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We are excited to announce the return of Wexford Blooms to the Wexford Heights Business Improvement Area (BIA) in 2024!

Wexford Blooms 2024 will build on the successes of our pop ups in 2023. We are creating new sites, expanding existing one, and investing in more programming and relationships. The vibrancy of Wexford Heights and Scarborough is going to be shining in full force along Lawrence Ave E!

Stay tuned for project updates, including site locations and events!

Events at this POP
plazaPOPS 2024 Open House

Apr 18, 5:00pm

💡Have ideas on how we can make this year’s Lawrence Avenue East plazaPOPS the best ever? 🙌 Join us at our drop-in OPEN HOUSE, Thursday April 18th, 5:00 pm -8:30 pm, at Precious Blood Church (1737 Lawrence Ave E)!
plazaPOPS community Iftaar

Mar 28, 7:00pm

We hosted a Community Iftaar at Sahan Restaurant in Wexford Heights to break bread together, commemorate the month of Ramadan, and honour our community members, neighbours and community organizations.

Engagement process

The plazaPOPS team is reaching out to residents, businesses, and community organizations in Wexford Heights and Scarborough as part of our engagement process for Wexford Blooms 2024.

As part of our engagement, we’re planning an Open House for April 18, 2024, 5pm-8:30pm.

Interested in joining? Email us at hello@plazaPOPS.ca

Site & neighbourhood context

The Wexford Heights BIA, known for its creativity and its annual ‘Taste of Lawrence’ street festival, is home to over 60 diverse restaurants within its two-kilometer jurisdiction.

Host land owners & collaborators

Ghadir Meats
1848 Lawrence Ave E

Colony Plaza
202 Lawrence Ave E

The Wexford Residence
1860 Lawrence Ave E

Project team & collaborators

None of this would be possible without our vast network of collaborators

Daniel Rotsztain
Executive Director, plazaPOPS

Naziha Nasrin
Program Director, plazaPOPS

Brendan Stewart
Director of Design and Research, plazaPOPS

Michael Belley
Building Up

Fiona Persaud
Wexford Heights BIA

Bryan Peart
Working Women Community Centre

Noor Khan
plazaPOPS Curator

Mehedi Khan
Muslims in Public Space

Igor Samardzic
Muslims in Public Space

Echo Railton
Lead Garden Steward

Ryan Harris
Building Volunteer

Maria Taylor
Building Volunteer

Michael Mathis
Researcher

Vanessa Marshall
Researcher

Wanda Howard
Project Manager

Jacob Pullman
Project Manager

Warren Russell
Building Volunteer

Keith Fraser
Event Planner

Victoria Chapman
Researcher

Thomas Lee
Project Manager

Warren Taylor
Public Relations

Victor Knox
Event Planner

Mary Bond
Project Manager

Benjamin Lawrence
Community Coordinator

Ryan Harris
Building Volunteer

Maria Taylor
Building Volunteer

Michael Mathis
Researcher

Vanessa Marshall
Researcher

Funders

Wexford Blooms 2024 is made possible by our funders

City of Toronto

Funders

plazaPOPS is supported by the City of Toronto, Economic Development and Culture’s Main Street Recovery and Rebuild Initiative, with support from the City of Toronto’s Planning Division

Federal Development Agency for Southern Ontario

Funders

The City of Toronto’s Main Street Recovery and Rebuild Initiative is funded by the Federal Development Agency for Southern Ontario

University of Guelph

Funders

The University of Guelph is plazaPOPS’ research partner, and is pursuing a multi-disciplinary research initiative funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

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PlazaPOPS is funded by the City of Toronto’s Main Street Recovery and Rebuild Initiative, as part of Government of Canada support through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario).

Research for plazaPOPS is funded through a SSHRC Partnership Development grant, in partnership with the City of Toronto and the University of Guelph’s School of Environmental Design and Rural Development (SEDRD) in the Ontario Agricultural College.