100 Ways to Spend This Summer 💯
Ten years ago, localist Kevin Van Lierop (also one of our founding editors) asked for help creating a list of “100 Ways to Improve London, Canada.” The community jumped at the opportunity to dream, and the resulting list was printed on posters and plastered around downtown.
We couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate The Localist’s 100th (!) list than to partner up with Poster! Poster! for a re-mix of the project. As subscribers, you get the first look before we start postering!
We hope the list inspires you to experience London in new ways this summer! At the least, we’re confident it’ll keep you busy until The Localist .
Until then…
Wash your hands
Enjoy a “Big Slice®” al fresco after midnight
Visit The C*ves
Circumnavigate “Lake Fanshawe”
Discover the Banana Kingdom
Explore a neighbouring neighbourhood
Watch for new murals
Paint new murals
Build a fort in Kelly Park
Get your fill of local BBQ
Staycation with a vacation energy (see #50)
Spice it up with some herbs from the Old South Herb Box Project
Hit the “beach” that’s taking shape along the river between Oxford and Blackfriars
Revisit the mini golf of the backyard—croquet
Play Sunfest Bingo... virtually.
Support London’s Black-owned businesses
Plant a community garden plot
Tour all the other community gardens
Subscribe to the London’s Pretty Cool podcast
Feed the fish at the Civic Gardens’ fish pond
Ignore your vehicle
Keep covering the sidewalks with chalk-art
Call for change
Join your neighbourhood community association
Make trading cards of your friends (like this)
Plant a secret time capsule in a park somewhere
Imagine next summer
Take the family and a hibachi to Springbank Park for a picnic
Watch for more PLUMP! sessions
Learn your neighbours’ favourite food
Start your weekends at the Covent Garden Market and/or The Market at the Western Fair District
Watch out for the carnivorous plants at Sifton Bog
Show your Pride with your own parade
Get offline
Take a hike in Komoka and cool off in the river
Give (or get) a haircut
Return to London's punk roots
Follow See Collective for a glimpse into the city’s art scene
Spend your staycation travelling the world
Pump the adrenaline at Boler Mountain’s Treetop Adventure
Spread out a blanket and enjoy a bottle of w*ne in ______ Park
Start birding
Phone a friend
Follow LondonFuse for more ways to spend this summer
Write your councillor, again.
Check out some of .
See the sights at river lookouts
Check out the Mushkeeki Gitigan (Medicine Garden) located inside the Carolinian Food Forest at South Branch Park.
Write a letter to someone in a nursing home
Try the Urban Roots local produce market
Create a backyard water park
Wave to the “friendly duck(s)” at Storybook Gardens
Bucket list
Savor local strawberries while they’re in season
Wash your hands
Find a food truck (hint: they’re easy to find on Wednesdays)
Sit on a park bench (because you can)
Take your yoga practise outside
Make something
Get Downtown
Re-read all 100 of our lists 💯
“Hang out” with Jeff and Liam at Reg Cooper Square
Shoot some hoops
Tune in to Radio Western and The X regularly
Get Sidetracked
Make a donation to Home County Music & Art Festival anyway
Drive-In for a movie under the stars.
Create a “monument” tour that includes a Rhinoceros, Engine 86, Sasquatch...
Enjoy the Food Forest at Wood St Park
Read Greg Curnoe’s Deeds/Abstracts
Create a team (soccer, gardening, kickball, whatever)
Make your own list and share it with friends!
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