South Maple Rate Payers Association
The outdoor rink is back!
After an almost 20-year hiatus
Upcoming Event
Annual General Meeting
Yearly update, annual elections and constitutional changes to take place. Deadline for nominations, November 9, 2022
To RSVP your attendance for the AGM and for any nominations, please email us at southmapleratepayers@gmail.com
Please arrive 15 mins early due to COVID screening
See you there!
Vaughan’s Slow Down Campaign
Road Safety and the well-being of citizens in our community remain a top priority. SMRPA assists Councillor Iafrate and YRP with awareness to campaign. Lawn signs are available.
Please visit vaughan.ca/SlowDownVaughan for more information.
NEW ARTICLE
The SMRPA Saved Our Park
Council Votes Unanimously in favour to not proceed with Sports Village Proposal
‘It makes me nervous’: Concern grows over Vaughan Sports Village development plan
Developer wants to expand ‘wildly successful’ recreation facility
Laura Rinaldo says she never imagined the greenspace behind her home in Vaughan would be developed, but now a builder wants to buy the public land and use it to expand a nearby sports facility…
‘Rowdy’ meeting with Vaughan’s Sports Village developer leads to questions
City is expected to produce a report in April to make a decision
Vaughan residents have more questions after a public meeting Feb. 17 with a developer behind the proposal to expand Sports Village and the “unprecedented” sale of a parkland area in vicinity of their homes..
South Maple Ratepayers Association
The South Maple Ratepayers Association formed in August of 2018. The main focus of the SMRPA is to work with residents of our community to resolve any and all issues that may impact our membership negatively.
One of the main issues at the present time is the proposed sale and expansion of the Sports Village District Park by the City of Vaughan and to redevelop by a private developer. These lands would change from a fully accessible park that we enjoy today into a privately held multi use sports facility where the public will have extremely limited use. The community will lose 24/7 access! The proposal brought forward includes plans to add a 5th ice rink which will seat up to 6500 people, a three story school for 760 students and accommodations for 100 residents, an outdoor amphitheater which will seat 3,200, and multi-use sports fields. Again, this is a privately held school with amenities that will impact the traffic in the area on a daily basis.
This park is currently home to wildlife that use this park as refuge, nesting or simply as a corridor to get through to local ponds and other sanctuaries. Please help us Save Our Park by signing the petition on our website and donate to our organization to assist with the costs in fighting the bureaucracy. We thank you for your support
-SMRPA
February 17, 2019
Hundreds of residents come out in support of the SMRPA. Residents overwhelmingly reject proposed sale of parkland and development at the Sports Village
The Vaughan Sports Village Park
33 Acre Public Park – Functional Sports Facility – Outdoor Sports – Close to Vaughan’s Main Attractions
On most summer nights, Radov said, the park is packed with locals — the baseball diamonds full and the beach volleyball courts busy. For the residents, he said, the park is a green oasis in one of the busiest areas of the city — just a few minutes’ drive from the bustling urban area that includes Vaughan Mills Mall, Canada’s Wonderland amusement park and the new Mackenzie Vaughan Hospital.
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Treasurer
Emilia Racippo
Secretary
Patricia Marsili
Director
Lorenzo Schiavone
Director
Angie Footwinkler
Director
Andrew Ruzza
Director
Vacant
Director
Oleg Radov
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