Is popular Taste of Danforth at risk of not happening this year?
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One of many metropolis’s hottest summer season avenue festivals — Style of the Danforth — is being provided a lifeline from the town to verify it takes place this yr after a protracted pandemic absence.
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“It looks as if they’re having bother pulling all of it collectively,” stated Toronto Danforth Councillor Paula Fletcher.
“I don’t perceive what’s taking place. However the metropolis is there – on the prepared. Get the occasion planner, get this pulled collectively on this yr.”
The favored annual summer season avenue pageant attracts lots of of 1000’s of individuals and is organized by the GreekTown on the Danforth Enterprise Enchancment Space.
There have been issues alongside the Danforth in regards to the CafeTO program and bike lanes and the way their footprints may influence the large pageant.
Fletcher stated she is hopeful any issues might be ironed out earlier than lengthy.
“It’s a unique avenue since earlier than COVID. It has the bike lane. It has a complete lot of CafeTO installations that the restaurateurs and retailers actually worth,” she stated.
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“The providing has been: get any individual who can work round all of that and offer you a web site plan for the road.”
The mayor’s workplace stated it’s longing for the pageant to return after a protracted hiatus.
“Mayor (John) Tory may be very hopeful that Style of the Danforth will go forward this yr and has been encouraging everybody to work collectively to make sure this occasion is again,” his workplace stated in an announcement.
Including it “attended a gathering this week with organizers and Metropolis employees the place we imagine some progress was made.”
It’s unclear what the discussions this week centre on, however the metropolis stated it’s providing to assist the BIA discover an occasion planner for the pageant.
Metropolis employees with Financial Improvement & Tradition and Transportation Providers say they’ve additionally been working to revive the pageant.
“A number of divisions have been actively working with pageant organizers at Style of the Danforth in addition to the native BIA to assist convey again this annual celebration,” the town stated in an announcement.
It additionally stated efforts are being made to convey again the annual celebration in a “modified format” given CafeTO and the separated bike infrastructure alongside Danforth Ave.
“All the things is there to say ‘let’s make it occur’. It’s simply getting everyone rolling in the identical course,” stated Councillor Fletcher.
Makes an attempt to contact GreekTown on the Danforth BIA went unanswered.
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