Kingston Defeat Depression

Community Living Kingston and District advocates alongside those with an intellectual disability to experience a welcoming inclusive community in addition to providing support and services that respond to people’s goals, interests and needs.

The Limestone Century is an annual event operated by Cycle Kingston. Cycle Kingston, Inc., is a registered Canadian charitable organization and incorporated non-profit whose mandate is to provide safe cycling education and cycling skills training in Kingston, Ontario, so that citizens will gain competence and confidence, and will become empowered to choose cycling as a personal means of transportation. Cycling offers many benefits: health, well-being, environmental, economic, social, and more. The Limestone Century Bicycle Tour requires 3 - 4 months of planning, culminating the the ride on the 2nd Sunday of September each year. Funds raised support Cycle Kingston in their community cycling initiatives, and also supports operation of its social enterprises, Gear Up! Recycled Bicycles and Bicycle Valet Kingston. As a wholly volunteer-driven organization, we rely on volunteer service, support and energy.

The goal of a community land trust is to acquire property, and provide affordable housing for the community in which they are established. We do that by pooling, grants, donations, and private loans to buy residential buildings at market value and hold them in a trust for the long term benefit of the community. The long term community benefit is secured through land lease agreements and democratic governance of the Land Trust as a non-profit. Think of it like a co-op for the entire City of Kingston. A co-op that you are entitled to membership in by virtue of being someone who lives, or works in the City of Kingston. Members vote on the election of board members, acquisitions, allocation of funds, and the initiation of community projects. The community land trust model is flexible meaning that we can mold it to bring the largest benefit to the Kingston community. Whether we want to provide affordable high-quality rentals to the students and low income residents of the City, or open up new avenues to homeownership in the City the community land trust model has been proven to reduce the cost of housing in the areas they operate in. We are still in the startup phase, so if you are interested in helping craft the vision and path of this new not-for-profit reach out! We are looking for: Volunteers Board Members Community Organizations Passionate Students Experts in the Community