Renaming the Green Loop

The Bay Cloverhill Community Association has a vision that includes a downtown inner green loop walking promenade connecting neighbourhoods, green spaces and parks and beginning in the northeast at Charles Street East. The loop passes through the three linear parks to the south. Crossing Wellesley Street, the walk continues south crossing Carlton Street and onto Granby Street and McGill Parkette where a pedestrian signalized traffic light would allow crossing Yonge Street before moving north through College Park to Grenville Street.

The path would traverse the 2G Grenville-Grosvenor development and move north along Opera Place Park and the Leaf Garden through the new Dr. Lillian McGregor Park and up Bay Street to the Learning Lane. The walk passes through Clover Hill Park and along St. Mary Street before returning along Charles Street to the start. Suitable lighting, signage, trail markers, and some tabled crosswalks would be required to make navigation safe and easy.

The narrow linear parks between Charles Street and Dundonald Street inspired the communities on both sides of Yonge (Bay Cloverhill Community Association and Church Wellesley Neighbourhood Association) to advocate for recognition of a new pedestrian loop (shown in dotted green). This green pathway would encourage residents to be physically active and engage with their fellow residents in the neighbourhood.

While some sections exist or are being developed, the goal is to encourage future developments to contribute to the Green Loop to allow it to become a respected and valued feature of the neighbourhood.

Fill out the survey on the right to rename the Green Loops trails!