Appendix B

 

Preliminary Listing of Existing Markham Programs and Initiatives

 that Support Communities In Bloom

 

 

 

  • Waste Management

o        Markham Anti-litter Campaign

o        Mission Green

o        Compost Give-A-Ways

  • Environmental Leadership Programs:

o        Energy Conservation Office

o        Kyoto Task Force

o        Clean Air Campaign/Anti-Idling Initiative

o        Environmental Sustainability Fund

o        Markham Conservation Committee

o        Water Education Program

o        Healthy Lawn Education Campaign (Pesticide Reduction Initiative)

o        Environmental Planning Initiatives

  • Celebrate Our Environment

o        Pitch-In Week

o        Community Tree Plantings/Community Clean-ups

o        Adopt-A-Park Program

o        Commemorative Tree Planting Program

o        Susie and Eco-Susie Garden Awards Programs

o        Habitat Building (i.e. bat houses)

  • Heritage Programs

o        Doors Open Markham

o        Heritage Month (February)

o        Heritage District iniatives

o        Heritage Markham Initiatives

  • Varley Gallery:

o        McKay-Edhardt House Restoration

o        Field Studies Exhibition (March 31 to May 1)

  • Markham Museum:

o        Annual Spring Garden Lecture Series (TBC)

  • Urban Design & Planning

o        Existing Parks Development Projects (Urban Landscape)

o        Markham Centre

o        Cornell and other “new urbanism” communities in Markham

o        Environmental Planning Initiatives

o        Public Art Policy

o        Tree Preservation Bylaw