TORONTO, Aug. 30, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A coalition of concerned residents, community activists and labour organizations will tomorrow hold an emergency public meeting to discuss the loss of vital services to four Northwest Toronto neighbourhoods following the closure of Doorsteps Neighbourhood Services.
The Keep Doorsteps Neighbourhood Services Coalition has invited local politicians and the public to meet at 6:00 p.m. tomorrow, August 31, at the Domenico Diluca Community Centre, located at 25 Stanley Drive in North York.
The Coalition has been formed in response to Doorsteps’ closure earlier this month, after nearly three decades of serving the Chalkfarm, Falstaff, Daystrom and Jane and Finch communities.
| WHAT: | Emergency Public Meeting organized by the | |
| Keep Doorsteps Neighbourhood Services Coalition | ||
| WHEN: | Thursday, August 31, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. | |
| WHERE: | Domenico Diluca Community Centre | |
| 25 Stanley Drive, North York | ||
| (two blocks north of Sheppard, just west of Jane Street) | ||
| WHO: | Members of the Coalition, concerned residents, community and labour groups | |
| WHY: | To discuss the impact of Doorsteps’ closure on four Northwest Toronto | |
| neighbourhoods, how to ensure the vital services those neighbourhoods | ||
| depend on are protected, and to call on governments to do a better job of | ||
| supporting community agencies like Doorsteps | ||
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