YIMBY Week 2023

June 12 – 17

We want to provide social services and create social change.

This is the social change part. Will you join us?

YIMBY WEEK Event Schedule

Saturday, June 10
Furniture Bank ‘Drop Your Drawers’ Event
A pop-up, contactless drive-thru furniture drop off!
​Georgian College Parking Lot: 11am – 2pm

YIMBY Booth at Open Air Dunlop, Barrie: 10am – 2pm

Monday, June 12
Barrie Flag Raising @ City Hall: 11:15am

Bradford Flag Raising TBD

Tuesday, June 13
Orillia Flag Raising @ City Hall: 11am

Wednesday, June 14 

Midland Flag Raising @ City Hall: 10am

Build Thriving Communities Workshop Starts

(register here)

Thursday, June 15

Neighbourhood BBQ – location TBA

Saturday, June 17

YIMBY Booth at Open Air Dunlop, Barrie: 10am – 2pm

 

Lawn signs:

Get yours today by making a donation to Redwood. Signs will be delivered within Simcoe County!

Social Media Resources

Ideas that spread, win. Use your social media platform to spread the idea that everyone deserves a safe, affordable, hopeful place to call home, and when that’s the case our entire community benefits.

Here are some resources to help you do that:

Here are some graphics you can share on Facebook:
(We also have new Facebook profile photo frames: click on your Facebook profile picture, choose “add frame” and search for YIMBY.)

On Instagram:

On Twitter:

YIMBY History

On October 15, 2018, a group of close to 60 residents of Barrie gathered at the Southshore Community Centre to discuss how we could better respond to homelessness in our city, together. Learn more about that inaugural event below.

Housing Initiatives