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The Canadian Automotive Museum is seeking support from the City of Oshawa, regional representatives, businesses and community groups to address trespassing, littering, loitering, vandalism, open drug use and criminal activity downtown. The museum says the problems are affecting visitors, staff, historic vehicles, finances and parking revenue. Proposed measures include additional exterior security cameras and redesigning the museum parking lot as a safer and more welcoming space.
The Canadian Automotive Museum wants to work with the city, region, other downtown organizations, businesses and community stakeholders to go over ways to make downtown Oshawa safer, more welcoming and more accessible for everyone.
The Museum says growing issues involving trespassing, littering, loitering and criminal activity in downtown Oshawa is making it difficult for their guests to safely enjoy programs. The long-standing museum is calling on the city to partner with them and other local businesses in the area to find solutions to the issues through public dialogue.
Officials at the museum have raised concerns to municipal and regional representatives for years, requesting additional support and a meeting to discuss the situation and potential solutions. Despite the museums best efforts to prevent and address the situation, they say its only getting worse. In the past two weeks, the museum was handed $1,500 in municipal by-law fines related to the activity on Museum property. This is something they say has been going on for years.
The museum has been vandalized, damaged and has seen its fair share of open drug use and other illegal activity. The museum says their staff witness daily vandalism and damage to the exterior of the building – which leads to multiple non-emergency calls to Durham Regional Police each week. Incidents like this are piling up for the local , independent charitable organization. It also comes with financial consequences, leading to a declining revenue.
The Canadian Automotive Museum has been part of downtown Oshawa for over 60 years and is home to more than 100 irreplaceable historic vehicles, some the only surviving examples of their kind. The museum wants to create a targeted partnership with the City of Oshawa on measures including:• Additional exterior security cameras• Support redesigning the museum parking lot as a safe and welcoming space The museum says parking is one of their most important sources of revenue.
It’s declined over 34 per cent since 2023. They claim it’s because people aren’t comfortable parking their cars around the area. They also say they’ve heard from multiple visitors about concerns related to the current conditions surrounding downtown Oshawa.
“We want our visitors, staff, volunteers and neighbours to feel safe downtown, and we want businesses and cultural organizations to succeed here. ” said Alexandra Miller-Gerrard, Executive Director & Curator of the Canadian Automotive Museum.
“We have been part of downtown for more than 60 years, and we want to continue to support our community. We are looking for partnership and practical solutions that allow the Museum and the broader downtown community to thrive. ” The Canadian Automotive Museum is open and encourages residents to contact the city directly to share their experiences with downtown Oshawa. If you have found a spelling error, please, notify us by selecting that text and pressing
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