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E-Newsletter December 2017
Happy Holidays Before launching into the business of my last newsletter of 2017 (a lot to cover this month), I wanted to take a moment to wish you the best for the holidays and the […]
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Council Updates
Council Update: Budget 2018 Direction
It was a double Council week. In addition to our regular bi-weekly Tuesday meeting, Council met to set the starting point for the 2018 budget. You can read the staff report and presentations here. The […]
Council Updates
Council Update: Low-income Transit, Grahams Grove, Off Leash Dogs, Crosswalk Flags and more
Free Transit for People on Income-Assistance: The best item on Council’s agenda Tuesday was actually in camera. I would normally not be able to talk about it, but, luckily for me, the Province made the […]
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Prince Albert/Glenwood Development
It was a packed house at Harbour East Community Council last night. On Council’s agenda was a proposal to build a nine storey building at the corner of Prince Albert Road and Glenwood Avenue at […]
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Redesigning Prince Albert Road
If you missed the meeting on Thursday night at the Mic Mac Aquatic Club, there is an exciting project under consideration: a redesign of Prince Albert Road around Grahams Grove. The upcoming road project would […]
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Council Update: Library Facilities Plan, Ferry Schedule, Willow Tree and more
Library Facilities Master Plan: The first thing on Council’s agenda on Tuesday was a presentation by Halifax Public Libraries CEO, Asa Kachan, on the Library’s upcoming facilities plan. Halifax Public Libraries is facing the same […]
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Participatory Budgeting 2017 Results
Well Dartmouth, it was a busy night at the Findlay Community Centre as District 5’s first participatory budget became reality. Turnout was more than I was expecting. We had 640 people cast ballots. At one […]
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E-Newsletter November 2017
Public Meetings/Consultation Participatory Budget Vote Night Tuesday November 7th, 6:00 – 8:15 p.m. Findlay Community Centre Tomorrow, on November 7th, the first participatory budgeting process will conclude in District 5 with the award of $50,000 […]
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Council Update: Road Train, Assessment Cap, Public Safety and Lobbyists
Road Train: On Tuesday’s agenda, the grant request for the Halifax Community Road Train was back at Council. The Road Train is the creation of Ambassatours (Murphy’s) and operates in Downtown Halifax on a donation […]
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Participatory Budgeting November 7
Participatory Budgeting: I’m excited to be launching Participatory Budgeting in District 5. My Participatory Budgeting process will allow residents to have a direct say in how $50,000 of our $94,000 District Capital Fund is spent. […]