New Parks in the Moss Park Neighbourhood City of Toronto [Video]

This section is organized as follows:

• Community Engagement Phase 1: Towards a Vision
• Community Engagement Phase 2: Exploring Design Options (we are here)
• Community Engagement Phase 3: Setting the Direction

Community Engagement Phase 1: Towards a Vision

In this phase of the community engagement process, community members were asked to provide feedback to help develop a vision for each park.

Park Vision

Based on the feedback collected in Community Engagement Phase 1, the design vision for this park is:

An accessible, green and calm urban oasis with spots for community members to sit, gather, and be social. The design focus in this park will be to celebrate and/or commemorate the history, presence, diversity, and future of the Black communities in the neighbourhood.

Spring to Summer 2022

Discussion with Rights Holders

The project team met with representatives from the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation to introduce the project and gather initial feedback.

Indigenous Community Outreach

• Fourteen local Indigenous-serving organizations were contacted and asked to provide feedback (through an online survey, …