Monica Stanciu - Staged 2 Sell Solutions, Markham, ON

I just want to post some pictures from the 10th Annual Cornell BBQ wich was held on the 10th of August 2008. This is one event that is being marked in our calendar many months before it takes place. Our kids love it and it is an opportunity to meet neighbours, connect with the local business community and have a great BBQ after all.

There were inflatable play zones,



live music,

face painting,

raffles and even hot air balloon rides for the curageous ones.

And plenty of food as it was a BBQ after all.

Cornellius the Lion, the mascot of Cornell, had some fun too.

We really enjoyed the fun, food and entertainement. But as in every show, the army of people who actually make things work remain behind the curtains. These are the people in the CRPA board who generously donated their time for us. A big, big THANK YOU !!!

And good luck with the Cornell Classic Golf Tournament!

Welcome to Cornell Village!

Situated on the North-East corner of Markham - Ontario, Cornell is a mixed-used community that was built 9 years ago following the New Urbanism philosophy. It was one of a kind development long before the mixed-used communities became a mainstream development trend.
I won’t bother you with numbers and stats, you can find more information about Cornell here.

The Cornell houses are replicas of Canadian heritage houses and you will find a mix of Victorian, Arts and Crafts or collonial styles on each street.

Let’s take a walk on the memory lane, when houses were smaller and the families were larger, neighbors were looking out for one another, streets were alive. Kids were playing outside all day long coming in just to grab a bite or when it was too dark to see the ball, sidewalks were chalked out with hopscotch games and there was always a group of kids playing street hockey without having to stop and yell “car” every minute. Neighbors were chit-chatting on the porches or at the coffee shop just around the corner, everybody knew their names, their kids and even relatives who came to visit.
For those of you who can’t remember, I envy your youth, but feel a little sorry though for not experiencing the childhood we had.

I did not long for these old days for years, but then my son was born and everything changed. Got tired of organizing play dates and always driving him to friends to play or to the park. Everything was a rush against the clock, and this wasn’t going anywhere soon. This is when we discovered this one of a kind community - Cornell, that had this "old" neighbourhood feel and took everybody by surprise when we decided to move here. We traded a fancy big house in a posh neighborhood to a not so big one, a ravine setting backyard to a little puny one, a great location to the “middle of nowhere kind of ”... Yes, I know what you are thinking, but we are not that dumb:).

We won’t trade this one for the world.

I won’t say that everything is perfect, but Cornell offers far more for its residents than a “standard” subdivision. Parks at less than 5 minutes walking distance wherever you live in Cornell, lanes where kids play all day long, great schools, walking distance to the Convenience store and coffee shops, hair salons, dentists, medical or even massage therapy clinics.

As for its residents, hats down for the ones who run the CRPA(Cornell Rate Payers Association), those who moderate the Cornell Village Forum, for those who publish the Cornell Crier , for those who build hockey rings for our kids in the winter and for all volunteers who donate their time just to make things better in Cornell.

The plans for the future of Cornell are grand. We will surely be here to witness.