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 district in HRM has a $94,000 a year capital fund. District funds are managed by …
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 sent. The proposed changes are significant enough to warrant a dedicated post, especially given that …
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 latest plan which shows the new bridge and road into Dartmouth Cove, an active transportation …
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 by fires and then floods, driving home that climate change isn’t some distant reality, it’s …
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 the condition of the land behind their building. The land behind the Terraces is HRM …
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 live in our Parks (if you missed it, read it here). Since June, some space …
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, the Province went ahead with closing the shelter at Christ Church and the closure went …
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 back to. It has been a challenging couple of days! At times like this we …
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 along the street (Albro Lake, Woodland, School, and Thistle). I have had a few people …
News HousingSome disappointing news from the Provincial government. After teasing that they were considering it, Housing Minister John Lohr announced that the Province isn’t looking at building any new public housing (CBC story here). This is a profoundly disappointing decision. According to the 2022 Auditor General’s report on Nova Scotia’s …
