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The deadline of September 23, 2022 @ 12PM is drawing near if you want to speak or make comment at the Town’s Zoom-only “open house” meeting for the lands known as 502 Winston Road (aka “321 Hunter Road”) scheduled for September 26, 2022. The meeting will focus on the applicant’s request to have the Official Plan amended to re-designate the land, which is in the Greenbelt, from “Specialty Crop Area – Tender Fruit and Grape Lands” to just “Rural”.
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Today our questionnaire makes the short journey to Ward 2, which saw large changes in its boundaries after the recent Ward Boundary review. If you aren’t sure what Ward you are in you can visit this Town page with the electoral map. Responses to our questions were received from all five Ward 2 candidates.
Don’t forget, you can vote for two candidates for Ward Councillors!
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Here is the first in our series of candidate profiles sprinkled in with some questions relating to planning and development and growth in Grimsby. All Ward and Mayoral candidates were emailed a short questionnaire last week and sent a “last call” reminder email before the deadline. Each day will feature one of Grimsby’s four municipal wards, with answers from the Mayoral candidates as a wrap on the series.
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After developer LJM was granted 11 storeys by the OLT in Hamilton after having agreed to 6 storeys with the city, that rather precedent-setting decision did not go unnoticed by other developers and their various consultant groups. It now seems that New Horizon Development Group (NHDG) is attempting a similar feat with their trio of skyscrapers in Stoney Creek.
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The OLT has provided their written decision from the recent hearing on both the proposed new build and demolition of heritage buildings on the Cole’s property. The folks over at SaveMainStreet have written a thought-provoking post on the decision. Rather than re-invent the wheel, we suggest you read their post by clicking this link here.
As most readers are aware Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, passed away earlier today at the age of 96. The Queen was the longest-reigning and longest-living of all British monarchs.
While there are Official Portraits of the Queen, it thought it fitting to show a photo of the Queen and Prince Philip during their visit to Niagara Falls in the autumn of 1951. She was well-loved by not only those in the UK, but those in and out of the Commonwealth, including Niagara.
Our condolences go out to the Royal Family and all those here in Canada and around the world who admired her grace and charm. She is succeeded by her son, King Charles III. Vivat Rex.
We received a Facebook message yesterday from a resident asking about GCFRG candidate debates, well there are none. But after some asking around we did find out that a few local residents have organized Ward “Q&A” sessions.
Continue readingThe Town recently published notice of an “open house” meeting for the lands known as 502 Winston Road (aka “321 Hunter Road”). The meeting will focus on the applicant’s request to have the Official Plan amended to re-designate the land, which is in the Green Belt, from ” Specialty Crop Area – Tender Fruit and Grape Lands” to just “Rural”.
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As an astute GCFRG reader, you may have noticed that the word “Growth” has been dropped from our banner and replaced by “Governance”. With the municipal election at our doorstep, as well as candidates, it is important to shift a large amount of focus to ensuring the community gets information to make informed decisions and thus gets the best representation at Town Hall.
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If you didn’t catch the Public Notice in the local papers, you might have missed a notice from the Region regarding a Regional Official Plan Amendment (ROPA) application for the lands known as 502 Winston Road. The purpose of the application is to “refine the agricultural significance of the property from Unique Agricultural Area to Rural designation”. The lands are currently “Specialty Crop – Tender Fruit & Grape Lands” under the Greenbelt plan. But why re-designate you ask?
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