Eglinton – Merton – Bayview – Yonge
SERRA is one of the many community groups participating in a Community Liaison Committee for the new Roehampton Residence. The Roehampton Residence, located at 808 Mount Pleasant Road, opened on July 3, 2020, to clients as part of the City of Toronto’s three-tiered COVID-19 response. The City has leased the Roehampton Hotel for two years … Read more
The Heritage Working Group is offering a self-guided walking tour to all of our residents. This year’s walk repeats our Jane’s Walk from two year’s ago. SERRA encourages everyone to take the walk sometime from May 1st to May 3rd to honour the late Jane Jacobs. We have prepared a walking tour map and a … Read more
SERRA is concerned about traffic infiltration from the Art Shoppe development into the neighbourhood and especially onto Hillsdale Ave East (for the section to the east of the development). Hillsdale Ave East is classified as a “local road” and has few exit points to facilitate thru traffic. As such we would like to request an … Read more
The South Eglinton Ratepayers’ and Residents’ Association (SERRA) supports the settlement agreement reached between the applicant, bcIMC Holdco, the owner of the property at 30 Merton Street, and the City, SERRA and several other Parties. The Settlement Offer subsequently was presented to the community on July 22, 2020 for review and comments and received general … Read more
The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same. Please read this interview with Juanne Hemsol, SERRA’s first president and decide for yourself what has changed in our neighbourhood in the past 54 years. This interview written and conducted by Mary Turcotte. SERRA Mandate: SERRA was formed (1965) for the purpose of furthering and … Read more
The South Eglinton Ratepayers’ and Residents’ Association (SERRA) is a Party at the LPAT appeal for this application. We are in support of the Request for Direction Report, dated June 6, 2019 as tabled by City Planning. SERRA is also in support of a settlement for this development application, if the conditions as stated by … Read more
WHAT DO WE NEED TO KEEP THIS A GREAT COMMUNITY?WE NEED YOUR INPUT! As you are likely aware, the neighbourhood is currently facing 8 new developments at 265 Balliol, 155 Balliol, 22 Balliol, 30 Merton, 140 Merton, 274 Merton, 141 Davisville and 1951 Yonge. Those projects might not all proceed as currently proposed, but it … Read more
The following letter was sent to Minister Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. We are inviting Minister Clark to join us for a walk in our neighbourhood, to witness the impact development has had in our community. May 23, 2019 Dear Minister Clark, We are representatives of a group of Residents’ Associations located … Read more
We will be holding our Annual General Meeting on Tuesday April 30th, 2019 at Greenwood College School, 443 Mt. Pleasant Rd.,Toronto. Please join us. To view both pages of this flyer, please click here.