Pulin Shah feels a sense of unease every time he passes the corner in his Toronto neighbourhood.
Paula Fletcher, the city councillor for the area, said she has heard residents’ community safety concerns — both before and after Huebner-Makurat’s death.
Shortly after Huebner-Makurat’s death, the community centre’s board issued a statement expressing its grief over what happened and saying it was ramping up security.Article content The centre said it was positioning a community safety team outside the facility for a week, monitoring the effectiveness of that and establishing a new safety committee, among other actions. It did not respond to requests for further comment.
Some residents in the group are calling for increased security measures around the community centre, while some want a review of the centre’s operating criteria given its close proximity to a school. Others want it removed from the area entirely.Kimberley Radmacher, who has lived in Leslieville for 10 years, says the neighbourhood has gentrified rapidly since she moved to the area and the community centre’s supervised consumption site has been a benefit.
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