{"id":7648,"date":"2021-03-17T13:21:14","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T17:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.petermcgill.org\/?p=7648"},"modified":"2021-03-17T13:25:04","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T17:25:04","slug":"event-re-cap-forgotten-lot-to-green-spot-cafe-discussion-by-philippe-fines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.petermcgill.org\/en\/event-re-cap-forgotten-lot-to-green-spot-cafe-discussion-by-philippe-fines\/","title":{"rendered":"Event Re-Cap: “Forgotten Lot to Green Spot” Caf\u00e9 Discussion, by Philippe Fin\u00e8s"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This piece was submitted to the Citizen Journal project of the Peter-McGill Community Council. Please note that the opinions expressed in these articles do not necessarily reflect those of our organization. This project aims to create space for the voices of residents, students and friends of the neighbourhood through articles, photos, videos, and podcasts in any language. Are you interested in contributing? Contact us at benevolat@petermcgill.org<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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On March 3rd there was a caf\u00e9-discussion about green spaces in Peter-McGill. This virtual meeting can be described as a 3-act play.<\/p>

First, the setting. Since it was a virtual meeting with Zoom, typical problems were expected to happen \u2013 bad connection, bad microphones, bad cameras, etc.\u00a0 However, this was not the case.\u00a0 I must mention that the master of ceremonies, Andrew Faber, led perfectly well the meeting and kept everyone\u2019s attention until the end.\u00a0 There were about 40 persons in the audience \u2013 more women than men, likely as many francophones than anglophones.\u00a0 All ages were present.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Opening Act 1<\/strong>, Lou Gloanec, from Peter-McGill\u2019s Neighbourhood Committee, presented \u201c(\u00ce)lots de nature \u2013 From forgotten lot to green spot\u201d project. This project aims to \u201cFight urban \u201cheat islands\u201d, Create green lungs in downtown Montreal, Fight food insecurity and Democratize urban agriculture and the development of public spaces\u201d.\u00a0 To that end, the project proposes to convert into green spaces several spots in Peter-McGill which are not very well used presently.\u00a0 Some of the lots are small but that does not stop the proposers to envision transforming them into urban agriculture gardens, shaded spots or parks.\u00a0 Lou\u2019s team selected several spots in all Peter-McGill that could be potentially transformed into green spaces, among them Saint-Mathieu, Summerhill and Saint-Jacques streets as well as The Boulevard.<\/p>

Changing the pace in Act 2<\/strong>, entered the two main characters: municipal councillor Cathy Wong (cathy.wong@montreal.ca<\/a>) and provincial MNA (Westmount \u2013 Saint-Louis) Jennifer Maccarone (jennifer.Maccarone.WSL@assnat.qc.ca<\/a>).\u00a0 They were first invited by the master of ceremonies to comment on the project presented in Act 1, then to answer questions from the audience.\u00a0 Although the format of the caf\u00e9-discussion might have been constraining, both made their comments in French and in English out of respect for the audience.<\/p>