To Committee: Wed. Oct. 16, 9:30am; To council: Wed. Oct. 23, 9:30am Regional staff are recommending that the private homes along Beachway be bought and removed for parkland, and that an updated Master Plan for the beach and property acquisition strategy be developed by April 2015. The acquisition policy would be developed in conversation with […]
: 1. The city’s long-term vision for the park can be achieved without removing the residents that live near the park. Save for one property, the existing homes are not on the waterfront; don’t impede public waterfront access; and are outside the environmentally sensitive areas and dynamic beach. 97% of the park area is already […]
Burlington and Halton Councils will vote in fall 2013 on acquiring the private homes on the Burlington Beach. The community has existed here for more than a 100 years. Some residents have lived their whole lives here; many have raised their children here. Residents have an emotional connection to the community they love. They don’t want to leave.
Sign the petition: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/164/175/741/let-us-stay/
Fill out the survey: http://burlingtonwaterfront.org
10 reasons to keep residents near the Burlington beach: […] on the beach more than 70 years, and spoke about their experience and hopes for their future in a video. We…
Recommendation report & decision in Sept/Oct Buying up 30 homes near Beachway Park would cost up to $10 million, to gain an additional 1% of greenspace, according to a report on the park released in April. Beachway Park is part of the Burlington Beach Regional Waterfront Park, which includes Spencer Smith Park in downtown Burlington. […]
marty grogan: marty grogan just catching up with this issue. I use the beach a lot in the summer and sometimes in…
Jerry Fairbridge: Absolutely agree with you. Beachway Park works as it is. The community adds life. It's good to have an organic…
Bryce Leggatt: Leave the residents where they are. The arguments put forward to leave them in place are compelling. I would however…
paul_g: 1% of what? I think that is a misleading number as it is without a proper context. Second following Hamilton…
Anne Schilte: I as a Burlington resident quite familiar with all on this subject I suggest if we keep the 30 homes…
Ria Plas: Without the Residents - I wouldn't use the Path.
Jim: Thank you for speaking out about this. Jim Dimanis
Policy to acquire beach homes to committee Sept. 10 & 11 - Ward 2 News Burlington | Marianne Meed Ward: […] 1. End the blanket acquisition policy. If there is only interest in a select number of strategic properties over the…