Category Archives: Community Land Trust

Parkdale Community Forum: Report launch!

On February 27, the Parkdale Community Economic Development (PCED) Planning project hosted the Parkdale Community Forum at the Parkdale Public Library. The PCED project has completed the first stage of the project – one-year participatory planning and community visioning. The first … Continue reading

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“Democractic Facilitation by Design” in Parkdale

One of the core approaches that inform Parkdale Community Economic Planning & Development Project is popular education. This approach is vital as we aim to hold a series of participatory planning activities and workshops through the project. Thus as a … Continue reading

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We’re hiring! PNLT Development Coordinator

The Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust is a community land trust in Parkdale. PNLT and PARC recently received a grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation for PNLT’s organizational capacity building. To lead this important start-up phase of organizational development, we are … Continue reading

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Parkdale NLT capacity development funded by OTF

We are thrilled to announce that PARC and the Parkdale Neighbourhoood Land Trust were awarded the three-year grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation to develop organizational capacity of the first community-based land trust in Toronto! Our work is primarily located … Continue reading

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PNLT Research activities & Visioning session updates

Recently, the Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust added a new Research Committee to our committees. The Research Committee leads internal research activities (including feasibility studies and scenario planning), coordinate stakeholder engagement, and provide guidance, advice, and inputs to external research projects. … Continue reading

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PNLT is officially incorporated!

We have been informed that our incorporation application has been approved. That is,  Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust is officially incorporated as a non-profit organization! Let’s build on this momentum to develop a strong community land trust together in Parkdale! Our … Continue reading

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PNLT at the national CLT conference in Cleveland

Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust (PNLT) attended the US National CLT conference in last April. The conference is annually held and organized by the US Community Land Trust Network. This year, the conference was held in Cleveland, OH. It convened hundreds … Continue reading

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More community dialgoues needed on land use!

Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust had an information table at the Parkdale BIA’s Spring Into Parkdale event on April 26. Despite the end of April, it was rather a cold and windy day, but many people stopped by at our table … Continue reading

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Parkdale NLT at BIA’s “Spring Into Parkdale” on April 26th

Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust is going to have an information table at Parkdale BIA’s Spring into Parkdale event. What is a community land trust (CLT) model? Why is a CLT needed in Parkdale? How is a CLT different from other … Continue reading

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NLT strategic planning update

Neighbourhood Land Trust has been going through strategic planning sessions to identify, prioritize and strategize key areas of activities. Since CLT work is relatively new in Toronto, it has been a challenge to align key milestones and activities with an … Continue reading

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