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ALLISON PARK COMMUNITY NEWS May 30, 2008 We are proud to announce that Allison Park will once again be hosting "Yard Sale For The Cure" which will be taking place again this year: the scheduled date and time are May 31 2008 at 8:00 a.m. till 12 Noon in Allison Park. April 26 , 2008 Operation Clean Sweep 2008 was held on Saturday, April 26, 2008 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. There was a BBQ, graciously donated by Chris Ecklund. Tim Horton's donated coffee and donuts. The Concession BIA was be involved, and we got a great turnout! March 26 , 2008 Our annual Easter Egg Hunt was a huge success! Photos to follow. December 24 , 2007 Allison Park Christmas Party Photos and Video from this year are now on the site! November 7, 2007 Allison Park Christmas Party Details are now available! We have also announced the winners of the 2006 Hallowe'en House Decorating Contest! October 30 , 2007 Hallowe'en House Decorating Contest Details are now available! October 26 , 2007 Pumpkinfest details are now available! October 23 , 2007 Video of last year's Allison Park Christmas Party and House Decorating Contest are now online. October 1 , 2007 Photos of last year's Allison Park Christmas Party are now online. July 13 , 2007 We have updated our Bank Balance, thanks to Canada Day donations. June 29, 2007 We have made the front page of the Hamilton Mountain News. June 22, 2007 Today we took ownership of our new splashpad. The water was turned on, and all the water jets were fine-tuned. The splashpad has two jets intended for toddlers. They come out of the ground and are down toward the swings. The pad has been programmed, from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. The official turning on of the water will take place on Canada Day. Please bring out your family and friends and enjoy a fun-filled day! June 13 , 2007 Canada Day festivity details have been posted on the main and events pages. The celebrations will co-incide with the Splash Pad dedication! May 28 , 2007 A Yard Sale for the Cure photo page has been set up. Photos to be added soon! May 18 , 2007 A printable Yard Sale for the Cure signup sheet is now available! Rachael Smith, founder of Yard Sale for the Cure, has sent a personal message for Allison Park residents. May 16 , 2007 Tune in to K-Lite FM May 17 at approximately 8:00 a.m.- we will be on the Sunni and Hayes show! April 17 , 2007 'Yard Sale for the Cure' will be taking place on May 26! April 12 , 2007 Plans for the Ryckman's Corners development are now available for viewing. April 9 , 2007 Pictures of the Allison Park Easter Egg Hunt are now up. March 5, 2007 This year's Easter Egg hunt will be held Saturday, April 7, 2007 at 10:00 am and go on for as long as everyone is having fun! Come on out, as the Easter Bunny will be delivering around 20,000 chocolate eggs!!! It will be the biggest Easter event in Allison Park so far. Come on out and enjoy the day- each year it gets bigger and better! This year, there will be many new faces, as the newborns in the Neighbourhood will be making their first appearances! Since this event started, our sponsor Mr. Chris Ecklund has donated over 100,000 chocolate eggs. This year Mr. Ecklund will also be hiring Par-T-Perfect, who will be providing face painters, Easter Bunny, etc. There will also be games and the usual excitement and fun for the kids! March 2, 2007 We have now launched the Allison Park Weblog. Visit it to read its regular updates! January 8, 2007 The City has now installed all the signs that I requested for the two courts in our neighbourhood, that being Sedona and Magenta Courts. They have also have installed 3 "Children Playing signs" surrounding the park. These added signs will hopefully make our neighbourhood a safer place by making motorists aware of their surroundings. Many thanks for City Staff and crews for their quick installation. December 15, 2006 There is now a dead end sign installed on Sedona Court: hopefully this will eliminate a lot of cars travelling up the street, and make it safer for the children also. November 23, 2006 The photos of the Hallowe'en House Decorating Contest winners are now up.
October 23, 2006 I am happy to report that The Traffic Department has announced that we will be getting signs installed on the streets in question, hopefully this will decrease the traffic flow. Many thanks to City Hall for a quick response, the signs are going to be installed by the end of the year. On October 21, 2006, we planted 250 pink tulip bulbs, courtesy of Sherry Duvall, wife of Ward 7 Councilor Scott Duvall. These tulips were donated by Avon Canada as part of their crusade in support of breast cancer research for the Avon Flame Foundation, and planted by the children of Allison Park during our annual Pumpkinfest. See photos here. October 10, 2006 I have formally made a request to City Hall to see about installing Dead End signs on Sedona and Magenta Courts. This is in response to complaints about excess traffic and children safety issues. September 10 , 2006 'Scary Pumpkin Carving Contest' details are now posted here. July 15, 2006 The Canada Day 2006 Festivities are now posted here. February 2, 2006 We have posted information on this April's intended Easter Egg Hunt. January 25, 2006
January 13, 2006 The Allison Park Neighbourhood Association is now incorporated. November 16, 2005 TEMPORARY NO PARKING BAN Neighbours, there is a temporary parking ban being placed on your side of the street due to the situation that developed with the lack of access for Emergency vehicles on our street. This will be in effect until you have access back into your driveways and Emergency vehicles have full accessibility again. Yesterday a school bus also got stuck on the corner and it created quite a problem as it had to back up and parents could not locate their children as the bus could not use its assigned drop-off point.There is plenty of parking down Jacqueline Blvd for your convenience and also around the park. Please note that this is a Safety issue and is only temporary. Many thanks for your understanding and co-operation. Please visit our website and see all the updates!! Allison Park web team November 2, 2005 You may have noticed that we have several new trees in the park! These trees were planted as part of the 'Park beautification programme" and did not cost us anything. Come on by the park and take a look, they are good size trees, 10 footers-20 feet high. Allison Park web team November 2, 2005 Last night Tuesday Nov 1, 2005 there was a meeting at the Knights of Columbus Hall on Upper James regarding the redevelopment of the old Ryckman School. This property has now been sold to a developer, and they presented their proposed plan for redevelopment. On hand were Counsellor Bill Kelly, 2 representatives from the developing company, and 2 City officials. The meeting was an information meeting, and it was stressed throughout the meeting that this submission for 18 new houses is not final by any means. It was a very informative and "spirited" meeting, many residents of the old Allison neighbourhood had many opinions to express about why they did not agree to the submitted plan. The main objection was there where to many houses being proposed, lot sizes where to small, and the re-classification of the neighbourhood from a Class B to a Class C designation. In talking to neighbours after the meeting, and later that night, it seemed the few I talked to had a different idea of a proposed plan, from 18 to 12 houses, this will be better discussed once a forum can be called again. I welcome any feedback from residents about this issue and any other items that they have a concern over in relation to the redevelopment of the property. Allison Park web team October 28, 2005
October 19, 2005 Make sure you come out and see the pumpkins being carved on Saturday, October 22, 2005 at 12 noon! Please be sure to check this page often, as we will update regularly with news and events announcements of interest to the Allison Park Community. Sincerely, Comments? Questions? Send us an e-mail! |
Don't forget Halloween House judging will be done Saturday October 29th, 5 prizes will be given away for the "spookiest houses."