Leave your mark on Mississauga’s music history!
Mississauga songwriters, submit an original anthem about Mississauga to Mississauga Arts Council and SoundsUnite in honour of the City’s 50th anniversary for your chance to win a recording and mixing session from Metalworks Studios and have your song named “Mississauga’s 50th Anthem”!
“On the upcoming 50th anniversary of the City of Mississauga, I had a vision to create an anthem for Mississauga,” Ward 1 Councillor Stephen Dasko says. “My initiative was received with open arms by Metalworks Studios, Mississauga Arts Council and the creative industries at the City of Mississauga, who collaboratively came together to host this song contest for the most unique and fitting song to help celebrate the City of Mississauga’s milestone.”
“Mississauga’s 50th anniversary is a milestone that should be celebrated and what better way than recording a new city anthem,” mentions Gil Moore, Founder and CEO of Metalworks Studios, “Metalworks and SoundsUnite are excited and proud to record the winner and share the joy of music with our community.”
“A winning local singer-songwriter can make themselves a part of our history. Write the anthem heard across the city in 2024, and be part of every celebration of our City’s 50th Anniversary. The legendary Tommy Hunter wrote the first one, now who will write the next one?” asks Mike Douglas, Executive Director of MAC
The deadline to apply is Monday, November 13 at 11 AM.
Experience the magic of the Festival of Trees this holiday season!
The third-annual Mississauga Festival of Trees is a celebration of the winter season, art, food, and community. With twinkling displays of seasonal lights, artist-created tree and woodpile art installations, artisan and culinary markets, workshops, live entertainment, and more, join us to make memories you’ll treasure for a lifetime.
The Festival of Trees is held at the Small Arms Inspection Building, a restored heritage treasure in Mississauga, to be transformed once again into a winter wonderland of art, food, and fun this holiday season.
Vendor applications are open for the Mississauga Festival of Trees!
Peel Region will be temporary closing South Sheridan Way from Southdown Road to Indian Road starting the week of October 2, 2023, to replace a watermain.
As a major east-west arterial road in Mississauga, the road closure will increase travel times. Motorists should consider alternate routes.
The replacement is expected to be completed into the winter 2024. Average construction noise is expected. There will be no impact to drinking water for the community.
Follow @peelpublicworks for information and updates.
The City has launched a new Development Data dashboard to make it easier to access Mississauga housing data and monitor economic growth. The dashboard makes a wide-range of data available and shows the amount of development underway across the city.
“As a city, we’re committed to reporting back on our housing and development progress in a meaningful and transparent way,” said Andrew Whittemore, Commissioner of Planning and Building. “We also recommend that the province establish common data points to ensure standardized reporting across all municipalities – a shared understanding of housing data is important if we are going to move the needle on the housing crisis.”
For quick reference, the dashboard includes a Housing Update highlighting key figures such as the number of housing units approved and under construction in Mississauga. This monthly summary includes data from both the City of Mississauga and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
The dashboard also provides access to detailed data across the following five tabs:
- Residential development tracking: provides information about active and approved housing development applications including the number of approved units
- Non-residential development tracking: details total gross floor area for active and approved industrial and commercial development applications
- Active development pipeline: provides a deeper dive on active applications by development type
- Building permits: includes details on residential and non-residential building permits issued since 2014
- Status of approved applications: provides a high-level summary of the number of units associated with an active, phased or inactive application city-wide and details where growth is planned throughout the city
“Cities are constantly evolving which is why access to timely and comprehensive data is so important,” Whittmore added. “As we work to bring more housing to Mississauga, good data helps us make informed decisions today about how best to plan for the future.”
The Development Data dashboard including the Housing Update summary is part of the City’s overall approach to sharing data in an open and transparent manner. Other data available on Mississauga’s City Planning Data Hub includes information on population and jobs growth forecasts, Census profiles and demographics, economic and employment surveys, and other current and historical planning data. Visit the Data Hub to learn more.
To learn more about the City’s housing action plan – and read all 23 actions – visit Mississauga.ca/housing.
October is Pedestrian Safety Month. As daylight hours shorten this fall, the City and Peel Region are reminding all road users to be aware and stay alert when using roads to prevent collisions. As part of International Walk to School Month, the City is also encouraging students to walk and use other forms of active transportation as a healthy and fun way to get to school.
- Implementing Pedestrian Head Start Signals and Bike Head Start Signals to give pedestrians and cyclists a five-second head start to cross the street.
- Continuing to install pedestrian crossovers in neighbourhoods to help increase safety for pedestrians crossing the road. Drivers must stop if a pedestrian is in the crosswalk.
- Lowering speed limits from 70 km/h to 60 km/h on City roadways.
- Installing Slow Streets as temporary traffic-calming devices to remind drivers to slow down and be aware of other roads users.
- Continuing the School Walking Routes Program to encourage active travel like walking, biking, using a wheelchair or other mobility devices, to and from school.
- Continuing the School Crossing Guard Program with crossing guards at more than 160 locations to help elementary school students safely cross the road.
“Pedestrian Safety Month highlights the importance of making safer choices when walking, cycling, and driving. Together with our municipal partners, we share common messages to help keep our community safe and encourage all road users to practice extra caution when travelling,” said Kealy Dedman, Commissioner, Public Works at Peel Region. “By reinforcing these essential messages, we are reminding all road users of the need to work together to improve road safety and help support the Vision Zero goal of reducing injuries and fatal collisions on Peel roadways.”
Walk to School Month
October is also Walk to School Month in Mississauga. Students and their families are encouraged to join the One Walk a Week challenge. As part of the challenge, students can try walking or rolling to or from school or their bus stop at least one day more per week than they do normally. Those who participate can go online and complete a digital certificate to share their accomplishment on social media using the hashtag #WalktoSchoolSauga.The City is encouraging all students and their families to walk or bike to and from school. If you live farther from the school, consider parking five to 10 minutes away from the school and walking the rest of the way. Walking or biking promotes healthy lifestyles, reduces traffic congestion and lowers carbon emissions.
In 1974, the Towns of Streetsville, Port Credit and the Township of Mississauga incorporated to form the vibrant and diverse City of Mississauga. In 2024, the City will celebrate the 50th anniversary of this milestone. It will be a time to reflect on our past, celebrate the present and envision the great things that are to come in the next 50 years.
The City and community will be hosting year-long activities, events and celebrations starting with this upcoming New Year’s Eve.
Did you know the City of Mississauga delivers more than 200 services including public transit, fire and emergency services, libraries, recreation programs, snow clearing and parks?
In addition, the City also invests in building, maintaining, rehabilitating and remodelling infrastructure such as roads, bridges, trails, stormwater facilities, sidewalks and more.
Watch the City’s social media channels to stay informed about upcoming Budget Committee dates to review the proposed 2024 Budget.
Here are some of the investments made in the 2023 Budget that are already underway:
Mississauga is a thriving, dynamic and global city – but the work of building a great city is never finished. We are committed to making Mississauga a place where residents continue to be proud to live and work by updating the City’s Strategic Plan.
We can’t do this alone and we’re counting on you – our residents, community, partners and business leaders to help shape the city we want to be today and in the future.
