All you ever wanted to know about the Thin Red Line
The Thin Red Line is central to achieving our goals and some of you who have recently become supporters have asked about its’ origin. The eventual founders of Citizens’ PLAN B were participants in the City’s community engagement initiative for the Waterfront Hotel Planning Study which ran from May 2017 to September 2017. We gladly […]
An incomplete application should not be grandfathered!
You may have heard that the application for the Waterfront Hotel redevelopment has been submitted prior to Steve Clark, Ontario Minister Of Municipal Affairs & Housing, approving ROPA 48 on November 10th, effectively eliminating two intensification arguments (MTSA & UGC designations) used by developers trying to justify increasing high condo developments downtown. That’s all true… […]
Development over safety?
Developer Vrancor from Hamilton is planning to build 2 condos, 35 and 30 storeys, connected by a 60-foot podium wall stretching along Lakeshore Rd from Brant St. to Elizabeth St. This proposed over intensification is a potential threat to public safety. There will be construction for years… It will create more traffic congestion without a […]