Category GREEN AND NURTURING NEIGHBORHOODS   Show all

  • 24 - Mon marché Sauvé, à l'année!

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    Photo credit: Mélanie Dusseault
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    Transform areas of the Marché solidaire Sauvé so they can be used year-round. The goal is to create a place where healthy, high-quality foods can be sold at affordable prices to the neighborhood’s residents and visitors.


    Location:
    • AhuntsicCartierville (lot near Sauvé metro station)

    Budget: $800,000
  • 25 - Verdir des milieux insolites en ville!

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    Photo credit: Centre d'écologie urbaine de Montréal
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    Add green areas, trees and landscaping elements in highly mineralized areas, or in unusual and underused locations. This will create cooling, green islands meant to improve the quality of life of the area’s residents and to enhance plant and wildlife diversity in the city.


    Locations:
    • Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (in Côte-des-Neiges: median on Avenue Linton, in Le Triangle district, or on Boulevard Décarie. In Notre-Dame-de-Grâce: Boulevard Grand, Avenue Somerled and Avenue Fielding or around the Madison public works yard)
    • Montréal-Nord (Centre de loisirs Montréal-Nord or Espace Rolland)
    • Ville-Marie (near Saint-Laurent metro station)

    Budget: $5.46 million
  • 26 - Le Nutri-chalet

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    Photo credit: Canva

    YOUTH SEAL

    Renovate the chalet in Parc Ménard, in LaSalle borough, to transform it into a more welcoming and more versatile facility for a variety of social, educational and recreational activities, namely surrounding the theme of food. Outdoor developments will also create venues for seasonal markets, or community cooking and gardening workshops, as well as other activities held by local community organizations.

    Location:

    • LaSalle (Parc Ménard)


    Budget: $900,000

  • 27 - Espace multifonctionnel extérieur 4 saisons

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    Photo credit: Michigan Municipal League YOUTH SEAL

    Install accessible lavatories, as well as a large, low roof over the basketball court adjacent to the municipal greenhouses, in order to allow for various community activities to be held. These include a day camp, a public market, or workshops regarding local, sustainable foods.


    Location:
    • Verdun (court adjacent to the municipal greenhouses in Parc de l'Honorable-Georges-O'Reilly)
    Budget: $4.25 million
  • 28 - Ville nourricière

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    Photo credit: Myriam Baril-Tessier
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    Develop or preserve areas in the city where residents can plant gardens to grow their own fruits, vegetables and edible plants. Depending on the location, the project will include the following:

    - a greenhouse with multi-purpose rooms
    - a community or collective garden open to all
    These facilities could also be used for educational panels and gardening workshops for people to meet and learn about urban agriculture.


    Location:
    • Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (parking lot of Parc Martin-Luther-King)
    • Lachine (preservation of the apple orchard on the Maison mère des Sœurs de Sainte-Anne site)
    • Montréal-Nord (Centre de loisirs Montréal-Nord, Place Charleroi and other location to be determined)
    • Saint-Léonard (Les Dolmens, at the corner of Boulevard Viau and Boulevard Robert)
    • Ville-Marie (specific locations to be determined in Sainte-Marie and Saint-Jacques districts)
    • Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension (Parc Paul-Ouellette, Parc Sainte-Lucie and Place de la Gare-Jean-Talon)

    Budget: $4.9 million
  • 29 - Corridor écologique de Verdun

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    Photo credit: Annie-Ève Dumontier

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    Create a biodiversity circuit in Verdun, linked to the existing ecological corridors in the greater Sud-Ouest area. The population will have access to areas to rest and enjoy nature in the city. Additionally, the circuit will provide shelter for insects, small mammals and birds to travel and to survive in an urban setting.


    Location:
    • Verdun (potential sites identified: Parc du Canal de l’Aqueduc, borough entrances or along the shores)
    • Ville-Marie (intersection of De Lorimier and Falardeau and elsewhere in Saint-Marie/Saint-Jacques)

    Budget: $4.89 million
  • 30 - Des intersections transformées en oasis urbaines

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    Photo credit: Mélanie Dusseault
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    Add landscaping to improve the appearance of certain street segments or intersections. This will foster plant, insect and bird diversity in highly mineralized areas. Residents’ quality of life will also improve through the reduction of heat islands in the city.


    Location:
    • Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie (9 intersections across the borough)
    • Saint-Léonard (Boulevard Langelier between Rue Paul-Émile-Lamarche and Rue Belherbe, and Rue Puyseaux between Rue Doussin and Boulevard des Grandes-Prairies)

    Budget: $4.9 million