[GREN-Exec] FW: [healthycommunities] FINAL REQUEST: Seeking Your Support on Sidewalk Snow Clearing in Kitchener, Waterloo, and Cambridge

[John Jackson]

Yes please support it and send our logo.

John



On 11-05-24 3:46 PM, "Susan Koswan" <susankoswan at execulink.com> wrote:

> I believe I only heard back from Greg in support of this ­ should I send the
> GREN logo? I¹m good with it.
>  
> Sorry if you did reply and I forgot ­ this last week has been very stressful
> and confusing. 
> Susan K 
>  
>  
> 
> From: healthycommunities-list at socialplanningcouncil-cnd.org
> [mailto:healthycommunities-list at socialplanningcouncil-cnd.org] On Behalf Of
> healthycommunities at socialplanningcouncil-cnd.org
> Sent: May-23-11 6:25 PM
> To: ahilliard at wonderfulwaterloo.com; andy at activecambridge.ca;
> doucettem at cambridge.ca; linda at socialplanningcouncil-cnd.org;
> dina at socialplanningcouncil-cnd.org; laura at socialplanningcouncil-cnd.org;
> linda.pretty at kitchener.ca; lori.ludwig at waterloo.ca;
> healthycommunities at socialplanningcouncil-cnd.org; kwwalkingclassic at gmail.com;
> genmail at theworkingcentre.org; uwsp at feds.ca; alicja.kennedy at wdghu.org;
> kitchener at runningroom.com; waterloo at runningroom.com; info at wpirg.org;
> safecommunitiesonthegrand at gmail.com; sabisaab at hsf.on.ca;
> info at downtown.cambridge.on.ca; trails at woolwich.ca; waterloo at ontario.cancer.ca;
> graac at kitchener.ca; Admin at healthywoolwich.org; hcrn at healthy.uwaterloo.ca;
> CACAQ at pirg.uwaterloo.ca; spckw at waterlooregion.org; info at waterlooregion.org;
> kim at waterlooregion.org
> Subject: [healthycommunities] FINAL REQUEST: Seeking Your Support on Sidewalk
> Snow Clearing in Kitchener, Waterloo, and Cambridge
>  
> Dear Kitchener, Waterloo, and Cambridge community groups and organizations,
> 
> The Pedestrian Charter Steering Committee would like to follow-up with a
> reminder and final request seeking your support ­ in the form of adding your
> organization¹s signature to a letter to our city councils ­ in our efforts to
> improve the City of Kitchener, City of Waterloo and City of Cambridge sidewalk
> snowclearing policies.
> 
> Our committee has noted that the current by-laws do not adequately serve the
> needs of members of our community who walk or use assistive mobility devices
> in the winter months according to criteria laid out in the Pedestrian Charter
> that all three cities have adopted.
> 
> We have drafted a letter (please see attached) to the city councils requesting
> a review/reassessment of their respective sidewalk snowclearing bylaws and
> pointing out some of the problems with the by-laws currently in place. We
> would like to add strength to our letter by including the names of groups and
> organizations in our community that share our concerns and support our request
> for such a review/reassessment of the bylaw. A number of community groups and
> organizations have already added their names in support of our letter before
> the Pedestrian Charter Steerin Committee made a presentation at the City of
> Waterloo council meeting in support of this issue. We would like to send our
> letter to all three councils with as much support as possible and so we are
> following up to ask: would your group/organization be willing to lend support
> to this issue by being listed in our letter as supporting organization?
> 
> We welcome your feedback and request your response by the end of the month --
> May 31, 2011. 
> 
> If you know of any other groups not on our list that might be potential
> supporters of this initiative please let us know.
> 
> We look forward to hearing back from you -- and thank you for your support!
> 
> The Pedestrian Charter Steering Committee
> 
> 
> 
> Pedestrian Charter Steering Committee
> email | pedestriancharter at gmail.com
> <mailto:pedestriancharter at together4health.ca>
> website | http://www.together4health.ca/workgroups/pedestrian-charter
> 
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-- 
John Jackson
17 Major Street
Kitchener, Ontario N2H 4R1
519-744-7503


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