Category: Growth

Just a quick note to acknowledge more of our findings regarding the above property and it’s dealings in the recent past during our community meeting tonight. It was a great showing with 50 – 60 concerned residents from the area, plus a heartfelt thank you to our two honorable councillors from our ward, Van Hellemond […]

I am writing in regards to the heritage designation and sale of the wilson farm house and large parcel of land. We purchased our home in 2009 on Kinlock Street as a new build. With this we were able to choose our lot. We thought that the ideal spot would be directly across from the […]

Thank you for coming to the on-site meeting last night (July 17th) and for listening to all who voiced their concerns. Thank you for trying to have the designation re-opened. I hope we are successful. I do Not want this parcel of land with the house to be severed and sold. I want the whole […]

Thank you for attending the community meeting held last night regarding the house and property. The meeting was very helpful in clarifying a great deal of points for us. I think the biggest point that we came away with was that the issue is not really about the heritage designation, but more so about selling […]

I wish to urge you to reconsider your decision to sell the property at the corner of the planned Ingram park. When deciding where to build our house a large factor in chosing our location was the proximity to the planned park. The recent decision to sell the run-down “heritiage” property at the corner of the park concerns […]

Please vote against keeping the Wilson farm standing. The old building is an eyesore to the community and a haven for wild animals. It would be nice to save the old trees for the park and playground. Maybe a plaque for the playground dedicated as “The Wilson Farm Playground” would be nice. See you on […]

We are writing to express concern about the proposed sale of the Wilson farmhouse property at Simmonds and Webster. When we had a house built in this area, we understood that the entire block bounded by Simmonds, Kinlock, Ingram and Webster would be public parkland. If this property were to continue as parkland, the mature […]

When I purchased my home the first thing i did was get a copy of the cities plans for the site of my home and the further developments that were upcoming phases of my neighborhood. Based on that i picked out a lot and chose to buy our home. This was back in 2003. One […]