Hi neighbours! Over the last 20 years many of you have volunteered endless hours with the MRA. Thanks for bringing residents together for the benefit of our community. Small investments of our time have real impact:
📣 Voice: An organised community gets meetings, answers, and results. 60 residents sent our recent letter to Metrolinx & Minister; Special Edition Newsletter with Mimico GO Update coming in a few days!
🌳 Stewardship: Parks, playgrounds, streets and shorelines survive because people who use them care for them. Thanks CCFEW, Friends of Humber Bay Park & many others!
🛠️ Resilience: During storms, outages, or emergencies, the people nearby are who show up first. Learn with Green Mimico, Oct 21, how to keep your basement dry and meet your neighbours who are making Mimico more resilient.
👶👵 Kids and elders: both do better when there are trusted eyes beyond the household.
🧭 Local knowledge: Find the heat pump installer or babysitter you can trust: neighbours know. Shoutout to The Hustle!
💚 Mental health: Loneliness is now understood as a public-health risk; casual daily contact is a real antidote.
🎨 Culture and memory: Murals, gardens, festivals, and stories only exist because someone bothered to make and keep them. Thanks to Lakeshore Arts, Mimico Village BIA & Mimico By-the-Lake BIA and many more!
🤝 Trust: Repeated small favours (a borrowed ladder, a recycling bin put away) build the social fabric everything else rests on.
Want to get more involved? Say hi on Saturday or via email!
To celebrate our community we are getting together on Saturday during our 3rd Annual Mimico Food Fest
🗓️ Saturday, September 19, 12:00PM – 6:00PM
📍 Mimico Square, See some photos of our 2024 event here.
🕛 12:00 Start: Enjoy some food & meet MRA Board Members at our tent. Become a member, order a hat and pick it up at our tent.
🤡 2:00–4:00 Roving clowns, courtesy of Lakeshore Arts. No face paint, red noses only sweet, gentle crowd work (they usually perform in children’s hospitals). Say hi.
🍦 Free ice cream at 3:30, generously sponsored by Nando Tullo Desjardins Insurance and Ed’s Real Scoop.
🎤 3:30–4:00 On the stage:
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Stephanie sings an aria.
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A short toast to 20 years of MRA: What community organising has looked like in Mimico, and what could come next. Councillor Morley joins us on stage.
📸 Want to get on the billboard? This is your shot. Board member Mike Majeski is letting us take over his Mimico billboard one more time this year. Gather at the stage at 4:00 to get in the group photo that will be put on the Royal York / Cavall Billboard after Halloween.
Last weekend in Mimico
Another couple of walking tours in collaboration with the Etobicoke Historical Society started last Saturday from the MRA tent during the “Back to School” MRKT in Mimico Square. We learned about A. W. Miles and addressed the elephant in Mimico.
If you want to show your appreciation for these tours there is a an opportunity to donate towards a Toronto Heritage plaque:
Did you miss it? Another Mimico Historical Tour happens this Saturday
On Saturday, September 19, ExploreTO is inviting residents for a walk through Mimico (register here). Join us afterwards at 12:00 at Mimico Square for our 3rd Annual Food Fest. We’ll also be celebrating the MRA’s 20th anniversary, see above.
Lakeshore Arts (LSA): Community Hubs!
As always, Community Hubs are drop-in, free, family friendly and open to all skill levels at Lakeshore Arts (2422 Lake Shore Blvd. W., Etobicoke).
Printmaking
Join artists Jennie Davis and Amara King to explore a variety of printmaking styles and activities. All materials provided!
Dates: Saturdays, September 19 – October 24, 2026, 1:00 – 3:30 PM
Song Circle
Join members of Toronto Community Singing for a family-friendly weekly song circle at Lakeshore Arts! Drop in and join us, all voices welcome!
Dates: Tuesdays, October 6 – December 8 and February 2 – May 18, 7:00 – 8:30 PM
Public Gathering on the national day for truth and reconciliation
Protecting our Community from Flooding
Mimico got off lighter than other parts of the city in the recent storm, but after so many basements flooded in 2024, a lot of us want to be ready for next time. Green Mimico is organizing an event, similar to the popular Heat Pump event last year.
First speaker has been confirmed (more soon):
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Dr. Blair Feltmate, Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation at University of Waterloo
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Practical/cost-effective actions that homeowners and renters can take to limit their exposure to basement flooding.
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Please register soon as we expect a full Mimico Library auditorium on October 21st.
Halloween Family Dance
October 23 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $5
Mimico Pumpkin Parade
November 1, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Thanks Mimico By The Lake BIA!
Bring your Jack-O-Lanterns to the Mimico Square at Amos Waites park for a final chance to shine!! Join us for an enchanted evening on November 1st 6:30-8:30pm. Volunteers will be on hand to help but we ask that you bring your own candles/tea lights (not in glass containers) to light the pumpkins. Learn more on the Mimico Pumpkin Parade Facebook Page.
See you around, Mimico!