WHERE Goes the Neighbourhood? Managing Gentrification in Parkdale. A community forum presented by PLEDC, Monday January 22, 2007 - 7pm-9pm, free childcare provided. Gallery 1313, 1313 Queen Street West (West gates of the building)> free childcare is provided, please rsvp if you’d like to use it.

In the past several years our neighbourhood has undergone a considerable amount of change. Is that a good thing? Is that a bad thing? And what happens next? Join us on Monday January 22nd from 7pm to 9pm for a community forum bringing together residents, local business owners, community service organizations, and political and media types, to discuss, debate, and brainstorm how we can achieve a socially sustainable neighbourhood. A team of fourth-year Urban Planning students at Ryerson University will share a twenty-minute presentation based on a comprehensive study that they recently completed about gentrification in Parkdale. Following this, we will hold a moderated panel discussion to explore innovative solutions for how the community can deal with the ongoing changes in the neighbourhood. The panel features Matthew Blackett (Spacing), Misha Glouberman (Trampoline Hall), Craig Peskett (Parkdale Residents Association), Victor Willis (Parkdale Activity - Recreation Centre), Margaret Zeidler (Urbanspace Property Group), and is moderated by Carl Wilson (The Globe and Mail). The final portion of the moderated panel discussion will include an audience/panel Q+A, and although the event will officially end at this point, participants are invited to stick around for an informal and semi-experimental breakout discussion designed to advance the dialogue on issues raised in the forum.