Hi everyone,
First of all I just want to express my deep gratitude for everyone who helped
out during September's pop-up park on Gaukel St. We made a lot of noise and
built up a lot of support for turning Gaukel St. into a car-free space.
Please check out the media coverage and results from our survey on
https://gaukel.ca/ ;<https://gaukel.ca/>.
Kitchener's 2020 Budget
The proposed 2020 Kitchener budget includes funding for a Gaukel Street Closure
in 2020 and 2021. This is the result of incredible hard work and advocacy by
community members, business leaders, staff and our city Council. This budget
proposal follows up the City of Kitchener's decision to include Gaukel Street
as a pedestrian route in its 2019-2022 Strategic Plan.
Urbanist Brent Toderian says, "The truth about a city's aspirations isn't found
in its vision. It's found in its budget." We're so happy to see the commitment
to Gaukel Street being realized in the 2020 budget!
Take the 2020 Budget Survey to express your support for the Gaukel Street
closure! https://www.engagewr.ca/kitchener-budget-2020 ;
<https://www.engagewr.ca/kitchener-budget-2020>
If you are interested in putting together a formal presentation to council
about the budget on January 13th or 20th, please reply here :)
Cheers,
Sam Nabi
sam@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:sam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
226-988-4137
