Today at the Toronto Botanical Gardens youth, youth leaders and adults got together with Toronto Mayor David Miller, Toronto Community Housing Network and Evergreen staff to select the winners of Take BAC-13, a Toronto-wide program that aims to beautify the City’s 13 priority neighbourhoods.
Groups of youth spent the whole spring and summer planning, planting and nurturing a greening project of their own design. Each group presented compelling before and after shots of their projects all hoping to win the $500 grand prize, which goes towards continued stewardship of the new green space.
A youth participant describes her group's project. (Photo: Robert Greatrix)
The scene was loud and jam-packed with eager participants. Mayor Miller shook hands with many of the youth, chatting with them and discussing their projects. Some projects included signs saying, “Welcome to Teasdale” or other creative ways of stalking their claim.
At the end, three votes were cast, and the three finalists were chosen. As a nice surprise, instead of awarding one project $500, the committee ensured that all three received $500!
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