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If you were expecting extended debate tonight at Council over The Woolverton, the matter instead moved quickly. Just after the meeting opened, Mayor Jordan stepped down from the Mayor’s Chair to move a motion to defer consideration of The Woolverton.
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This is a photographic rendering from Christie Street prepared by consultants for The Woolverton development at Mountain & Elm. If a picture is worth a thousand words, this one rendering alone might be a novella.
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As the next step in the Grimsby Beach “Land Use Planning Study”, the Town will be hosting a “webinar” on October 26, 2021 at 6PM. Ahead of this webinar, the Town has posted documents including the consultant’s draft report recommending a “Secondary Plan” and not a “Heritage Conservation District”.
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The Town is hosting a “virtual open house” tonight (September 24) at 6PM for the proposed development on the Casablanca Winery Inn lands.
The deadline to register to speak at the Zoom meeting has passed, but you can watch the livestream on the GCFRG Facebook live page by clicking this link here or the Town’s live stream at: https://vimeo.com/grimsbycouncilchambers
Besides writing the Town correspondence, there will still be one more chance to publicly participate in the process and make your views known. The proposal still needs to undergo a statutory public meeting at sometime in the future (modified for COVID-19 safeguards of course).
You can find background material on this development on the Town’s “Current Planning Applications” under the “4 Windward” Tab:
https://www.grimsby.ca/en/doing-business/current-planning-applications.aspx
More than a year after the then Planning & Development Committee Chairman Nick DiFlavio told the Casablanca Inn Winery developers “Please don’t come back here with the exact same plan”, it looks like they are ready to take another kick at the can.
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Height and Density Bonusing Open House
These policies will impact ANY new development OR redevelopment in Grimsby. Height and density bonusing can be permitted ANYWHERE – even in your existing neighbourhood.
Do you think developers should be able to get more height and density above what is written in the Official Plan in exchange for giving the Town a cash payment or “community benefits” such as a sculpture?
Great results for the efforts of local residents in Stoney Creek! 12-storey condo proposal brought down to 6-storeys.
Full read available from The Hamilton News: https://www.hamiltonnews.com/news-story/7170283-smaller-condo-development-approved-for-stoney-creek-s-highway-8/
Interesting read in the Hamilton Spectator on urban development and building heights.
More Details: http://www.thespec.com/news-story/7169593-how-tall-is-too-tall-for-hamilton-
The Town of Grimsby contracted SGL Planning to design the framework in the Winston Neighbourhood and released it as an Urban Design Manual.
Interesting read on how Hamilton has a principled approach to development. Proper checks and balances help avoid a “feeding frenzy” when it comes to growth.
You can read the full article from the Hamilton Spectator: Stepping up our game on urban design and architecture.
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