By Shawn Lewis On 16 January 2020 In News&Views Tags city council, city hall, hockey, London, London Knights, London Ontario, minor hockey, Shawn Lewis, tourism, Ward 2, world juniors

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By Shawn Lewis On 7 January 2020 In News&Views Tags Argyle, city council, city hall, community association, community centre, east London, London Ontario, politics, Shawn Lewis, Vimy Ridge, Ward 2

The Ward 2 2019 Year in Review

My first year as your city councillor has flown by, but it has been a very exciting and productive first year.

In 2019 engaging the residents of Ward 2 has meant:

Hosting 3 public townhall meetings
Responding to over 2000 of your emails
An average of 4000 social media engagements a month

I want to thank everyone who has taken the time to share your thoughts, ideas, questions and concerns. It is important for me to hear from you in order to bring our neighbourhood’s voice to London City Hall effectively.

Of course, it is also about doing the work at City Hall as well and in my first year I’ve served on Council’s Civic Works and Community and Protective Services Committee, as well as Council’s representative on the Argyle BIA, Library, and Tourism London boards.

I’m looking forward to continuing that work this year and am honoured to have the confidence of my fellow council members in taking on the additional role of Chairperson for the Community and Protective Services Committee for 2020.

There are many Ward level needs and wants to work on as well. We have streets without any sidewalks, while other streets are badly in need of paving repairs. We have parks that need equipment repairs and other locations that need and are waiting for pedestrian crosswalks too. Of course there is also the need to keep working on affordable housing, better snow plowing, public wifi access at city facilities, and getting the green bin program started to name a few of the city wide initiatives I’m working on.

And although I’m frustrated about the delays, I continue to work with our project team at the city to “get it done!” so that 2020 will finally see the opening of our new East Lion’s Community Centre.

It will also be a challenging year as we work on the 2020-2023 Multi-year budget and work to deliver good services while keeping tax increases as reasonable as possible.

I look forward to continuing to work with you, and for you, to make our community an even better place to live, work, and play than it already is.

Wishing you a happy and prosperous New Year!

2019 INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS!

2 new pedestrian crosswalks installed on Trafalgar at Thorne & Condor
3 new advanced green turn signals approved and installed at Trafalgar & Clarke (west bound turning south) and Veterans Memorial Parkway at Gore & Trafalgar for north bound traffic turning west
School zone speed bumps installed at Bonaventure Public School
First phase of Dundas St. renewal completed from Highbury to First St.
Marconi repaved from Trafalgar to Noel
Edgeworth and Avalon streets; new sewers, watermains, and road repaved
New accessible pedestrian ramps on neighbourhood walkway Merlin to Dawn Dr.
Frobisher & Champlain, new watermains, sewer, road repave and new sidewalk.

ENHANCING ARGYLE IN 2019

Hosted a free Family Day Skate at Argyle Arena for residents,
In a unanimous vote, had City Council officially designated Vimy Ridge Park at the southeast corner of the Hale & Trafalgar roundabout,
Helped Lord Nelson School secure funding for a new playground,
Welcomed new businesses; Osmow’s, Chuck’s Roadhouse, United Kutz, and Madison’s Boutique to the Argyle area, as well as the new London Intercommunity Health Centre,
Worked with Drewlo Holdings to have their property on Dundas cleaned-up.

Building the Community Together

Establishing and building positive relationships means taking the time to meet with and listen to community partners, businesses, and other levels of government so that we can work together to get things done!

This year that has included;3 Home & School Associations,
3 School Board Trustees,
4 local Members of Parliament,
The Argyle Community Association,
The Argyle Basic Needs Coalition,
The Royal Canadian Legion,
Zerrin, York, and Auburn Developments,
General Dynamics, Zubicks, Purifics, Lynn’s Bakery, Diamond Aircraft, Sutherland’s Furniture, McDonalds, Coulter’s Pharmacy, and Player’s Sports Bar & Grill among others.
And doing ride along shifts with the London Police and London Firefighters,

By Shawn Lewis On 25 October 2019 In News&Views Tags city council, city hall, London, London Ontario, Shawn Lewis, Ward 2

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By Shawn Lewis On 16 October 2019 In News&Views Tags Argyle, community, community association, community centre, east London, Lions Club, London Ontario, Shawn Lewis, Ward 2