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City Council approves transferring Bridletowne property to YMCA for community hub

City Council advanced a plan to transfer a 5.2-acre city-owned property at 1355 Bridletowne Circle in Scarborough to the YMCA of Greater Toronto for a neighbourhood community hub featuring fitness, aquatics, youth programming, and space for United Way agencies. The property has been reserved for this purpose for over a decade after the original partner, Scarborough Health Network, withdrew from the project.

adoptedToronto City Council · Thu, Jul 30

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• A 5.2-acre city-owned property in Scarborough has been held in reserve for over a decade for this community hub project; Scarborough Health Network's withdrawal does not derail it, as YMCA and United Way remain committed partners.

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Wed, Jul 29 · Toronto City Council · adopted

Decision

Motion moved by Councillor Nick Mantas and seconded by Mayor Olivia Chow to advance the Bridletowne Neighbourhood Centre/Community Hub, transferring the property to YMCA. The record does not show a vote tally or explicit council action beyond the clerk's procedural question on waiving referral.

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Big deal at city hallThe city is transferring ownership of a 5.2-acre property and committing YMCA and United Way as long-term partners for a major community facility serving Scarborough residents. This is hard to reverse without significant cost and changes the institutional control of a major community asset. While bounded to one site, the multi-year commitment and property transfer raise this above routine real-but-contained decisions.Touches a narrow groupThe community hub will serve Scarborough residents who use YMCA, fitness, aquatics, and youth programming. However, the present salience is one remove from daily life for most: the facility does not exist yet, the transfer is administrative, and only residents who currently use or will use those services are directly affected today. The decision itself happens at city hall, not on the street.

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Official title: Advancing the Bridletowne Neighbourhood Centre/Community Hub - by Councillor Nick Mantas, seconded by Mayor Olivia Chow · meeting video