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Cooper Koo Cherry Street YMCA

Green Roof��

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Cooper Koo Cherry Street YMCA

A large, modern 82,000 sq. ft. facility built for use during the Pan Am Para Pam games and to be converted into the new Cooper Koo YMCA late spring 2016

The building is partnered with George Brown College who has a residence stretching across part of the YMCA facility and along the east side of the building

The YMCA is built to LEED Gold building standards, is AODA compliant and this facility will include spaces for youth and community activities, a gymnasium, swimming pool, an accessible green roof, and fitness studios and exercise areas

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How Can I get Involved?

Help us design the Green Roof for this new YMCA!

30,000 square feet of roof space
10,000 square feet of “useable” space
20,000 square feet of meadow and nature
30,000 square feet next door to George Brown
Wheel chair accessible
Open 6 months of the year

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What is a Green Roof ?

It is an oasis in the City

A place to play, relax, read, get fit or volunteer

It is the transformation of an unused space into a vibrant community area

A place to learn about being sustainable and watch an eco system develop and thrive

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Unused Roof top at Central YMCA��

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Transformed into a Green Roof Top

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Have Your Say!�

In this section, you will find the discussion questions designed to get your initial thoughts on the design of the green roof.

You can fill in the survey online, in person or at one of our events.

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Cooper Koo Cherry Street YMCA Roof top

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Discussion Questions

How would you like to use your green roof?

Fitness – yoga, work out stations, walking track
Education – teach about green sustainability
Family – games, planting
Relaxation – quiet places
Nature Promotion – planters,

Once you have identified some for each group, please write them down on the sticky notes provided and post to the boards around the room.

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Theme: Fitness

What can we put on the roof that will inspire you for fitness?

Large deck area

for classes

Steps
Natural circuit stations

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Theme: Family

What can we put on the roof to inspire family time

Some examples

Enabling garden
Deck games
Bird houses

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Theme: Relaxation

What can we put on the green roof to inspire relaxation

Area for shade
A water feature
Strolling pathways

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Theme: Nature Promotion

What can we put on the roof to inspire a love of nature?

Adopt a plot gardening
Butterflies
Birds

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Theme: Education

What can we put on the roof to inspire learning?

Educational signs
Vegetable gardening

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What did we miss?

Tell us what you would like to see on Your green roof…………………

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What is Next?

Phase 1:1st Wave of Public Consultation (January 25th to January 30th)

Phase 2:Report Back (March 22nd to March 28th)

Phase 3:Volunteer Recruitment (January 25th to April 15th)

Phase 5: Volunteer Construction and Planting (April – May)

Phase 6: Opening Celebration (June)

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Volunteering

4 Week Install (weather permitting)

Week 1 (April 27^th-May 1^st): Deck and planter assembly; garden edge details
Week 2 (May 4^th-May 8^th): Complete deck and edging; Stone placement around edging
Week 3 (May 11^th – 15^th): Complete stone work; Move and grade soil; Lay irrigation and electrical lines
Week 4 (May 18^th-22^nd): Complete odds and ends; Plant the roof; Water the plants

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How can I stay connected?

Fill out the survey – give us your design ideas

Visit us around town – look to our website for our pop up locations during February

Help us build the roof! Volunteers needed in April – construction to gardening

Visit the website:

Follow-us on twitter: @CherryStreetY