The city will be making improvements to the Lions Park playground located at 471 Pearl St. (corner of Pearl & Maria Streets) and as part of its commitment to community engagement, city staff are seeking your input into what play equipment should be included. Children and their parents who use Lions Park are asked to […]
The Burlington Downtown Business Association and Downtown Parking Committee are seeking your opinions on the December 2015 month of free parking. The program was known as Free P! The program was designed, and executed for the past three seasons, with the goal of making our downtown business community more competitive during the prime shopping and […]
The City of Burlington has designated six locations that are safe for tobogganing. They are: LaSalle Park, east of the parking lot Tyandaga Park, at hole No. 4, on west slope Central Park, the hill northwest of Community Garden Brant Hills Park, southwest of tennis courts Nelson Park, east side of park, north of Centennial […]
Ontario Trillium Foundation grants were recently announced, and groups working on poverty and with seniors in Halton are among the recipients: Halton Poverty Roundtable is receiving $20,000 over 12 months to convene with key stakeholders to develop a business model that will embed community benefits agreements in poverty reduction strategies in the Halton region. Acclaim […]
charlie Schwartz: $20,000 so a group can sit around & discuss poverty! While people that "do" something like the Compassion Society are…
Burlington Transit is pleased to announce two new customer service features: automated schedule times by phone; and bus stop announcements and on-board visual displays. Beginning Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016, transit users will be able to call 905-639-0550 with their bus stop ID number to hear upcoming scheduled bus arrival times. The bus stop ID number […]
A number of administrative services will be closed Monday, Feb. 15, 2016 for the Family Day holiday. For a complete listing of hours of operation, phone numbers for city facilities and available services, please visit burlington.ca. For information about what to do in Burlington on Family Day weekend, please visit burlington.ca/calendar and tourismburlington.com. City Hall: […]
On Monday, Jan. 25, the city’s Committee of Adjustment approved all but one of the variances requested to facilitate the redevelopment of 730/760 Brant Street into a four storey condominium with retail along Brant street. The committee did not approve the accessible parking reduction. The list of variances is below. For further information about this project, […]
Glynis Van Steen: I am still concerned about #2. I actually walked from the corner of Ghent and Brant to the proposed location…
susan caughran: It appears that developers take the getting of variances for granted, curious what those close to project think of it
The Friends of Freeman Station is a group of volunteers dedicated to restoring the historic Freeman train station. According to information in the group’s recent newsletter, FOFS has raised about $260,000, which represents about 50% of the estimated cost to restore the station and make it a viable asset to our community. The following is […]
Metrolinx is currently undertaking environmental studies, stakeholder consultation activities, and conceptual engineering design for the conversion of several GO Transit rail corridors from a diesel to an electric based system. The project is being planned under the Transit Project Assessment Process (TPAP), in accordance with Ontario Regulation 231/08, and will entail completion of an environmental […]
Residents can do your part to keep coyotes out of neighbourhoods by depriving them of an easy food source. Here are two steps you can take: Replace Old Green Bin Replace old green bins used for food waste that may not close properly, which makes it easy for critters and coyotes to get to the […]
Janice Tjepkema: The City continues to have a problem with animals occupying residential neighbourhoods. My husband and I live in Aldershot (Ward…
Denny Williams: I modified my green cart with a $ 1.00 bungee cord which works perfectly to keep it latched and has…
The city is proceeding with plans to construct a bike/pedestrian promenade from the Centennial bike path that currently ends at Martha Street through to Elgin Street in downtown Burlington. The first section of this path will be constructed through the parking lot north of Village Square, between Pearl and Elizabeth streets. The lot […]
Linda Anderson: This is a great idea. We frequently use the bikepath to access the downtown and have often thought that there…
Dan Grieve: This is an excellent project! Love to see the bike path eventually hook up with the bike path along the…
Larissa Fenn: Excellent news. I am always pleased to see enhanced cycling and pedestrian infrastructure in the downtown. Cheers.
James Schofield: This is great news! I hope we'll eventually see some more improvements to the other sections of the Centennial path…
Phil Waggett: Excellent idea, Marianne. While a non-cyclist myself, I do see the Centennial bikepath-walkway being used very frequently by walkers and…
The City of Burlington provides more than 1,400 municipal public parking spaces in downtown Burlington to serve the needs of business, special events, tourism and visitors. In 2016, the convenience of parking downtown will be made even easier with the installation of new pay-by-plate parking machines throughout the downtown. The new parking machines will replace the […]
John Scotland: Why not give other residents an opportunity to make use of these meters besides cyclists (many of whom abuse their…
The goal of the comment feature of Ward2News.ca is to encourage dialogue in the community on important issues, by allowing residents to share ideas with others, see how others think about an issue, express a range of perspectives, or even ask questions of me so answers can be shared with the community. Diversity of perspective is welcome; […]
The city has received an application for a new home to be constructed at 366 Delaware. The property currently contains a one storey single detached residential dwelling. The application is intended to facilitate the demolition of the existing dwelling and the construction of a new 2-storey, 241 square metre (2,603 square foot) dwelling. The applicants […]
Tom Muir: This is not a comment of concern, just an information post from our neighborhood in Aldershot. A modern flat roof…
Over 25 residents came out on Jan. 20, 2016 to hear about the new Community Liaisons initiative for Ward 2. If you missed the meeting and would like to learn about the initiative, have a look at the PowerPoint, meeting notes and introductory letter. Two initiatives that were shared on Jan. 20 were Jane’s Walk and […]
On Sun. Jan. 24, the Burlington Runners are hosting the 37th annual Robbie Burns 8km road race. The race is in support of “Jumpstart”, the Canadian Tire charity aimed at providing all children a chance to play. The race starts at 9:30am and will be finished by 11am. About 900 people are expected to participate. […]
Want to meet other women and give back to your community? Join the 100 Women Who Care movement at their next meeting. Date: Tues. Jan 19 Time: Registration 7pm; meeting 7:30-8:30 Location: Emma’s Back Porch, 2084 Old Lakeshore Road, downtown Burlington. The Burlington Chapter of 100 Women Who Care brings together women who care about the Burlington community, its […]
2016 is shaping up to be a game changing year for planning and bylaw enforcement in the city. Here are my thoughts on just a few of the major issues that will affect the city this coming year. What do you think are the main issues for 2016? Leave a comment below. OMB hearing on ADI […]
John: Marianne A development project of this magnitude, that is being watched across the GTA usually attracts every journalist and their…
Marianne Meed Ward: The media covered this when it was first proposed, covered the public meeting, covered when it was appealed to the…
John: Marianne I understand the MY Take sections are you opinions, I do not see that section on this post and…
Bob Prociuk: We should be careful about advocating for the public funding of any organization (in this case the Rural Burlington Greenbelt…
Marianne Meed Ward: Members of council regularly advocate for support for local organizations, charities, groups and activities in the city. It is part…
Scott Lambert: A. I work in the aviation industry but don't think it appropriate, or even civil, for Mr. Rossi to ignore…
Join me at the next meeting of the Canadian Federation of University Women, who’ve asked me to speak to their members about development and intensification downtown, on the waterfront and elsewhere in the city. Looking forward to being with this great, engaged group of women. Date: Wed. Jan. 27 Time: 7 pm Place: Art Gallery […]
Get fit for just $2 a class during the month of January. Valid for landfit or aquafit drop-in single class admissions (does not include other drop-in programs). No commitment, no enrollment fees, no contracts and no initiation fees.’ For full listing of applicable programs see page 35 of Live & Play, Burlington’s guide to recreation, sport and […]
James Schofield (@skofz): We should look at the data. Did it attract more visitors to downtown? Were those who drove downtown actually able…
Chris Ariens: I'm wondering how productive it is. If the parking spaces otherwise would not have been utilized than having "free" parking…
Ian Coney: Chris, the parking spaces in the garage that are used by city employees until recently have been free for those…
Chris Ariens: Hi, Ian. I live north of the QEW and I understand that city employees are not the only people who…
Ian Coney: I liked it. I remember mentioning it to you and Mayor Rick a few years ago after I had seen…
Tom Muir: Looks like a no-brainer to me to provide free parking for shoppers going downtown at Christmas. The cost is a…
charlie Schwartz: Oh yeah, hey free parking, lets get people downtown to support the local merchants. Hey >*councilors*< you know the ones…