Although it's dissapointing that this is getting paved over, I'm sure another venue for outdoor morning festivities will pop up this summer. Now that The Docks is putting their South Beach Sundays in the Next Level patio (inside), and the location of Promise Parties is gone, there will be an unmet demand for an outdoor venue on Sundays.

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Originally posted by rabbitjoker LOL! Sports are ok (games? not so much.).

Tennis involves games; therefore, games are a good thing!

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oh man to many memories there, was supposed to play there years ago, but the cops came so booo erns to that

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Originally posted by shanny I am still surprised that you are still surprised you have never been to cherry beach, but probably the next time you are still surprised i will not still be surprised.

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i will hunt for a new venue area. *loads rifle*

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Originally posted by dj_souvlaki i will hunt for a new venue area. *loads rifle*

lmao oh shit. Peter, I can't imagine a better way to spend my Sunday morning Cherry Beach visit than with you and the boys joining Nada and us. I'd bring 2-3 copies of whatever sets we want to play and we'll sync them to combine one awesome sound!!!!!

TAKE THAT, CENTRE ISLAND!!!!!

I got some more info from Promise organizers.

Soccer fields are being built and there are more developments to come.
Developments in that area would be good if the city decides to turn it into public playground IMO(soccer fields, parks, kids playgrounds...) but I would hate to see condos popping up like at the Harbourfront
There was an unsuccessful petition to stop soccer fields being built.
see here

The future of Promise Sundays is still unknown, however as per Dave and Irving- Promise organizers- not all is lost and the event can take place in a different area of the beach. Everyone is encouraged to contact their city councillor or Paula Fletcher, councillor for the ward where Cherry Beach is located and let them know you want some fun in the sun this summer!
Link here

From the promise mailing list:

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Cherry beach Promise summer party update – take action RIGHT NOW. Recently, we sent out this email below to our list and there needs to be more responses to it. We have seen some incredibly intelligent and impassioned emails to the city councillor, but it's nowhere near enough. City council is in the process RIGHT NOW of deciding what to do with Cherry Beach Picnic parties and you get to be heard. This is not our event, this is your event. We hold it because so many people want it to happen. Please don’t assume that ‘everyone else’ is writing something to city council, because they’re not. This is our one chance, all of us, to make an actual difference in our city and be able to do what we want to all summer - so help us make it happen for you. Write something, no matter how simple, to Paula Fletcher. The email from last week: We are currently working with the city on our future Sunday Afternoon Promise Picnics and we need your contribution with these changes to make the events even better. To help, please send emails to the city councillor who takes care of that area - Paula Fletcher. She’s been quite positive with us so far and any good emails that you send will make her feel that much stronger about her support of all of us. Let her know what a worthwhile cultural, social and musical event Cherry Beach Sundays are, how peaceful and clean it is, about any friends or good times you may have experienced down there, and what it means to you and your family and our city. Please avoid negative comments about cops or bylaw officers or the like, that won’t help in this case. Do point out if you are constituent of her ward (if you live near Broadview or Riverdale or Leslieville), that helps. Send nice Cherry Beach emails to Paula Fletcher at [email protected][/email] (and copy us too [email][email protected]). Thanks and here’s a link to an article relating to the situation in Now this week. http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/20...cityinbrief.php

Thanks for posting that update Basili

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Originally posted by Alex D on TRIBE I suspect that those trees you see in the distance are the large ones by the CB parking lot picnic sites. In the excavation there are no trees left and only a small fringe of shrubbery left on the water side. The artist rendering on the billboard below probably shows what is is supposed to look like when finished on the left, and what used to look like on the right. I don't know why they need more sports fields, there are tons around the east end here that are hardly ever used.

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Originally posted by Alex D on TRIBE I biked down there yesterday to find a huge open pit excavation and the bike path access blocked from unwin to the CB parking lot. It only took about 5 minutes of snapping pics before an "INTELLIGUARD" security guy came by on foot in his bulletproof vest to try to get me to move along. The treed area where promise Sundays used to be is a big pile of dirt: How the provincial and federal governments can sponsor this insane sportsfield idea is beyond me: If you are wondering where the trees went, here they are:

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