One of the issues identified in the Beasley Neighbourhood Plan is the need to address the way that Cannon Street is currently designed and make it more neighbourhood-friendly.  Yes We Cannon is a local, grassroots movement, gathering Hamiltonians to petition City Council to improve cyclist and pedestrian safety in the lower city by taking one simple step.

The mission: create a bi-directional bike lane, running the full length of Cannon Street, by 2015.

In order to acheive this vision, we need to send a loud, clear signal to Hamilton City Council.  We need the support of thousands within our community when we present the petition to Council this fall!

Help make this reality by signing the petition at yeswecannon.ca

Please also share this petition with everyone you know. The more people we get signing it the more likely we will be heard!

Congrats to our new Executive, who were elected at the BNA AGM on April 24, 2013:

• Co-Presidents: Matt Thomson and Jeanette Eby
• Vice President: Bill Simone
• Treasurer: Mike Borrelli
• Secretary: Mitchell Petersen
• Membership and Communications Coordinators: Paul Elia and Paul Sousa
• Activity Coordinator: Cindy Stover
  

Laura Ryan continues as our Beasley Park steward.

Jeanette, Bill, Sylvia Nickerson and Matt continue to serve on the Beasley Community Center Steering Committee, which is kind of like a subcommittee of the BNA Charter, with the Department of Recreation, HWDSB and Wesley Urban Ministires also sitting as part of that group.

Please join us for our annual Beasley Fair. Come find out what’s going on in your neighbourhood! This is your chance to connect with the city services, places of worship, organizations and local business that serve the Beasley Community.

From 12:00pm - 3:00pm in the Beasley Community Centre - 145 Wilson Street

Do you own a home and want to improve it? Employment Ontario, the Hamilton Community Foundation, the City of Hamilton, and Beasley's own Threshold School of Building, a registered non-profit organization dedicated to practical and sustainable community development in the Hamilton area, have come together to offer the Neighbourhood Home Improvement Program (NHIP).

You may qualify to apply for the Neighbourhood Home Improvement Program (NHIP) depending on your household income. You can find the application for this program here.