Our new website was designed with our community in mind. Last year, someone told me that one of the reasons that Torontonians don't value the city's built heritage as much as they should is because they don't see themselves reflected in our city's stories. We want to change that. We want to reach out to communities across the city to share Toronto's stories, and help build knowledge and a common understanding of our heritage so we value our past.

Communications with our readers used to be largely one-way. As we built our new website over the last few months, we are using new web initiatives to encourage community discussion and dialogue. If we've done it right, the Heritage Toronto website will become a communications hub for heritage groups and issues across the city. Our hope is that we will be able to create a meeting place and town square where people come to learn more about Toronto's stories, and contribute their own.