How Michael Thompson voted at council

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1. 2025.TE20.54ADOPTED

   Proposed naming of the Public Lane North of Gerrard Street East and East of Greenwood Avenue

   Since 2017 the Leslieville Historical Society, the East York Historical Society and the Gerrard East neighbourhood have been working to name the laneway running east of Greenwood Avenue to Redwood Avenue about 50 metres north of Gerrard Street East. They have proposed the lane be named “Luella Price Lane”. By 2020 there were sufficient signatures from property owners to initiate the new name but the Covid epidemic ground these efforts to a halt. The initiative to name the lane after Luella Price remains active and the sponsors would very much like to have this name recognized during Black History Month in 2025. In 1910, Luella Price welcomed a handful of women to her home at 6A Redwood Avenue to form the Eureka Club. The Eureka Club was never more than 18 dedicated and compassionate women. Many of the spouses of the Eurekas were railway porters. It was their goal to offer aid to low-income Torontonians, quietly, on a one-to-one basis. Their motto was “Not for ourselves, but for others”. In 1980, at its 70th anniversary, the Eureka Club was the oldest Black women’s organization in Ontario. The naming of the laneway recognizes Luella Price and her contr…

   City Council · 2025-03-26 10:23 AM

   Adopt Item

   Michael Thompson's vote: Yes

   Majority required - TE20.54 - Adopt the item

   Motion result

   Carried

   Recorded tally

   22-0

   Source outcome