Mon Dec 4: Draft City Budget Breakdown; Reader Questions SKYDEV Plans for RCA Site
Plus: Local events in the coming weeks
Today’s edition brings us a letter to the editor in which Lloyd Lewis, a member of the city’s Community Services Committee, shares questions and concerns about the proposed development at the old RCA site.
Where is the diversity of population in this community? he asks. There could be 1100 new vehicles on East Bayshore Road; can you imagine the traffic congestion? How does 13 acres of asphalt parking align with the 2020 Provincial Policy Statement, that new housing developments be built so they are resilient to climate change?
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SKYDEV Housing Development: Can’t We Do Better?
Jane Jacobs, the much-respected urban planner and journalist, once stated that, “diverse communities are vibrant communities”. She championed the concept that a neighbourhood should provide a mixture of housing, and serve a wide range of socio-economic groups, along with providing commercial, cultural, and industrial o…
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