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Why did you come?

Hello Leslievillers!

Needless to say, I'm pretty amazed at how many of you have joined this online community in its infancy. The "plan" was to build up a base of content before promoting the site to new members, but all of you keeners arrived early! :)

That's wonderful news though. It is early validation of my belief that Leslieville is a very social, engaged bunch of neighbours that will embrace new ways to communicate and interact.

So while the content and member list continue to grow, your input, suggestions, and contributions are sought and welcome!

Thanks for becoming an early supporter of the newest facet of our community, and congrats on being one of the "first 100" settlers.

Nolin

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Permalink Reply by Chris B on February 10, 2009 at 10:50pm

Nolin

This forum is a great idea! My wife (also a member) and I moved here about a year ago and we love Leslieville. It such a great neighborhood and we really love how proud people are to live here and how much Leslievillers support the businesses in this neighborhood. We're always bringing our friends to East side to show them what's what. We consider ourselves huge cheerleaders for Leslieville and this site will only help. With all the members joining, I'm sure the content will get more robust in no time.

Good on ya, and welcome to the neighborhood!

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Permalink Reply by Nolin (Admin) on February 11, 2009 at 10:41am

Thanks for the welcome, Chris! We have quite a few friends who've lived in the neighbourhood for a while now, so have been out to visit from time to time. It's really great to be living here. It really does feel like a small town within the big city.

I'm very happy with the way things have gone on the site over the past couple weeks. I look forward to watching it continue to grow and become a tool for us all to use. I really love the idea of an online social network connecting real people in a real community...sort of turns the model on its head compared to how most online socializing works, with complete strangers using fake names and profiles to interact with people they will never meet in person.

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Permalink Reply by Nancy on February 27, 2009 at 6:44pm

Hi Nolin
I've been in Leslieville since before it was known as Leslieville. I used to tell people I live in that no-name area between the Beaches and Riverdale. It's always been a cool place to live. Close to the Parkway and Lakeshore, 24 hr TTC on Queen, big park with a pool, cool schools. What we were missing in the early days was restaurants, bars and neighbourhood shops to mosy through. It's been great to watch the area evolve and become the darling of the city.
Why did I come to Leslieville? It was the only place I could afford.
Why did I come to The Leslieviller? I love the "neighbourhood" feeling that has sprung up around here and want to encourage and support it.

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Permalink Reply by Greg H on June 5, 2009 at 9:49pm

Thanks for setting up the site Nolin. I think it is a great way to get to know your neighbours, at least digitally. Perhaps there can be a Lesliviller get together sometime.
Since there is a great deal of value in keeping this sort of thing going please let me know if I can help out in any way.

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Permalink Reply by Nancy on June 5, 2009 at 10:25pm

Hi Greg - We have a Patio Club and meet on the patios of Leslieville at 2:00 on Saturdays in the summers. This week we will be meeting at Stratengers tomorrow at 2:00. I won't be there this week but hopefully someone will flag you down or they'll have a L sign on the table.
Keep an eye on this site. We'll post locations each week. You're right, it's a great group and it's good to meet neighbours and and try out the patios in our many bars and restaurants.

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Permalink Reply by Laura Rey on June 8, 2009 at 11:34am

I wasn't sure if you meant why did I come to the site or to the neighborhood. :)

I came to the site because I was googling for mom's groups in the neighborhood.

I moved to Leslieville about ten years ago. We moved into our present house (the old Carey Limo Dispatch center) about 8 years ago. It's a good neighborhood and certainly experiencing some changes in the last few years. The only negative I have is that we still get some petty crime. Just this weekend someone bashed out the side window of a car belonging to one of my neighbors and spray painted another neighbor's garage. I suppose every neighborhood though has some of that these days.

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Permalink Reply by Egg Flik on July 19, 2009 at 8:28pm

Then I didn't have to build it myself. Neat stuff. I thought the hood would have been pretty Internets savvy, and would be nice to meet people online, and show why I like my new home in this great place.

Just out of curiosity, any ideas on how to promote the site, via stickers or something for retail windows? Kind of like an online BIA type of thing.

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Permalink Reply by Nolin (Admin) on July 21, 2009 at 1:11pm

Lots of ideas...and always welcoming more!

Right now it's not generating any cashflow...still working on an advertising program that works for local businesses and isn't too intrusive for the residents/members. Once the operating costs are covered and there's a bit of cash flow for marketing, things like storefront decals etc. will definitely be forthcoming.

The Leslieville Stomp was our first foray into building awareness proactively... and we ended up attracting another 150 or so members as a result. So the community is growing at a nice pace here, and hopefully will continue to do so.

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Permalink Reply by Stef on July 29, 2009 at 11:14pm

I'm here because somebody told me about the book group... and then all sorts of other interesting stuff popped up, and I'm not quite done yet exploring.

Anyone know of a late night place for coffee that isn't a pub or the very iffy donut shop at Pape & Queen? And that isn't Tasty Chicken next door to Baldini's?

Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Victoria on July 30, 2009 at 1:42pm

Tango Palace is open until 11pm on some days (I think) and they have kick ass lemon squares. The first few get togethers of the book club were held there and when we used to leave (around 9ish) it was always still busy.

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Permalink Reply by Robin on Brooklyn on August 6, 2009 at 11:58am

I was excited to find the site. My husband (Jon) and I and our two kitties are moving to Leslieville this coming Monday, and are really looking forward to being a part of a community, after 4.5 years in condos. I'm an East Coast girl, and have really missed the 'neighbourhood' feel while living downtown - looking forward to meeting new people and making new friends!

Once we get moved in and settled, we'll be out exploring all of the wonderful things Leslieville has to offer, including all of the parks and shops! Jon and I are big diner fans, and can't wait to try out all of the local places!

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Permalink Reply by Nolin (Admin) on August 7, 2009 at 7:39am

Welcome to the neighbourhood and our online community, Robin! If you like the combo of downtown and neighbourhood feel, I think you'll be very happy with you new area. :)