June 2020 - Sam Austin

E-News COVID Updates #13

June 29, 2020 Sam Austin Comments Off

Libraries Reopening:HRM’s libraries are reopening! The plan is for all branches to be open by July 7. What services are available and how our libraries operate will differ somewhat from branch to branch as staff […]

E-News June, 2020

June 26, 2020 Sam Austin 1

News Silver’s Hill Park UpgradesWith the World Sprint Canoe Championship coming to Lake Banook in 2022, HRM is preparing to implement a number of public space upgrades around the lake. In particular, design work is […]

Council Update: Climate Change, Carts, and more

June 24, 2020 Sam Austin 2

Agenda, June 23 Climate Change Plan:While we’ve all been fixated on the immediate crisis that is COVID-19, we can’t forget the pressing issue of our times: climate change. The existential threat to human civilization and […]

E-News COVID Updates #12

June 19, 2020 Sam Austin Comments Off

Transit:As COVID restrictions continue to ease, transit is restoring additional service. Here are the changes coming for Monday, June 22: Regular weekday schedule resumes on routes 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 14, 21, 28, […]

Council Update: Budget, Policing, Transit, more

June 18, 2020 Sam Austin Comments Off

Agenda May 26Agenda May 12Agenda June 9 It’s been a busy month at City Hall as Council met almost every day of the week through the last half of May to revise the 2020 budget. […]

E-News COVID Updates #11

June 8, 2020 Sam Austin Comments Off

It’s been another rough few weeks, something that has been all too common in 2020. The murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis is an absolute tragedy. This grave injustice has put policing under the microscope […]

Black Lives Matter and Policing in HRM

June 8, 2020 Sam Austin 7

I have been receiving an almost unprecedented (at least in my 3.5 years) amount of email over the last several days. The subject is policing and Black Lives Matter. Given the widespread interest, I thought […]