When: Friday May 3, 2024 7 – 8 p.m.
Where: Corner of Elgin and Peppler Streets, 97 Peppler Street, Waterloo
Walk Leaders: Sophie Wilson and Suzette McCanny
Climate-curious? We visit neighbours who have installed heat pumps, EV chargers, solar panels and porous driveways.
What did it cost? What are the surprising perks and pitfalls? What did they learn along the way? Tag along for this short and easy stroll through our technological future.
Time: Sunday May 5 1-3 pm
Meeting Place: Heritage Clock Tower, Victoria Park, Kitchener
Walk Leader: John MacDonald
An interactive session that uses our city as a backdrop for an important conversation.
What are the spaces / places in our community that help us meet people who aren’t like ourselves? How do our actions in public affect our ability to connect with strangers in a positive way? Why would we want to?
What are the forces that isolate us, and what action can we take to counter these forces? What should we demand of community leadership to help create opportunities for citizens to bridge the gaps and forge meaningful connections among citizens of diverse age, ability, background and circumstance?
Lots and lots of questions that we can explore together, using some of the spaces in Downtown Kitchener as a guide for discussion. If nothing else, this will be a safe opportunity to meet someone that is not like yourself, and to enjoy the benefits that flow from that.
Time: Sunday May 5 3-4 pm
Meeting Place: The Assembly Point in the Parking lot at The Catalayst, 137 Glasgow Street Kitchener
Walk Leader: Barbara Larke
Belmont Village is now part of a vibrant street in the historic Westmount neighbourhood. But, this wasn’t always the way it was and of course the future brings its own changes. Where did the idea for the neighbourhood come from? How has the original vision morphed in the past 112 years? And where is that pesky White Elephant?
Time: Friday May 3rd, 7 – 8 pm
Meeting Place: Victoria Park entrance at Salisbury Avenue and Forest Road
Walk Leader: Kevin Swayze
Join journalist Kevin Swayze for a walk highlighting some of the historic homes and landmarks of Dickson Hill in Cambridge. Learn about how the area was transformed in the late 1800s from the wild “Dickson’s Bush” to an enclave of grand homes for leading members of the former town of Galt and for some of its middle-class workers. Share your stories about a neighbourhood where most of the buildings remain generally unchanged and residents celebrate its history with events through the year.
https://kevinswayze.com/join-me-for-a-janes-walk-around-dickson-hill-in-west-galt-on-may-3-2024/
Time: Saturday May 4th, 10:00 – 11:00 am
Meeting Place: Heritage Green King St. S. and William St.
Walk Leader: Marion Weber and Phil Elsworthy
Then and now – a walk in the Mary Allen neighbourhood, one of Waterloo’s oldest neighbourhoods with many century homes. We will talk about the Kumpf survey of 1875 and the Hoffman survey of 1855 when lots were first sold, the architecture of the homes, the first residents and some of their businesses in early Waterloo. We will also see some more recent changes in the neighbourhood – older buildings that have been or are being converted to new uses, and some new buildings.
