He wondered if there might be an opportunity to “keep some musicians living and working in Toronto” within the Regent Park redevelopment plan, says Kalogiannides. Josh Colle, also the recently appointed chairman of the Toronto Music Advisory Council. At its meeting last Monday, that body heard depositions urging that the city support the Toronto Music City project backed by ex-Parachute Club singer and current “honorary Regent Park artist-in-residence” Lorraine Segato, musician and Wavelength co-founder Jonathan Bunce and youth worker Chalo Hancock. “But I would say the work they’ve done has made it much more plausible than it would be otherwise.”The Toronto Music City blueprint does call for some fairly stringent requirements for entry into the building. Musicians will have to demonstrate a financial need under the City of Toronto’s own affordable-housing requirements.

Source: thestar June 12, 2017 10:30 UTC