March 2017 - Sam Austin

Letter to the Coast: Downtown Dartmouth

March 30, 2017 Sam Austin 16

This didn’t get picked up for publication in the Coast so I’m sharing it here instead. It’s in response to this review of Picnic on Portland Street in Downtown Dartmouth. I was delighted to read the […]

Council Update: Halifax Water, Ferry Naming, Non-Profit Tax Relief and Electric Buses

March 29, 2017 Sam Austin 4

Halifax Water Presentation: A large portion of Council’s time this week (agenda here) was spent on a presentation from Halifax Water. Halifax Water is a private utility, but its sole shareholder is HRM. Once a […]

Council Update: Willow Tree, 50 metre Pool, Queens Marque, Council Pay

March 22, 2017 Sam Austin 2

Willow Tree It was a busy afternoon at Council (agenda here). The main item on the agenda was the 29 storey proposed tower at Quinpool and Robie (aka the Willow Tree). This one has a […]

News: LED Street Lighting

March 18, 2017 Sam Austin 1

March 18, 2017 – HRM’s LED street light conversion progam has arrived in District 5. Over the next several weeks crews will be out replacing the old sodium lights with much more efficient LEDs. The […]

Council Update: Budget, Campaign Finance, Museum Funding and Appeals Committee

March 13, 2017 Sam Austin Comments Off

March 7, 2017 – So here’s what happened of note on Tuesday. Budget: Having decided what to include in the budget after various department’s presented to Council over the last several weeks, we had to […]

Harbour East Update: Research Drive Rezoning

March 2, 2017 Sam Austin 2

March 2, 2017 – Last night Harbour East Community Council met. The two main items on the agenda was a proposal from Innova Corp and Clearwater Seafoods to rezone their properties, 1 Research Drive and 101 […]