parking in any legal parking spot on Roncesvalles Avenue. Please note that free parking is not a free-for-all. Illegal parking in no-parking zones will still get you a ticket. But for our law-abiding neighbours, come on down and enjoy everything that Roncesvalles Village has to offer, … Read More
Easter In Roncesvalles Village
Roncesvalles Village is full of colour this Easter weekend! Spring is in the air, flowers are on display up and down the street, and people are out in large numbers to enjoy the beautiful weather. Easter is a major holiday in Polish tradition, and on Saturday Roncesvalles thronged with people carrying traditional decorated baskets with food to be blessed at … Read More
Update On Claims Process For Members
This update is from the office of Councillor Perks: – Property owners who wanted to claim for loss or damage resulting from the sewer and watermain construction were provided with information on the process to submit their claims to the City Clerk’s Office. – Several property owners then received notification from the City’s insurance adjuster, McLarens Canada, stating that the … Read More
Private Side Water Replacement Update
From the office of Councillor Gord Perks: Water service replacement on the private side: The City of Toronto confirms that substandard (defined as being non-copper or less than 19 mm) water services were replaced to property line on Roncesvalles Avenue. Some of the services included in the installation of curb stops. Curb stops do not necessarily denote the extent of … Read More