Come on Toronto, give Orono a boost.

[ZR]

Residents who live in Orono, about an hour east of Toronto, say they've always joked that the town is just Toronto without the T's.
After the City of Toronto announced they would be replacing the iconic Toronto sign in Nathan Phillips Square with a more durable version, residents of the roughly 1,100-person town came up with a brilliant idea. Residents have reached out to Mayor John Tory asking that the old Toronto sign be donated to the struggling town in the hopes it boosts tourism.
Mark Rutherford, who lives in Orono, said hundreds of thousands of people used to travel through the town each year, but a divider in the highway, which was installed to improve traffic safety, diverted people away.

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As a result, Rutherford said that people stopped visiting and businesses started to close. Orono residents think the Toronto sign could bring with it a much-needed tourism boost.
“Access to our town was reduced and became too inconvenient to most travelers to make a quick stop and visit our downtown shops,” Rutherford said in a Facebook post.
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Residents in Orono turned out today in support of getting the Toronto sign. (Facebook)
“In the last few years, we have lost our grocery store, our LCBO, our CIBC bank, and other small shops have struggled to stay afloat.”
“Positive things are starting to happen again in Orono, but we could really use a boost.”
Rutherford sent a request to Tory on Tuesday, asking that the City of Toronto donates the aging sign.
“We’ll even take the T’s if it’s an all or nothing deal,” Rutherford said.
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Tory told CTV News Toronto on Wednesday that he's open to the idea of donating the sign, but thinks Toronto still needs more love in Ontario.
"I am willing to talk to them," Tory told CTV News Toronto on Wednesday.
"Each letter stands on its own, but I look at it as something that shouldn't be broken up."
"We need more love for Toronto in the province of Ontario, including from Orono, so maybe we can do something where some of the time it's lit up saying Orono and the rest of the time lit up saying Toronto."
The campaign to donate the Toronto sign has also grabbed the attention of TSN's Dan O'Toole, who is pleading with Tory to "make this happen"

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They are replacing the Toronto sign in front of Toronto City Hall. Organizers in my town of Orono are trying to get the old sign, because Orono is Toronto without the T’s. Please Please @JohnTory (https://twitter.com/JohnTory) make this happen!!!!!





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And really, let’s be honest @JohnTory (https://twitter.com/JohnTory), who else would be able to use it? We will take extremely good care of it. We promise!!!!


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"Let's be honest @JohnTory, who else would be able to use it? We will take extremely good care of it. We promise!"
"Orono needs to catch a break."

[hammerhead]

the money the government wastes is mind boggling and the fact they can justify it is something else too - when I was a kid and went down there skating I knew exactly where I was and there was no sign....

[ZR]

With city so completely and utterly strapped for cash, fuck yes replacing it is ridiculous but if they are hell bent on urinating yet more money WE don't have...............give it away instead of scrapping.

[1986stangfan]

That’s my town! I think its cool idea. To anyone interested here is a car show here in Orono on September 28th it would be really cool to get some club presence here in our small town.

The show is called “more than a car show” it is $10 to a car and it goes to help fund the Orono Santa Claus parade.

[stangstevers]

Black out the T, right side part of the first O, the complete R, upper part of the 2nd O and the last O... That should spell what Tory is. lol

[RedSN]

That's a pretty big sign. Will it even fit in the town of Orono?


Orono is a lot more agricultural. Maybe they should consider something more like a big giant hoe?

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[stangstevers]

that's a nice hoe

[MUSTANGWOP]

That’s my town! I think its cool idea. To anyone interested here is a car show here in Orono on September 28th it would be really cool to get some club presence here in our small town.

The show is called “more than a car show” it is $10 to a car and it goes to help fund the Orono Santa Claus parade.

The bakery in town has killer apple fritters :)

[hammerhead]

With city so completely and utterly strapped for cash, fuck yes replacing it is ridiculous but if they are hell bent on urinating yet more money WE don't have...............give it away instead of scrapping.

go down by Carlaw and lakeshore then up to church, and all the way to union station it smells so bad it might be trumps wall - but getting rid of loud mustangs and a bigger sign is what they really...lol yep I say give it away even if your not getting a new one...lol

[1986stangfan]

The bakery in town has killer apple fritters :)

The bakery closed down this summer


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[RedSN]

^^^if the LCBO can’t survive in Orono, how is a small bakery going to make it?


“In the last few years, we have lost our grocery store, our LCBO, our CIBC bank, and other small shops have struggled to stay afloat.”

[WidowrRacing]

Orono fair is this weekend for those interested.

[1986stangfan]

^^^if the LCBO can’t survive in Orono, how is a small bakery going to make it?

The bakery thrived for 40 years and even opened a second location in Whitby until the owners decided to retire. The Whitby location is still open and thriving.


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