Join us at the Galilee Centre in the Town of Arnprior on Wednesday, October 25th for the annual Eastern District Rural Workshop.

At this year’s workshop, attendees will be able to chose two of three guided walking tours through the town (one tour in the morning, another in the afternoon).

Tours and presenters will be:

WATERFRONT REDEVELOPMENT: DENNIS JACOBS
Dennis will conduct a tour of Arnprior’s waterfront and discuss the work that went into the recently-completed Arnprior Waterfront Feasibility Issues and Options Analysis Report, a collaboration between Momentum Planning, Dillon Consulting, and McSweeney & Associates for the Town of Arnprior. Dennis will discuss the issues and opportunities to enhance existing waterfront facilities and improve linkages to the downtown.

Dennis Jacobs, MCIP, RPP is principal of Momentum Planning and Communications.

GILLIES GROVE: BRENDA VAN SLEEUWEN
Gillies Grove is one of the last remaining old-growth forests in Southern Ontario. Learn about the history of the property, its cultural and natural significance and the activities taking place to protect and restore the integrity of the forest. Experience the grandeur and beautiful fall foliage of the towering eastern white pines, eastern hemlocks, sugar maples and American beech and witness Ontario’s tallest living eastern white pine.

Brenda Van Sleeuwen, BSc. is the Coordinator of Conservation Biology for the Eastern Ontario program region with the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC). Brenda is responsible for stewarding NCC’s portfolio of conserved lands in Eastern Ontario.

ARNPRIOR’S DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION: ROBIN PAQUETTE
Arnprior’s Downtown Revitalization Project is the Town’s largest single self-funded investment ever made towards the rehabilitation of aging infrastructure and streetscape enhancement. This project includes the complete reconstruction of in-ground infrastructure and re-visioning of the streetscape, bringing new life to Arnprior’s core. Robin will show off the new construction and provide some insight into the process that got the Town here.

Robin Paquette, MCIP, RPP is the Town Planner for the Town of Arnprior.


Tours will continue rain or shine, so dress appropriately.

Event sign-in will begin at 8:30am at the Galilee Centre (398 John Street North, Arnprior). Walking tours will begin at 9:00am. Morning coffee and lunch will be provided.

The cost to attend to attend this event is $45 for OPPI Members and $35 for OPPI Student Members. The registration deadline is October 22nd, 2017.

Event Sponsorship Opportunities:
One level of sponsorship is available for this event. For $100 you are entitled to one registered attendee and your company’s logo will appear on our posters and signage throughout the day. Specific thanks to your company will be made during the workshop's opening and closing remarks. If you'd like to sponsor this event, please contact Eric Bays at e.bays@novatech-eng.com.

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In recognition of World Town Planning Day, the Town of Caledon’s Planning and Development Division, in partnership with the Oak Ridges District of the OPPI, will be hosting a “Planning Film Festival” November 8, 2017 from 10:00 am to 3:50 pm in the Council Chambers at Town Hall. Each of the films presented offers a unique insight into issues faced in the planning profession.

Seats are limited (30) for each of these free screenings throughout the day and can be reserved on a “first come first serve” basis by contacting kyle.munro@caledon.ca

Attendees are encouraged to bring your reusable water bottles. Popcorn will be provided.

Films being shown include:

Before the Flood (2016, 1 h 36 min, start time 10:00 am)

A look at how climate change affects our environment and what society can do to prevent the demise of endangered species, ecosystems and native communities across the planet.


Citizen Z (2004, 11 min, start time 11:40 am)

This short documentary focuses on Toronto's Dufferin Grove Park - home to a playground, ice rinks, an organic farmer's market, a theatre troupe and numerous cultural activities. But when city inspectors raid the park on Christmas Eve and discover huge puppets, a baking oven and kitchen sharing the park's dedicated Zamboni building, the flourishing neighbourhood group is threatened with evacuation. This is a tongue-in-cheek look at what happens when a small community, including some wily puppets, takes on city hall.


Radiant City (2006, 1 h 25 min, start time 12:00 pm)

In this feature length film Gary Burns, Canada's king of surreal comedy, joins journalist Jim Brown on an outing to the suburbs. Venturing into territory both familiar and foreign, they turn the documentary genre inside out, crafting a vivid account of life in The Late Suburban Age.


Flemingdon Park: the Global Village (2002, 47 min, start time 1:30 pm)

This documentary examines the history and current reality of Toronto’s Flemingdon Park. Now a subsidized housing project, it was built in 1961 as a trendy urban utopia. A decade later it was sold, and Flemingdon became home to refugees and new immigrants. Once a model of urban planning, Flemingdon Park's flip side is a history of violence and racism that residents have fought to overcome. Yet despite challenges, the community succeeds in making people from around the world feel at home in a different kind of utopia–one where differences are celebrated and new visions are possible.


Invention (2014, 1 h 20 min, start time 2:30 pm)

Shot in Paris, Sao Paulo and Toronto, Invention is a first feature length film by Mark Lewis. From famous corners of the Louvre Museum to the modernist buildings of Oscar Niemeyer in Brazil and Mies van der Rohe in Canada, Lewis takes us on a dynamic tour of fluctuating cityscapes, capturing the texture of these places, their landmarks, and the people who inhabit their streets and buildings, with images of glass, light, reflections, concrete, spiral staircases – and paintings. An homage to the City Symphony films of the 1920s, Invention offers a searching love letter to urban spaces, art and cinema.

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