Hot off the press from the Stratford Gazette, a great article about the Stratford Community Ramp Project led by Roger Koert. Enjoy! http://www.southwesternontario.ca/news/ramps-delivered-to-downtown-businesses/
This picture sums up the efforts of Roger Koert and his committed group of volunteers from Stratford Ontario. Together they will deliver 24 ramps at no cost to local businesses. This is absolutely incredible and will certainly change the streetscape in Stafford! Huge congratulations to you Roger and all of your volunteers – all of …
It has been a busy spring time coordinating community ramp projects in Toronto, across the province and beyond. We’ve had so much fun working with some amazing people and helping them take on their own ramp projects in Stratford, Guelph, Port Hope, Mimico, Seaforth, Markham and Aurora here in Ontario as well as Halifax out …
Roger Koert from Stratford Ontario has launched a Community Ramp Project of his own in Stratford! Check out this fantastic article that appeared in the local paper helping spread awareness about the ramps and his efforts to help remove barriers in his neighbourhood. Click here to read!
We recently met with architect Chloe Doesburg who is a volunteer with The Toronto Public Space Initiative, she wrote a fantastic blog post about StopGap and our pursuit for an inclusive society free of physical barriers. This nonprofit organization is all about enhancing public space here in Toronto – click here for the link to …
Through a network of mutual friends and StopGap supporters we were introduced to the wonderful Silvia Guido and her brilliant initiative called AccessTo. Silvia uses a list of criteria to analyze the accessibility of restaurants here in Toronto and her blog highlights the restaurants that are given an accessible thumbs up. If you see the …
A huge congratulations goes out to Belleville Community Ramp Project Team Leader Taylor Bardell for continuing to push her project along in Belleville! Partnering with Home Depot and Community Living Belleville and Area,Taylor and her team of dedicated volunteers completed another five ramps for local businesses with single stepped storefronts. Check out these fantastic photos …
Happy new year! Hopefully the holiday season treated everyone well despite the ice storm and the bitter cold temperatures that mother nature threw at us here in Toronto. If I could, I would punch mother nature in her freezing cold face! Let me bring you up to speed on some really really really really really …
We recently received some fantastic fan mail from a Roncesvalles resident. Her feedback is proof of how a simple ramp can create an inclusive environment. Here is what she had to say: “Hey – I live in the Roncie neighbourhood and LOVE the StopGap ramps you’ve put in there. It makes life easier for my …
We have been selected as one of ten projects that will be highlighted in a book entitled Community Lover’s Guide to the Universe: Toronto Edition. The original edition for this series was conceived in Rotterdam in April 2011 in an attempt to provide guidebooks for cities to surface emergent knowledge from successful community practice around …