(AGENPARL) - Roma, 1 Agosto 2023 - (AGENPARL) – mar 01 agosto 2023 City of Toronto Media Relations has issued the following:
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Media Advisory
August 1, 2023
City of Toronto’s new pilot program takes flight tomorrow allowing responsible personal alcohol consumption in 27 parks
Media are invited to Earlscourt Park tomorrow morning where the City of Toronto will officially launch a new pilot program that allows residents and visitors 19 years of age and older to responsibly consume their own alcoholic beverages in 27 parks. The pilot program will run from Wednesday, August 2 until Monday, October 9.
Pilot park locations, rules and regulations are available at the City’s Alcohol in Parks website: www.toronto.ca/alcoholinparks.
Date: Wednesday, August 2
Time: 10 a.m. (rain or shine)
Location: Earlscourt Park, 1200 Lansdowne Ave., St. Clair Avenue West entrance
City spokespeople will be available along with Councillor Shelley Carroll (Don Valley North), Chair of the Economic and Community Development Committee.
The City is the first municipality in Ontario to introduce an Alcohol in Parks pilot program since the Province of Ontario authorized municipalities to designate public spaces for personal alcohol consumption.