Residents of Whitby Shores;
This Thursday at 7pm at the Marina there is an introduction of the plans for the ECOPLACE development across from your subdivision.
You have received notices about the official Planning and Development meeting on the 21st; Thursday's meeting is more informal and gives full opportunity for residents to make comment about their concerns.
This meeting has been called by the builder; he has contacted myself and Shirley Scott to connect with the community to get input from area residents; this I hope will be the start for more dialogue with the community about development in your area.
Should you require any further info please email me at roye@whitby.ca.
Thanks
Liz
Too bad we can't make it ... maybe someone could summarize it for the rest of us who can't be there in person.
Thank you so much for that! Very well done!
I've again been hearing rumors that the proposed Ecoplace site includes developing the current Iroquois Park Soccer fields and that an artistic site rendering of the final development clearly shows buildings where the soccer fields currently are. Can anyone confirm this? Does anyone have the image in question and can share it with the rest of us?
If this is true, I'd be very dissappointed. I'm all for the plans for north of Victoria. If they can make it work, then great but I have to insist that any current parks, sports fields and public places should be forever off the table when it comes to development. Empty lots are fair game but we need to protect our open, public spaces and if city council allows developers to buy up those spaces then they're essentially selling us out for the cash and I for one wouldn't be voting for any of them next time around.
Other than that, I'm all for Ecoplace if it's done right but "if it's done right" is the big challenge ahead so let's make sure this doesn't get fast tracked through because our councillors have dollar signs in their eyes. Let's make sure it's done right RIGHT NOW not later!.
Glad to hear it. I highly doubted it myself considering Elizabeth Roy twice guaranteed they were not under discussion in posts in these forums but the rumours were growing increasingly persistent that the rendering told the real story. I guess I don't have to chain myself to a tree afterall.
Let's see how many WSG'ers we can chain together. Solidarity my brotha'
We don't have many big trees. Can I chain myself to a sappling?...in case I have to go to the washroom of course
Does anyone know if the planned residential is meant to be apartment buildings with presumed rental units or condos with fully owned units. That designation will make a huge difference.
"The applicant’s proposed Official Plan Amendment would affect the applicant’s total
holdings, as well as other lands not owned by the applicant. Although the applicant’s
proposed amendment seeks to expand the ‘Central Area’ boundary to include the
lands at the southwest and southeast corners of Victoria and Gordon Streets, the
applicant is not proposing any land use changes for lands on those corners (i.e. no
office, retail/commercial, or high density residential is being proposed)."
It appears they were at least eyeing the soccer fields and maybe what is now the A&P, etc. Hopefully the kabosh has been permanently on that idea.
The whole "rental" facter is starting to spook me out.
I SERIOUSLY THINK WE SHOULD GATHER THESE ECOPLACE FORUMS, print them, and send them out to all the residents...BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.
There are a lot of residents who are clueless right now to the severity of the consequences....
feedback on printing please!