A Voice for all who live or
work in Port Credit from
Seneca to Shawnmarr, south from CNR to the Lake
Port Credit is an historic port community, and an authentic village, within the urban context of the City of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
The Town of Port Credit Association (TOPCA) is the municipally recognized residents' association for the entire Port Credit District, located in Ward 1. As residents, we want to enhance our village ambience and keep Port Credit a vibrant place to live, work, shop, dine and play.
We welcome your
thoughts to maintain this website as an informative and interactive resource for
all Port Credit residents. Visit this site often for upcoming events, and for
information that affects us all.
Tell us what you think!
PLEASE NOTE: The
Mississauga News has reloaded their website and the links from
TOPCA are presently invalid.
As of July 3, it appears that the
Mississauga News may make technical provision for archival
redirects so that existing links to their website will still work. The
TOPCA website will not be modified with the new links to articles from
the Mississauga News unless it proves necessary to do so. This
waiting period may result in a few more days of inconvenience for TOPCA
users while the present links remain invalid.
Meanwhile, use keywords from the cited article titles to search the
Mississauga News online at:
http://www.mississauganews.com/news (note that a Search Box is
provided).
NEWS ALERTS
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See
also the Quick Index in the News section.
See also the
Calendar section for
SUMMER list of events.
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PHOTO TOUR: Port Credit, a town under construction, June 2009.
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ART EXHIBITION: The citizens of Port Credit have spent an amazing amount of time examining their community and developing a collective Vision, and now comes: The Projects: Port Credit, a pilot initiative of the Blackwood Gallery (UTM) in partnership with the Port Credit Village Project, a local community group. This local art exhibition / installation (July 5-30) aims to re-imagine Port Credit by engaging with the issues and concerns of the Port Credit community through the lens of contemporary art! Showing at 55 Port Street East. See Calendar for hours, map, links. FREE ADMISSION.
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PORT CREDIT POST OFFICE: The TOPCA Executive will be meeting in July 2009 with representatives of Davies Smith Developments who are the new Conditional Purchasers of the Port Office property at 31 Lakeshore Road East. Click for background including VIVA Port Credit's letter to the City regarding the Post Office (dated July 9, 2008).
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LAKESHORE/STAVEBANK INTERSECTION: A Public Information Centre (click for the Notice) was held on June 23, 2009. **The City has now provided an electronic copy of the presentation** featuring alternative solutions proposed by the Transportation and Works Dept. to deal with the safety concerns, including the City's preferred option. Click here for background and to view the City's presentation.
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PETITION: A Petition has been developed in response to Ontario Power Authority's plan to award a contract for an 850 MW gas-fired power plant in the Clarkson Airshed: click here to download the Petition and a promotional Flyer, and view information on where to return them. Our MP Paul Szabo has mailed the Petition to households in Mississauga South. Petitions may be mailed back postage-free. Nearly 17,000 signatures have already been collected and presented to Mayor Hazel McCallion at the Outdoor Community Rally on June 24, 2009. THE SIGNING GOES ON!
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PC 175 (1835-2010): Subcommittees to spearhead particular Anniversary projects are being established, further to the second public meeting on June 24, 2009. The PC 175 Anniversary Committee is an independent volunteer community entity which welcomes the participation of individuals and groups who wish to assist in the year-long celebration in 2010. A big Volunteer Meeting will be held around the end of September 2009 to enable sign-ups to assist the various subcommittees in carrying out their plans. A website is in development.
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FARMERS MARKET: The new Farmers Market is now open every Saturday morning @ 7:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. from June through September at 200 Lakeshore Road East beside the Port Credit LCBO. Click here for background and VOLUNTEER INFORMATION. E-mail Karen Cecy, Coordinator, for information on being a Vendor or providing live Entertainment.
NOTE: TOPCA has booked the Community Booth for Sat. Sept. 12, 2009 -- this is a great time to come by to renew or initiate TOPCA membership. -
'BRIARWOOD' SITE DEVELOPMENT: New elevations 1. North and West and 2. South and East for the Shoppers Drug Mart and a revised Master Site Plan have been received from the developer (as presented at the May 21, 2009 Committee of Adjustment hearing). Click here for background.
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PC ADVISORY PANEL: The Planning Dept. has created the Port Credit Local Advisory Panel, which includes reps from all the local stakeholder groups (including TOPCA). Click here for background. First (organizational) meeting of the Panel was May 25, 2009. Minutes will be posted on the City's webpage. Monthly meetings will begin in September.
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PORT CREDIT LIBRARY: On June 5, 2009 it was announced that the PC Library will receive $2.5 million for renovations (1/3 federal, 1/3 provincial, 1/3 municipal). The work will begin in March 2010, and must be completed by March 2011 to qualify for the funding. The Library will be closed for nine months during this period. Click here for background.
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PORT CREDIT LIGHTHOUSE: The Lighthouse is undergoing renovations this summer, including re-surfacing, and will re-open in Sept. 2009. Meanwhile, the Port Credit BIA has moved its office to the 2nd floor of the Credit Village Marina building (behind the Post Office). Click here for press release.
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PORT CREDIT ARENA: A Public Meeting was held on April 1, 2009 to present a proposal for renovating the Port Credit Memorial Arena in keeping with its heritage and landmark status. Mississauga News article (April 2, 2009): 'Hockey shrine gets a new shine'. The PCMA webpage will provide updates on the status of the project, including the April 1st visual presentation.
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CULTURE MASTER PLAN: TOPCA, in collaboration with Heritage Mississauga and the Port Credit Village Project, submitted a Joint Response on April 30, 2009 to the City's Draft Arts and Culture Master Plan, which builds on our view of Public Culture in Port Credit. The revised Culture Master Plan as it is now called, went to Council on June 10, 2009 and was approved. Click here for the City's press release. Click here for TOPCA's background article.
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STRATEGIC PLAN: On May 26, 2009 at the Living Arts Centre the public was invited to hear keynote speaker Dr. David Suzuki and see a presentation of the City’s new Strategic Plan. View Mississauga's Strategic Plan at: OurFutureMississauga.ca.
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DOWNTOWN PLAN: Click here for the Downtown21 website to view the City's public presentation on May 7, 2009, and the text of the DT21 Master Plan. Mississauga News article (June 30, 2009): "‘Main Street’ to anchor City Centre".
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VIDEO PENDING: New York City’s Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan was the guest speaker at a public meeting at Clarke Hall in Port Credit on April 22, 2009 about creating liveable streets, based on the significant changes she has made in NYC since 2007. Public Q & A session followed the presentation. The event was called: Great Streets, Great Cities: Moving from Talking to Doing. Click here for the Program. Link to video of the event will appear here soon.
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LOGO: We're working on the new TOPCA logo! For more details go to the About section.
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CHECK IT OUT: TOPCA sponsored a public meeting on Nov. 26, 2008 at Clarke Hall: Developing Our 100 Acres: An Urban Design Panel on Port Credit, which featured a variety of urban design practitioners. Click here for more details including biographies of the panelists, aerial view of potential development sites, the list of public questions to the Panel, and an inventory of all the images used.
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FUN: Be part of the 'WHAT IN THE WORLD?' challenge -- use Google Earth to cut and paste (to scale) interesting landmarks that could fit onto the former Texaco Brownfield lands or Harbour Marina lands (e.g. the Pyramids?). Some examples are already available in the image inventory on slides #57-62, 68-74 (e.g. Tiananmen Square, Square One, Sydney Opera House) -- note these images are not meant to be taken literally, but are indicative of the tremendous opportunity in Port Credit to 'Develop Our 100 Acres' in a fascinating way! The results may surprise you -- some world-famous landmarks are not as big as we think! Please e-mail any interesting overlays or suggestions -- you'll get credit on the website.