In response to the urgent call from the Richmond Hill Community Food Bank, we are collecting donations to help local families during the Thanksgiving to Christmas season.

Your support can make a real difference!

Most Needed Items:

Cereal (hot and cold); Pancake mix & syrup; Pasta & pasta sauce; Canned meat, vegetables, fruit; Soup; Snacks (Jello, pudding, granola bars); Instant & ground coffee; Juice boxes, bottled water; Diapers (especially size 3); Sanitary and hygiene products; Cooking oil; Small bags of rice; Canned & baked beans; And more!

Donation Drop-Off Details:
📅 When: Friday, October 11 | 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
📍 Where: Bayview Hill Community Centre (Rear Parking Lot)
114 Spadina Road, Richmond Hill

Let’s come together as a community and help ensure no family goes without this holiday season. Every item counts!

From October 14 to December 12, the City of Richmond Hill will provide weekly yard waste collection on your regular waste collection day. This service is offered to convenience residents during the fall season.

Accepted Yard Waste Includes:

Leaves; Pine cones; Fallen fruit; Tree and shrub clippings; Weeds; Flowers; Pumpkins; Clean straw; Dried corn stalks;

Please Note: Soil, sod, and grass clippings are not accepted.

Ward 3 E-Waste Collection Day is Back!

Drop off unwanted electronics FREE OF CHARGE!

Date: Saturday September 6, 2025

Time: 10AM to 3PM

Location: Richmond Green (1300 Elgin Mills Road East)

Accepted items:

TV, Printers, Monitors, Computers, Home appliances, Tablets, Cell phones, Batteries, Cables, Copiers, Hard Drives…

Duration: Late April 2025 to October 2025

- Intersection improvements on Bayview Avenue at David Dunlap Boulevard/Ardwold Gate, Weldrick Road and Palmer Avenue

- Upgrading traffic control signals and lighting; temporary signals will be in place during construction 

- Enhancing audible pedestrian signals and tactile walking surface indicators to alert people with low or no vision of an upcoming intersection 

- Reconstructing crosswalk ramps at signalized and non-signalized intersections

The City is looking for caring individuals to help keep our kids safe on their way to and from school. For more information and application, please visit the following website.

Pay parking takes effect at Lake Wilcox Park from April 1 to September 30. Richmond Hill residents can avoid the hassle and get a FREE parking permit for the season online at RichmondHill.ca/Parking. One permit per household - Carpooling encouraged!

I will be hosting a Town Hall meeting to discuss community safety and crime prevention. Guest speakers at this event include Mayor David West and York Regional Police Chief Jim MacSween. Invitation has also been extended to representatives from the Federal and Provincial governments.

Date: January 21, 2025

Time: 7:30pm – 9:00pm

Location: Bayview Hill Community Centre (114 Spadina Road)

Please see attached flyer for more information.

Together, we will discuss solutions, share ideas and shape a safer future for all residents in Ward 3.

Richmond Hill Council approved another 18 locations where traffic calming tools, including speed cushions and pedestrian crossovers, will be installed in 2025, to continue to reduce speeding and improve safety on roads in our community.

These were installed as part of the implementation of the City’s Traffic Safety and Operations Strategy which helped improve compliance to the speed limit, reduce speeding in neighborhoods by up to 22% and decrease traffic volume by up to 17%.

As part of the 2025 traffic calming implementation, 3 locations in Ward 3 have been selected based on the results of the City's network screening exercise.

1/ Frank Endean Road (Cameo Drive - Cassata Ave.)

2/ Strathearn Avenue (16th Ave - Weldrick Road East)

3/ Princeton Avenue (Redstone Road - Leslie St)

We need your feedback to guide decisions about the future of Richmond Green, one of the city’s destination parks, as work continues to revitalize the city’s largest sporting and events park.

Virtual Public Open House – Register now!

Date: Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Time: 6 - 8 p.m.

Register at RichmondHill.ca/ParksProjects.

The Richmond Green Revitalization Master Plan will focus on maintaining the park as the City’s largest outdoor sporting and events venue, featuring sustainable horticulture and continuing to be a park that generates pride and promotes a sense of belonging for residents.

Join us and have your say about proposed options including:

The City of Richmond Hill is pleased to inform you that construction at Bayview Hill Park is underway.  The work will include site demolition, tree removals, site servicing (gas, sanitary, storm, water, electrical, subdrains and communication), washroom building, splash pad/Ice rink, playground, multiuse sport court, tennis and pickleball courts, site grading, concrete and asphalt paving, shade structures, ornamental fencing with piers, site furnishings, signage, tree and shrub planting, seeding and sodding. 

As a measure of safety, sections of the park will be closed during construction and residents are asked to refrain from entering the construction areas. Thank you in advance for your patience during the construction phase of this project.

Project Update:  Construction is progressing well.  We are working towards opening the Pickleball and Tennis courts by fall 2024 (weather permitting), with the rest of the park anticipated to be completed by Summer 2025.

The City of Richmond Hill and Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) are working together to analyze the conditions of the Upper Rouge River in the valleylands north and south of Toporowski Avenue to find a solution that will allow for suitable drainage in the area.

The tentative preferred solution includes the following:

- A complete corridor reconstruction, re-establishing a low flow channel and reducing the floodplain;

- Removal of the sediment build-up in the valleyland channel; and

- Removal of invasive plants and the development of a management plan to combat future growth of invasive plants.

This study is nearing completion, with the next phase of detailed design scheduled to start in 2025.

Plans are underway to improve the playground at Lilac Grove Parkette located at 251 Shirley Drive. This includes the replacement of the play equipment, safety surfacing, site furniture, some walkways, a new shade structure, and planting. Construction is scheduled for 2026, pending budget approval.

Watch the Blue Jays with us this Friday! The City of Richmond Hill is hosting an outdoor watch party on Friday, October 24 at 8 p.m in the Richmond Green Parking Lot C (1300 Elgin Mills Road East) Bring your crew, your chairs and your Jays pride. Game starts at 8 p.m. – don’t miss out!  

Go Jays Go!