{"id":1667,"date":"2024-03-15T11:14:30","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T15:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ronweese.ca\/?p=1667"},"modified":"2024-03-15T14:54:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T18:54:52","slug":"aurora-cares-formed-join","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ronweese.ca\/aurora-cares-formed-join\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Aurora Cares&#8217; Formed &#8211; Join?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1583\" src=\"https:\/\/ronweese.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Word-on-the-Street_Councillor-Ward-1-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ronweese.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Word-on-the-Street_Councillor-Ward-1-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ronweese.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Word-on-the-Street_Councillor-Ward-1-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ronweese.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Word-on-the-Street_Councillor-Ward-1-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ronweese.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Word-on-the-Street_Councillor-Ward-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>&#8216;Word on the Street&#8217;<br \/>\nis a periodic publication of timely\u00a0information for<br \/>\nWard 1 Residents<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Despite the negative reactions we have seen towards the Region&#8217;s application to build Men&#8217;s Emergency and Transitional Housing which was recently declined by a close vote at the Town Council, I am proud that many residents remain engaged and concerned about those who are less fortunate. A group has now been formed to ask questions and move forward with opportunities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This group asks\u00a0questions that deserve answers such as:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>why do we not have an Affordable Housing Action Plan and how do we\u00a0build one?<\/li>\n<li>what are the barriers to building homes that meet the needs of ALL residents and how can they be overcome?<\/li>\n<li>who are our true partners in making housing available and affordable to all.?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The group includes people who are positive, forward-thinking and committed. They want to\u00a0build an inclusive community because they believe we are stronger together. They also know that community advocacy and action can make a difference. I believe they are right and I am in support of positive steps forward,\u00a0not deflection.<\/p>\n<p>I provide here a link you may wish to review that appeared in the Newmarket Today that captures much of the purpose.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newmarkettoday.ca\/letters-to-the-editor\/letter-aurora-cares-says-yes-to-shelters-in-my-backyard-8432825\">LETTER: Aurora Cares says yes to shelters &#8216;in my backyard&#8217; &#8211; Newmarket News (newmarkettoday.ca)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The group is now acquiring residents who have an interest in joining their cause and while they are in the formation stage, I was asked to connect through my contacts to identify those who have knowledge, skill, expertise or just interest in helping move this forward.<\/p>\n<p>If you have an interest in working with or following this group, please reply to me and with your permission, I can forward\u00a0your contact information to the leadership of this group.<\/p>\n<p>I will keep you informed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Word on the Street&#8217; is a periodic publication of timely\u00a0information for Ward 1 Residents Despite the negative reactions we have seen towards the Region&#8217;s application to build Men&#8217;s Emergency and Transitional Housing which was recently declined by a close vote at the Town Council, I am proud that many residents remain engaged and concerned about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ronweese.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1667"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ronweese.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ronweese.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ronweese.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ronweese.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1667"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ronweese.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1674,"href":"https:\/\/ronweese.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1667\/revisions\/1674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ronweese.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ronweese.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ronweese.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}