2024 Distillery Winter Village: Post-Event Review

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2025-05-21 · Toronto City Council · adopted

As filed

City Council on May 21 and 22, 2025, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, in consultation with the General Manager, Transportation Services and Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, to develop a set of criteria for managing festivals and events on private property as part of their Festival Strategy reporting back in the fourth quarter of 2025 that includes: a.

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appropriate durations of City-provided exemptions and permissions, based on size of event, hours of operation, alignment with holidays, locations and community impacts; and b. requirements for community consultation, engagement and issue-solving. 2. City Council direct General Manager, Economic Development and Culture to consult with the Distillery District on a year-round activation strategy.

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As the city filed it

City Council directed Transportation Services, in collaboration with Economic Development and Culture and Municipal Licensing and Standards divisions, to review the Distillery Winter Village immediately following the event and report back to Toronto and East York Community Council on a variety of issues including traffic and parking impacts, noise, and calls to 311. This report responds to this directive and provides a summary of the assessment undertaken by Transportation Services and partner Divisions.

Staff recommended

The Director, Permits and Enforcement, Transportation Services and the Director, Traffic Management, Transportation Services recommend that: 1. Toronto and East York Community Council receive this report for information.

Considered

2025-05-01 · Toronto and East York Community Council · amended
Decision as filed
The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that: 1. City Council direct the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, in consultation with the General Manager, Transportation Services and Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, to develop a set of criteria for managing festivals and events on private property as part of their Festival Strategy reporting back in the fourth quarter of 2025 that includes: a.
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appropriate durations of City-provided exemptions and permissions, based on size of event, hours of operation, alignment with holidays, locations and community impacts; and b. requirements for community consultation, engagement and issue-solving. 2. City Council direct General Manager, Economic Development and Culture to consult with the Distillery District on a year-round activation strategy.
2025-05-21 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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