We invite you to relive some Bentway electric energy here in our 2023-24 Annual Report. Thank you for your continued support!
2023-24 saw Toronto stepping into a new era of urban optimism, as we pushed through recent challenges together to embrace new leadership, new partnerships, and new civic potential. We’re so proud that The Bentway continued to shine as a beacon of our city’s imagination, inviting Torontonians to look beyond the Gardiner’s imposing columns and concrete to discover a much more exciting future for the Expressway’s elevated 6.5km stretch.
Last year, we worked with artists, ecologists and educators to untangle the city’s complex relationship with infrastructure and nature. We convened cultural leaders from across the country to collaboratively develop more responsible production practices in public art programming. And we assembled specialists in sustainability, technology, design, and horticulture – alongside multiple levels of government – to reveal a new connected vision for the Gardiner corridor.
Together with you, we’ve built a forward-motion that is truly changing the urban fabric of our city.
Alongside this momentum, though, The Bentway is navigating a dangerously vulnerable economic period like many of our peers across the not-for-profit sectors.
Looking ahead, Toronto can’t lose sight of the spaces and experiences that make our city truly special. The Bentway will meet this moment with the agility, creativity, and entrepreneurial spirit that have defined us since day one. We are entering a new chapter poised for growth, and hungrier than ever.
But don’t just take our word for it. Here are some of our favourite recent press hits, which confirm that the world is watching Toronto and the impact of all our work together is getting recognized:
We invite you to relive some of this energy here in our 2023-24 Annual Report, and to consider getting more deeply involved in The Bentway in the year ahead. Thank you for your continued support!
Ilana Altman, Co-Executive Director
David Carey, Co-Executive Director
