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You don‘t have time to read through endless volumes of history books, you want to be a historic know-it-all now! Heritage Bytes explores the history, heritage, and culture, of Canada‘s 6th largest city. Each episode gives you a byte sized slice of the history of Mississauga from the beginnings over 10,000 years ago through milestones in history such as the War of 1812, the World Wars, and the development of a city through the amalgamation of lost villages. We look at the historic people, places, and events, that define our city today, including peering into the Darker Side of our history. Join us as we explore the historic connections to Mississauga and each other.
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Saturday Sep 17, 2022
Saturday Sep 17, 2022
Heritage Mississauga invites you to join us for our second webinar in our 2022 Placemaking Webinar Series: "Port Credit; Back to Life" with Frank Giannone.
Until the 1980's Port Credit was a bustling complete community; but in the 1990's its vibrant downtown was virtually shutdown. By the late 1990's a reawakening was triggered, and in the 2000's new developments built on that reawakening bringing us to where we are now. In the next few years, significant changes will add to create one of the most vibrant complete urban villages in Ontario. This is welcomed by many, but there are also many concerned about the changing lifestyle around them. The community is on edge due to the constant work around them.
Frank Giannone is the President of FRAM Building Group, a family company founded in 1981. A fourth-generation builder, he has spent his lifetime in the construction industry.
FRAM is involved in residential and mixed-use building projects in Toronto and Calgary in Canada, and Texas and Michigan in the U.S. FRAM is recognized as a developer of urban villages emphasizing pedestrian friendly walkable communities; Port Credit Village in Mississauga, The Shipyards in Collingwood, the redevelopment of the Don Mills Centre in Toronto, East Village in Calgary, and North Shore in Irving, Texas are examples of their work in this area. Family holdings include Verve Retirement Living which houses over 5000 seniors in Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia, where Frank serves as a founding director since 2004.
From an industry association perspective, Frank had served nine years as a Tarion Warranty Corporation member of its Board of Directors. Frank is also a Past President of the Ontario Home Builders’ Association and a Past President of the Toronto Home Builders’ Association (1989).
Frank is active in his community; he is a founding director of the Port Credit Community Foundation. He acts in an advisory capacity in selection user groups activating Mississauga’s Celebration Square. He is proud to recently have joined the Board of Heritage Mississauga.
Frank and his family live, work, and play in Mississauga.
Heritage Mississauga would like to thank The Ontario Trillium Foundation’s Resilient Communities Fund for their financial support to help us bring a sense of place to a wider audience with this webinar series.