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E-News December 2023
Happy Holidays Welcome to an abridged December E-News. I always like to reflect a little on the year that was in the December edition and 2023 was a definitely a challenging year. HRM was beset […]
Year: 2023
Council Updates
Council Update: Infill Bylaw and Dartmouth Cove
Agenda, November 14 Harbour Infilling:The question of infilling was back at Council on Tuesday. Before us was a staff recommendation to initiate planning amendments to the Centre Plan and Halifax Mainland plans to prohibit infilling […]
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E-News October 2023
News Crichton Avenue – Micmac Boulevard Park ImprovementsI have heard from a number of residents in the new Terraces at Kings Grove building on Micmac Boulevard over the last several months. The concern has been […]
Council Updates
Council Update: Bill 329
Bill 329:The Province’s latest intrusion into municipal affairs with Bill 329 was the major item on our Council agenda. The bill is problematic as it will curtail HRM’s ability to charge fees to development and […]
Council Updates
Council Update: Federal Housing Program
Housing Accelerator ProgramThe main item on what was otherwise a fairly quiet Council meeting was HRM’s response to the federal government’s Housing Accelerator Program and its implications for zoning throughout HRM’s urban and suburban neighbourhoods. […]
Council Updates
Council Update: Housing Crisis, Store Hours
Agenda, Regional Council September 12 Housing CrisisThis week’s Council meeting was dominated by the worsening homelessness crisis in HRM. It’s no surprise to anyone in the core of Dartmouth or Halifax that the number of […]
Council Updates
Council Update: Secondary Units, Short-Term Rentals, Halifax Water & Affordable Housing
Agenda August 22, Regional Council Secondary UnitsIn the fall of 2020 HRM adopted new planning rules to allow for secondary and backyard suites throughout the municipality. A secondary suite is a small secondary unit in […]
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E-News July 2023
News Housing CrisisI wanted to take a moment to update my email from last month regarding the awful way the Province closed the Christ Church Shelter, forcing vulnerable people with no other options to go […]
Council Updates
Council Update: Forum and Transit
Agenda, July 11 ForumThe main item on Council’s agenda last week was the future of the Halifax Forum. The Forum is in bad shape and is in need of a major project. The Forum has […]
Council Updates
Council Update: E-Scooters, Regional Plan, Inclusionary Zoning
Agenda June 20 Regional CouncilAgenda June 20 Committee of the Whole (Regional Plan)Agenda May 9 Regional Council Micromobility (e-scooter regulation)Coming before Council for first reading was the new micromobility (e-scooters) bylaw. E-scooters have grown in […]