City Blog

Collecting Your Yard Waste at the Curb

It's leaf season, and we're continuing to collect paper yard waste bags until December 2.

Did you know that the yard waste we collect is composted and used in public landscaping projects? Just place the paper yard waste bags at the curb and they will be collected biweekly on the same day as your recycling day. Check our scheduler to see when your recycling day is coming. 

You can also bring your paper yard waste bags to the Robin Hood Bay Drop-Off any time, year round.

There is no limit...

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Pay stations continue to roll out

The City has completed rolling out pay stations and the parking application PaybyPhone to the downtown core, including Water Street, Harbour Drive, Duckworth Street, and the nearby side streets. The program will now expand to areas in the City that were at one time serviced by meters, and most recently have been operated as timed parking. These areas include:

• Westerland Road
• Churchill Square
• Ricketts Road
• Freshwater Road
• Harvey Road
• Cookstown Road
• Long’s Hill
• Rennie’s River Parking Lot

The paid parking...

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Q3 Update: Strategic Plan

The current, quarterly report on the City’s 10-year strategic plan, Our City, Our Future, is now available on our Strategic Plan page.

Six strategic plan initiatives were completed since the last progress update in June 2022, bringing the total number of initiatives completed since the launch of the plan to 102. Of the remaining initiatives in the strategic plan for 2022, the breakdown of their status is as follows:

• 33 on track
• 5 behind
• 22 overdue
• 5 not started

Our City, Our Future is now in its fourth...

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Pump Track Grand Opening Public Event October 22, 2022

The City of St. John’s along with Avalon Mountain Bike Association (AMBA) and Canary Cycles are proud to announce that the first pump track in St. John’s at Quidi Vidi Park is open. The paved track is a fun way to develop biking and riding skills for all ages and abilities.

A pump track is a continuous loop of berms and “rollers” (paved mounds) where riders use an up and down pumping motion to propel themselves forward instead of pedaling or pushing. It is most suitable for bicycles and skateboards....

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Space in Fall Recreation Programs

There is space in some of our fall recreation programs. Join us for a Halloween craft night for kids, learn the basics of fire building or make your own pair of snowshoes. There’s also space in some of our painting classes and our DIY Fall décor craft course. Register today!

Come join us for a Halloween craft night. Make a Halloween pin or earrings, plus other Halloween surprises.

Southlands Community Centre: Thursday, Oct. 27 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. For ages 5 to 11. Register here.

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