WALKING TOUR PROPOSAL – 2016 Season

Please print or type. Complete a separate form for each tour, and send it as a word document (do not pdf).

WALK TITLE:

q  NEW WALK**
(to Heritage Toronto) / For NEW walks - Attach 1st draft of walk script and route map showing stops, plus bibliography of sources consulted in researching the walk.

(If an existing HT Walk, please check & circle answers in ALL 4 boxes below)

q  EXISTING HERITAGE TORONTO WALK / Changes planned to walk route and/or script
Yes / No / Changes needed in walk handout (pamphlet)
Yes / No / Changes needed in walk description in publicity brochure
Yes / No

TOUR LEADER(S):

If there's more than 1 leader, will you be: ______Co-leading 1 group? OR leading (no.)? ______groups?

ORGANIZATION (if applicable): ______

NOTE: If you are leading the walk on behalf of a partner organization(s), please include the full name here so we can credit the organization(s) in the publicity brochure,

DAYTIME TELPHONE: E-MAIL(S):

DESIGNER(S)/WRITER(S):

WALK DATE(S):

In 2016, must be between April 30 & September 25 and not on holiday weekends or Doors Open [May 28 & 29]

1st choice ______2nd choice ______3rd choice______

WALK START TIME: _____ LENGTH OF WALK: ______

(Most tours start at 1:30 PM., but 10 or 11 AM starts are suggested for high traffic areas) (1 ½ hours max.)


WALK TITLE (subject to edits for clarity and marketing):

To assist us in preparing publicity and other material, please carefully complete the following:

THEME/FOCUS:

(please NUMBER in order of emphasis on tour – e.g. #1 would be given the most weight during the tour)

_____ Architectural / ______Historical / ______Natural / ______Other
______

LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY: (please check those that apply to your tour route)

q  Stairs (number – 2 or dozens?) ______/ q  Hills / q  Slopes
q  Rough ground / q  Flat sidewalks or pavement / q  Other (please specify below)

Is the tour route physically accessible (i.e. – wheelchair/scooter/walker friendly?)

MUNICIPAL WARD NUMBER WHERE WALK BEGINS: ______

[Visit http://app.toronto.ca/wards/jsp/wards.jsp on city website for assistance with this]

START POINT (address,crossroads, etc. Please include full name – i.e. is it a street, avenue or road?):

NEAREST PUBLIC TRANSIT ACCESS (i.e. subway station or bus/streetcar):

FINISH POINT:

TOUR ROUTE: (Describe the route – e.g. walk north on Yonge St. to Queen St.; walk east on Queen to…)

Please also attach a MAP of the walk route, including stops.

WALK TITLE:

USE OF CITY PARK(S): Does the walk route stop in or go through a City of Toronto Park?

______NO ______YES

If yes, please give name and location of the Park(s) (including address(es) or street crossroads)

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF TOUR, describing themes and/or highlights:

(this will assist us in writing a short description of your tour for our program brochure & other publicity material - 50 words or less, can be in point form)

IMAGE FOR WEBSITE:

We would like to include an image about your tour on our website listing, if possible. This could be a contemporary photograph of a key building or site on the tour, or an archival picture related to the tour topic. If you are able to provide an image, we ask that you also include a photo credit, or archival credit.

_____ Yes, I will send an electronic image to

The source/credit for the image is:

Please submit Walk Proposal form and (if applicable):

v  Route Description and Route Map (NEW and REVISED tours)

v  Script & bibliography (NEW tours)

v  Electronic image & credit

no later than Monday, January 18, 2016 to--

Director of Programming

Heritage Toronto

E-mail:

Telephone:

Fax: 416 392-1772

REMEMBER TO KEEP A COPY OF THIS FORM FOR YOUR OWN RECORDS.

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