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Applications are in and participatory budgeting is a go for Thursday night. Together, we’ll allocate $50,000 of District 5’s capital fund to non-profit groups. Participatory budgeting gives people a direct say in how our money […]

News Participatory Budgeting ReturnsParticipatory budgeting is returning to District 5! On May 30th, you will have the opportunity to have a direct say in how $50,000 of our district’s capital funds are spent. Each Council […]

HRM has released details on proposed changes to the Centre Plan. I would have included this in my E-Newsletter earlier this week, but I didn’t know this was going live until January’s edition was already […]

News Sawmill RiverAs I wrote in December’s edition, all may have seemed quiet over the last little while on the Sawmill River project, but behind the scenes a lot has been in motion. Here’s the […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Over the last week, the Tantallon wildfire rightly focused all of our attention. While people were being made homeless by disaster, the Province, however, was deliberately making people homeless in Downtown Dartmouth. On June 1, […]

A quick e-news update to address the fire situation that HRM is in. I know everyone is thinking about our first responders, the residents who have been evacuated, and the residents who have no home to go […]

News Slayter Street Traffic CalmingIf you’ve travelled down Slayter Street over the last few days, you likely noticed the new bike symbols on the pavement and new temporary curb extensions at all the major intersections […]